Elm controller concerned with airport runway construction activity adjacent to the runway.

Attributes
ACN	511830
Time
Date	200105
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : elm.airport
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 4 controller radar : 20 controller supervisory : 14
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	other personnel
Events
Anomaly	ground encounters : vehicle other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Maintenance Human Performance Airport Company ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Airport
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : elm.tower

Narrative:

Airport construction is in progress with paving operations. The airport operations management allows pavers and rollers to operate up to the edge of the runway without radio contacts. Having that large equipment operating that close to the runway while large aircraft operations is permitted seems unsafe. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter advised that construction adjoining runway 6/24 has been completed, but during the construction phase, aircraft were landing and taking off with the equipment immediately along runway edge. There did not appear to be much extra room between landing F100 aircraft and construction equipment, but to his knowledge, no one complained. Construction activity is now focused on runway 10/28. The reporter advised local NOTAM's had been issued. NOTAM states that construction activity will be no closer than 200 ft to the runway centerline. During all this activity, the reporter alleges airport management has not provided the on-site construction supervisor the ability to communication with the tower, or vice versa. The ctrl stated that construction will continue throughout the summer months.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ELM CTLR CONCERNED WITH ARPT RWY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY ADJACENT TO THE RWY.

Narrative: ARPT CONSTRUCTION IS IN PROGRESS WITH PAVING OPS. THE ARPT OPS MGMNT ALLOWS PAVERS AND ROLLERS TO OPERATE UP TO THE EDGE OF THE RWY WITHOUT RADIO CONTACTS. HAVING THAT LARGE EQUIP OPERATING THAT CLOSE TO THE RWY WHILE LARGE ACFT OPS IS PERMITTED SEEMS UNSAFE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR ADVISED THAT CONSTRUCTION ADJOINING RWY 6/24 HAS BEEN COMPLETED, BUT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, ACFT WERE LNDG AND TAKING OFF WITH THE EQUIPMENT IMMEDIATELY ALONG RWY EDGE. THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE MUCH EXTRA ROOM BTWN LNDG F100 ACFT AND CONSTRUCTION EQUIP, BUT TO HIS KNOWLEDGE, NO ONE COMPLAINED. CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY IS NOW FOCUSED ON RWY 10/28. THE RPTR ADVISED LCL NOTAM'S HAD BEEN ISSUED. NOTAM STATES THAT CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY WILL BE NO CLOSER THAN 200 FT TO THE RWY CENTERLINE. DURING ALL THIS ACTIVITY, THE RPTR ALLEGES ARPT MGMNT HAS NOT PROVIDED THE ON-SITE CONSTRUCTION SUPVR THE ABILITY TO COM WITH THE TWR, OR VICE VERSA. THE CTRL STATED THAT CONSTRUCTION WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.