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s t a l l e d was com- pletely U.S. made. All materials were provided by owner David Kemp and regional sales man- ager Jason Glasson of Bell Fence Manufacturing, Inc. of Beaumont, Tex. The list broke down like this: • A total of 40,191 lineal feet of 10' tall fence installed 2' below grade and 5,373 lineal feet of 8' tall fence in- stalled on the concrete aprons. The fabric is 9 ga. 2" mesh 2 oz. galva- nized coating. • All line posts are 2-7/8" OD SS40, terminal posts are 4" OD SS40 and gate posts are 6-5/8" OD Sch. 40. • The fence maintains a continuous 1-5/8" OD SS40 top rail and three strands of 4-point Class 3 Celebrating our 30th year of publication • Be sure to visit us online at www.worldfencenews.com APRIL 2014 U.S. Fence & Gate, Inc. is no stranger to big projects, and the firm recently completed one of the largest airport perimeter fence jobs in the country. The City of New Orleans and the New Orleans Aviation Board (NOAB) contracted with U.S. Fence & Gate's Lake Charles, La. office to replace and/or upgrade the existing fencing and gates around the entire 9 mile perimeter of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, to exacting specifications. Much of the fence at LANOIA was old and weather beaten, and in- volved a mixture of various heights and types of chain link. The objective was to bring it up to modern standards, and the engineering task fell to TMG Consulting and Royal Engineering, both headquartered in New Orleans. David Hinds, president and owner of U.S. Fence & Gate, Inc., along with Josh Kalena, project manager, Ever- ado Ruiz, superintendent, and Eduardo Ibarra, gate/specialty fabricator, worked closely with the owners and the engineering firms to provide a perimeter barrier meeting current "best practices" standards. According to continued on page 9 U.S. Fence & Gate completes perimeter fence modernization at New Orleans International Airport Kalena, the entire perimeter of the airport opera- tions area was secured with an above-surface height of 8' tall gal- vanized chain link fence plus 1' of barbed wire. In areas where there were no concrete aprons, the fence was to be buried 2' below the ground surface, requiring 10' of galvanized chain link fence with 1' of barbed wire. It was the engineers' demands that the fabric be one-piece, Kalena noted. In areas where the fence was in- stalled on the concrete aprons, A-1 Concrete Cutting of Abita Springs, La. core drilled 5" diameter holes for the line posts, 6" diameter holes for the terminal posts, and 9" diameter holes for the gate posts. The depths ranged from 6" to 16". The fence system in- Shown at top is a small portion of the 40,191 lineal feet of 10' tall chain link fence recently installed by U.S. Fence & Gate, Inc. at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. It was part of a modernization and upgrade of the airport's perimeter. Above right, U.S. Fence & Gate erectors/installers tie off the chain link as a Delta Airlines jet lands in the background. (U.S. Fence & Gate, Inc. photos)