Retiring about 100 missile silos meant dealing with a door on each one that weighs more than a loaded semi. Here's how our crews handled it.
Each retired silo is capped by a steel and concrete blast door weighing about 220,000 pounds. Multiply that by about 100 sites spread across open country.
Moving doors that size off site is slow and costly. The Air Force needed the silos closed safely and the budget kept in check.
Instead of hauling each door away, our crews worked out a cost-effective method to deal with it on site. Dig a pit next to the silo, pull the door, set it in the pit, backfill and grade, then close out the silo.
Fast work and a lower cost per site. Coming in under budget let the Air Force add two more sites to the contract.
Because of the fast construction and ability to work this project in an innovative way they were able to come in under budget and that allowed the Air Force to add two more sites to the contract.
U.S. Air Force
Bairco's ability to work difficult situations and adapt to them is unmatched.
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