Engineering
Argus built a new fuel farm to serve Quito’s new 5-star airport that has become one of South America’s busiest. A mountainous location did not allow Quito, Ecuador, to expand its old airport to accommodate larger aircraft and increased air traffic. So, in 2013, it opened a new greenfield airport located in Tababela parish, east…
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For the past decade, Argus has provided critical engineering services for the Bogota Airport Redevelopment Program and master planning for the future of Colombia’s largest international airport, Aeropuerto Internacional El Dorado. Argus Consulting was the Engineer-of-Record for the planning, programming, design, equipment procurement and construction administration of a new aircraft fuel receiving, storage and distribution…
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The 2006 Love Field Modernization Program, the largest construction project at DAL since the 1950s, prepared the airport to begin non-stop service throughout the United States. The complex $519 million Love Field Modernization Program included terminal demolition and renovation; demolition of taxiways, taxi lanes and apron pavements to prepare for new pavement; improvements to utilities…
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A new terminal on a greenfield site provided the opportunity to build a safe, efficient hydrant fuel system designed for the airport’s long-term needs with state-of-the-art technology. The New Orleans Fuel Facility LLC retained Argus Consulting to provide planning, design, construction administration and resident engineering services for a new Jet A hydrant fuel system. This…
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Argus used a multi-disciplined team and its proprietary, tablet-based Facility Evaluation Assessment Tool (FEAT) to a generate an assessment report to inform the airport’s capital improvement program. Delta Airlines and the LGA Airport Fuel Consortium retained Argus Consulting to conduct a Fuel System Engineering Assessment of the existing tank farm. The study included evaluating the…
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Community aviation, heating and auto fuel depot at Old Crow Airport in Yukon, Canada Old Crow is a community of 167 people located in Canada’s northern Yukon and it is only accessible via aircraft. Hence, all fuel, including heating oil, low sulfur diesel, unleaded gasoline, Avgas, and Jet-A, are all provided via aircraft delivery. Argus…
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Located on the border with Mexico, demand for fuel had more than tripled at the airport in less than 10 years requiring a $1.36 million fuel system upgrade. South Texas International Airport at Edinburg (KEBG), located north of Edinburg, Texas, replaced the existing underground Avgas 100LL and Jet-A fuel storage tanks and bulk loading capabilities…
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The two-tank system is based on industry-proven fuel systems developed by Argus Consulting. Argus provided design and construction services for a 12,000-gallon AVGAS fuel storage tank and 12,000-gallon JET-A fuel storage tank with 30 gpm over-wing self-service combined product dispensing skid at the El Reno Regional Airport in El Reno, Oklahoma. This project is in…
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Argus met a tight timeline to deliver a new fuel rack and demolish the existing one without impacting completion of the terminal expansion. While most of DFW is serviced by an underground fuel hydrant system, refueler trucks are still needed for aircraft not parked at hydrant-accessible gates. The airport’s only jet refueler truck rack located…
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Project phasing was complicated by work in the airfield operations area, avoiding the de-icing season, and the need to keep the existing fuel system active throughout construction. The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is planning to expand the airfield ramp pavement off the southwest corner of existing Terminal D South Ramp to connect with the…
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