In 1977, the Nello L. Teer Company was selected by the government of Malawi to construction the Kamuzu International Airport in an undeveloped area near Lilongwe, the capital city of Malawi, Africa. The landlocked site in Central Africa required lengthy overland travel making mobilization difficult. Working between rainy seasons, the company transported equipment, including a large crushing plant, a batch concrete plant, and a paving train nearly a thousand miles to complete an 11,600-foot (3536m) runway, taxiways, a parking apron, roads, street lighting, and water and sewer facilities.