Burbank Airport Elevator Replacement

Burbank Airport Elevator Replacement

Pankow Builders, Ltd. selected Fast Forward Concrete Cutting to perform specialized concrete cutting for an elevator replacement project at Burbank Airport.

Project Details

Project Name: Burbank Elevator Replacement
Project Type: CMU Wall Sawing, Core Drilling, Breaking & Removal
Location: Burbank Airport – N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA

General Contractor: Pankow Builders, Ltd
Project Duration: 6 Days

Concrete Cutting Scope

The scope involved modifying existing CMU elevator shaft walls to create designated door access openings at multiple parking levels, along with core drilling for wireway troughing and motor lead wire conduit pathways.

Wall Sawing & CMU Removal

Our crews performed wall sawing through CMU walls up to 8 inches thick, followed by controlled breaking, removal and disposal of the cut CMU, concrete and mortar debris.

Parking Ground Level
• 42 LF of wall sawing
• 54 SF of CMU breaking and removal


Parking Levels 2, 3, 4 & 5 – Each Level
• 42 LF of wall sawing
• 26 SF of CMU breaking and removal per level

Elevator shaft opening framed by concrete block walls undergoing wall sawing modifications at Burbank Airport
2026-08-13 Wall Sawing (2)
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Across all five parking levels, Fast Forward completed approximately 210 linear feet of CMU wall sawing and 158 square feet of CMU breaking and removal.

Core Drilling

Fast Forward also completed 6 core-drilled openings through 8-inch CMU walls for wireway troughing and motor lead wire conduit pathways serving the elevator systems.

Completed in 6 Days

Fast Forward completed the wall sawing, core drilling, breaking, removal and debris disposal scope in just six days, coordinating work across multiple parking levels to support the elevator replacement project.

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Fast Forward Concrete Cutting provides professional concrete and CMU cutting, wall sawing, core drilling, concrete breaking and removal, structural demolition, hard demolition, soft demolition and trenching for commercial, industrial and institutional projects throughout Southern California.