A huge undertaking

Here's a look at the people and equipment at the Eppley site daily, as well as materials needed for the job.

900 safety driving tests given to equipment operators

150 -foot-high pile of new runway materials, if stacked onto a football field

80 Hawkins Construction workers

55 subcontractor workers

45 dump trucks

34 tons of grass seed

14 miles of electrical conduit

8 bulldozers

7 backhoes

6 off-road haul trucks

4 miles of new storm pipe installed

3 paving machines, one bought for this job for $1 million

3 water trucks to reduce dust on working runways

2 power broomers to keep working runways clear of debris

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