In July 2007, ATCO Structures & Logistics was awarded five contracts to provide multiple support services for up to five years at the Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan for more than 20,000 troops serving NATO’s International Security Assistance Force.

Specific areas of responsibility include:

• fire and crash rescue
• visiting aircraft cross-servicing services
• roads and grounds maintenance
• facility maintenance
• construction
• engineering
• equipment and vehicle maintenance
• aircraft movement control and terminal transport
• accommodation services
• supply operations
• airfield mechanical transport
• delivery of potable water
• sewage management
• waste management and disposal

More than 600 personnel have been hired and deployed to the Kandahar airfield to deliver these services on behalf of ATCO Structures & Logistics.