Kuwait International Airport to Develop New T2 Terminal

Photo: KUNA20.07.2018 Aviation & Space
Kuwait International Airport to Develop New T2 Terminal

Kuwait International Airport to Develop New T2 Terminal

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Kuwait has awarded a KD18.6 million ($61 million) contract for the development of its new passenger terminal (T2) at Kuwait International Airport.

 

Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Hussam Al Roumi signed the deal which includes the design and expansion of the runway adjacent to T2.

 

It includes small construction works and maintenance of roads and other facilities, stated the report, according to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).

 

On July 4, H.H. the Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah patronized and attended the opening of Kuwait International Airport’s new terminal (T4) built at a cost of KD52 million ($174.5 million), it added.

 

In May 2016, Kuwait awarded a KD 1.3 billion ($4.3 billion) contract to Turkish firm Limak Construction - the lowest bidder - to construct the new passenger terminal at the Kuwait International Airport.

 

The 708,000 square meter new passenger terminal will have the capacity to handle 25 million passengers per year.

 

It will also be able to accommodate all aircraft types through 51 gates and stands with the ability to serve 21 A380 jumbo jets simultaneously.

 

The terminal is scheduled for completion in six years. The contract also includes the provision of maintenance for an additional two years.

 

Designed by Fosters + Partners, the terminal has a trefoil plan, comprising three symmetrical wings of departure gates.

 

Each façade spans 1.2 kilometers and all extend from a 25-metre-high central space.

 

Targeting to be one of the world’s first LEED gold-certified passenger terminals, the terminal will aim to generate 12MW of solar power through 66,000 solar panels placed on the roof.

 

The solar panels will partially power the terminal and assist in the low-cost operation and maintenance of the structure.

 

Limak group Vice Chairman Sezai Bacaksız then said: “The project is more than an airport; it’s a link between the two countries; Kuwait and Turkey, between two economies, between two societies.

 

“As a result of this link, new technologies will be introduced and transferred, new jobs will be created locally, planned local procurement will be in the hundreds of millions of dollars, local businesses will flourish, all while we train and equip Kuwaiti men and women.”

 

Limak said the project will create more than 50 high-skilled job opportunities for Kuwaitis.

 

It will also require over 1,000,000 cubic meters of concrete and over 100,000 tonnes of structural steel – all of which will be procured locally.

 



 
 

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