Dr. David R. Brill of the Airport Technology R&D Branch, Airport Pavements Section, ANG-E262, along with Jeff Crislip and Harold Honey of the Airport Engineering Division, AAS-110, attended the 6th meeting of the ICAO Aerodrome Design and Operations Panel (ADOP) Airport Pavement Expert Group (APEG-6) in Washington, DC, May 2-5. The group – comprised of international aviation agencies and industry partners – was tasked with updating the airport pavement guidance in ICAO Aerodrome Design Manual (ADM) Part 3 and developing the new Aircraft Classification Rating-Pavement Classification Rating (ACR-PCR) standard.
The implementation of the new ACR-PCR standard worldwide was a key topic at the meeting. ANG-E262 and AAS-110 contributed directly to the effort by developing the ACR computational library accepted by ICAO. Other meeting topics included: development of common training materials for ACR-PCR in conjunction with Airports Council International (ACI); final editing and release of the ICAO ADM Part 3; and development of State practices for PCR reporting consistent with the guidance in ADM Part 3.