During the winter of 2011, a fierce four-day winter storm stranded aircraft on the tarmac at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, costing airlines approximately $60 million per day of inactivity. To prevent this in the future, the City of Atlanta hired Stratus’ team to design and develop a state-of-the-art deicing facility. This facility needed to be able to get aircraft off the ground in even the worst winter conditions – and it needed to do so in a profitable way. The Stratus team’s final design not only increases passenger safety and reduces flight delays, but the $38 million North Airfield Deicing Facility also pays for itself in less than a day of inclement weather.
The facility’s economical design and innovative features propelled it to win the American Council of Engineering Companies of Georgia’s 2016 State Award.
