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UK firm awarded Rs 11.8 billion contract to construct new Islamabad airport which is now being named Benazir Bhutto International Airport and the project would be completed by the end of year 2010.
ISLAMABAD: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has awarded Rs 11.8 billion contract to a UK-based firm and its local partners in Pakistan for construction of the first phase of the New Islamabad International Airport. Director General CAA Farooq Rehmatullah and Business Development Director of the Lagan Construction Freddie Patterson have signed the contract in this regard. The Lagan Construction would mobilise machinery to start physical work on the project in the next two to three weeks. It would also carry out 60 pc of the total work included in the first phase while Hasnain Cotex Limited of Pakistan would accomplish the 40 pc task within 24-month time. "We see a good environment to work here in Pakistan and will be bringing engineering experts from the UK to start physical activity in the next two to three weeks," Freddie Patterson told newsmen. Farooq Rehmatullah said the entire project of the new Islamabad International Airport was being named as Benazir Bhutto International Airport and the project would be completed by the end of year 2010. He said the airport would be completed in two phases. The Lagan Construction and Hasnain Cotex would execute the first. "The short-listing of firms for the second phase of the airport project is in progress," CAA DG said. He said that five companies were short-listed and out of those, two firms had submitted their bids. He further said that the first phase included airside infrastructure comprising 3,800 meters, rapid exit taxiways (4 rapid exits), parallel taxiway along the runway, apron for contact stands to cater for nine million persons annually, apron for remote stands to cater for nine million persons capacity, special areas to park hijacked aircraft, special areas to park ground handling equipment, underground cable network for all facilities, road networks for vehicles, periphery road related to runway vault rooms. The second phase of the new airport besides other facilities would include car parking for 2,000 vehicles, covered parking plaza for 200 cars, 15 gates, 10 remote gates, 42 immigration counters, 9 baggage claim belts, 12 X-Ray machines and administration facilities. CAA DG further said the total area of the airport would be 3,300 acres, adding that a small portion of the remaining land would be acquired in the near future. |
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