M.E.T.S. JFK Airport
Modern Efficient Transport and Supply (M.E.T.S) is an on-airport construction support facility located at New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. It includes a concrete batch plant, material crushing, and marine barging transport facility.
FAST FACTS
- Will eliminate more than 300,000 truck trips across local streets by shifting to the use of barges to move material to and from the historic $19 billion airport redevelopment.
- Altogether, over the life of the redevelopment project, surrounding communities will be spared an estimated 1.5 million miles of truck travel – enough to circumnavigate the earth 60 times.
- Barges will carry bulk materials such as sand, aggregate, steel, and other building materials to the airport and remove non-hazardous debris and soil from the construction sites on the airport.
- A single barge can eliminate the need for nearly 200 trucks to carry the equivalent load.
- Capacity to responsibly recycle up to 75 percent of certain categories of construction debris.
Environmental benefits of the M.E.T.S. facility will include:
- Reduced trucking activity in the surrounding communities.
- Reduced emissions and disbursal of dust and other particulates associated with the transportation of construction materials and construction debris.
- Efficient use of the airport’s water access for transfer of bulk materials to and from the airport.
- Advancement of the Port Authority’s sustainability goals by encouraging responsible recycling of construction debris.
M.E.T.S Commitment
The concrete batch plant will utilize local suppliers from the communities immediately surrounding JFK. It will supply all the concrete to support construction, including for the two largest terminals and all the roads, parking garages and other infrastructure at JFK.
M.E.T.S. has committed to utilizing MBE firms for trucking needs on-airport and has committed to local hiring and workforce development opportunities. The facility has committed to all procurement, subcontract, and ancillary service opportunities including:
- Port Authority’s subcontracting participation goals of 20 percent by minority-owned business enterprises.
- 10 percent by women-owned business enterprises.
- 3 percent by service-disabled veteran-owned business enterprises (SDVBE)