In 2025, Melbourne Airport (MEL) once again relies on Concretum® Q-FLASH 2/20

When Melbourne sleeps, the most critical phase in the airport’s 24/7 operating cycle begins on the airside apron: the window in which construction can take place without disrupting flight operations. Time is not a factor here – it is the opponent. Every minute counts. For several years, Concretum^® and the Q-FLASH 2/20 have risen to this challenge. And once again in 2025, the result is clear: at one of Australia’s busiest airports, reliability is not a bonus – it is a requirement.

In 2025, numerous concrete slabs within the operational traffic areas were successfully replaced using approximately 2,000 m³ of Concretum^® Q-FLASH 2/20. The objective is to increase the long-term durability of the pavement surfaces while simultaneously reducing operational restrictions on air traffic to an absolute minimum. Thanks to the rapid strength development of Concretum^® Q-FLASH 2/20, the rehabilitated areas can be reopened to traffic within the shortest possible time. This ensures that flight operations remain fully predictable and reliable, even during extensive renewal works – an important step in the ongoing development of the maintenance strategy at MEL.

Close coordination among all involved teams, combined with consistent on-site quality control, plays a decisive role in the smooth execution of the project. What may appear to be routine is in fact a precisely coordinated process – a project in which every move counts. Melbourne Airport relies on this reliability, and we continue to build the future of fast, safe and predictable airside pavement maintenance.