Can WSDOT Aviation provide any resources to an airport sponsor for planning and/or engineering?
Yes. WSDOT can offer the services of its design engineers, however, there is a cost for providing such engineering services and these costs must be accounted for as part of the total project costs under the grant. Typically, WSDOT engineers are accustomed to working on very large highway construction projects and it may not be practical, or cost effective, to retain their services on much smaller airport projects. Another option that WSDOT Aviation Division recommends is for the airport sponsor to check with their local county public works department since these departments can often provide engineering resources at a much more reasonable cost. Both the state and county options would require significant and early coordination on the part of the airport sponsor since these agencies typically plan their project schedules and balance their workloads far in advance of actual construction. A third option, that is always available to the airport sponsor, is the option of hiring a professiona
