Los Angeles World Airports Receives Award of Excellence for Use of Environmentally Friendly Concrete

LOS ANGELES, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) is
the recipient of the Excellence in Concrete Award presented annually by the
Southern California chapter of the American Concrete Institute in recognition
of "excellence in environmental usage of concrete on the Los Angeles
International Airport (LAX) Crossfield Taxiway Project." As part of the
project, a 1,600 space parking lot was constructed to accommodate airline
tenants who were being displaced by the new taxiway.

The Airport Development Group's project team, headed by Civil Engineering
Associate III Goran Lazarevic, incorporated the use of pervious concrete into
construction of the parking lot. Civil Engineer Rosa Brice was the
construction manager.

Pervious concrete is a special type of concrete with a very high degree of
porosity. This concrete provides an environmentally friendly surface that
allows stormwater to flow through it, thereby reducing runoff from the parking
lot. The parking lot is the largest pervious concrete project in California.

Use of pervious concrete also helps replenish water tables and aquifers,
minimizes standing water, mitigates surface pollutants, reduces the need for
separate stormwater retention ponds and allows for the use of smaller capacity
storm drains.

Both Lazarevic and Brice accepted the award on behalf of LAWA's Airport
Development Group during a ceremony in downtown Los Angeles.

SOURCE Los Angeles World Airports

Marshall Lowe, +1-424-646-5260, for Los Angeles World Airports