OSPREYS FLY WITH HELP FROM GRANITE CONSTRUCTION AND METAL FORMS CORPORATION Several concrete forming and finishing challenges were part of the Design/Build MV-22 (Osprey) taxiway expansion, parking apron additions and hanger construction at the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Miramar, CA. The project is a $85,000,000 joint venture between Hensel Phelps Construction and Granite Construction with the concrete paving portion being the responsibility of Granite. The Osprey MV-22 is an innovative Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft that generates high exhaust temperatures. In fact, the heat produced is so great that conventional portland cement concrete (PCC) can not withstand the extreme thermal loads. The problem with deteriorating PCC pavements caused by STOV

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