Ryebridge’s 12 Days of Christmas
To mark this year’s festive season, we wanted to reflect on some of the work the company has been involved with in our local communities, and also look ahead at what 2025 has in store.
On the fifth day of Christmas…
Five nights at Bristol Airport
Ryebridge have been back airside at Bristol Airport, wrapping up the construction of a new fillet for Foxtrot Taxiway.
Our team has been working tight windows of a maximum five hours a night -including handover to air ops and establishing a safe taxiway - with just five nights to complete all the works. We managed security, permits, passes and full project delivery.
Night 1 – isolate and relocate edge lights and top soil strip and stone up in time for reopening;
Night 2 – Complete strip and stone up, lay dry lean concrete start land drain and plinths for lights;
Night 3- Complete dry lean concrete, complete ducting , plinths and land drain;
Night 4- Surfacing course and seeding;
Night 5 – Lining and edge light commissioning plus full demobilisation.
Airside working isn’t for every contractor but over 15 years of aviation experience hasn’t been wasted on us!
The completion of the Foxtrot fillet project means increased width, allowing for arger aircraft (Embraer, Airbus and Boeing) to exit the runway at this location when landing on Runway 27, reducing runway occupation time, and improving flow.
The taxiway was previously restricted to smaller aircraft such as the ATR turboprop and business jets, due to the non-compliant distance from the outer main gear of the aircraft to the pavement edge.
