Bangalore International Airport thread

[drwho]

The purpose for this thread will be that it will function as a archive for pictures from the construction site of Bangalore International Airport.

the rest goes into the avitation/airline-thread

Project finished:2008(?)







Caption: Bangalore International Airport work in progress at Devanahalli near



Bangalore in on August 22, 2005. Photo: K. Gopinathan


originally posted by Aryabhata

Pillars being erected at the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) site in Devanahalli on Wednesday 2005-08-17.

[drwho]

BANGALORE AIRPORT
29 MONTHS TO GO
Project moves on despite hitches
TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Devanahalli (Bangalore rural):
Despite setbacks like rain, Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) chairman N R Narayana Murthy quitting and Union civil aviation minister Praful Patel seeking
redesign, the news on Bangalore’s dream infrastructure project is good. The foundation for the first building of the international airport has been completed!
The landscape has changed dramatically at the airport site in Devanahalli: Construction equipment and activity is visible in every direction, excavating, pouring concrete, piling pre-cast slabs, setting up boundary columns.
Over 25 temporary buildings dot the site now, housing everything from the excavated mud to the posh site offices. With 900 workers on site, the whole area is buzzing with sound — the warning moan of sliding concrete slabs along rails, the putter of tractors transporting material, the screech of metal upon metal.
But the most heartwarming sight is the airport’s first building — the 1.6 lakh sq ft technical and administration building. Not only is the foundation complete but also pillars for the walls have come up, a good two months ahead of schedule.
“We are also on our toes to pour the concrete for the terminal building, which is supposed to happen only by January 5. All we need is three days of a dry spell — we will get cracking like Mahendra Singh Dhoni,’’ chief projects officer Sivaramakrishnan S Iyer told The Times of India.
Excavation for the terminal building’s foundation is continuing amidst rain. The boundary wall is also clipping along at a merry pace, with slabs being fitted into the columns in over three km.
The only work that has been hampered is the levelling and cutting of the four-km runway. Like every runway in the world, the Bangalore runway has a dip and a high, with a height difference of 12 meters from its lowest point to the highest one.
Due to rain, work on creating this runway profile has not been possible. BIAL has moved all workers from the runway-taxiway-apron area to the technical building construction. But, runway work is also ahead of schedule and the delay would made-up by working round the clock, as soon as rains stop, Iyer said. There are also glimpses of what the terminal building will look like. There are two design elements on the site. A mock-up of the terminal building column — complete with granite covering — was being put in place on Friday, while a curving mock-up of the roof is already evident.

Fourth month report card
Work on

• Technical and administrative building

• Terminal building excavation

• Boundary wall (3 km of 16 km completed)

• Redesigning the airport’s technical aspects and finances to upgrade passenger capacity to 11.4 million annually.
Temporarily halted
Runway (2.7 km of 4 km being formed)
Completed

• Site offices, workers quarters

• Material testing labs

• Pre-casting yard

• Machinery workshop


Concrete being poured out for the first building at the Bangalore International Airport site.


The pre-casting yard where slabs are being prepared for the boundary wall.

[blrBird]

First phase drawing..

[vadi]

Originally Posted by blrBird

First phase drawing..

do you have higher resolution image of this?
where did you get this image?

thanks

[blrBird]

Originally Posted by vadi

do you have higher resolution image of this?
where did you get this image?

thanks

I dont have the higher resolution image, I got this from one the project consultants DORSCH CONSULT, which is in cooperation with the Swiss based Architect KMP, is responsible as OE/OA (Owner's Engineer / Owner's Architect) for 1st phase, there are some minor modifications to this design, as this was not accepted by the civil aviation ministry.

I guess Siemens is testing for the first time(any where in the world) their concept of Modular airports(read small terminal airports) and Bangalore is going to be the scape goat for this! This concept is based on rail road terminus.

[vadi]

Originally Posted by blrBird

I dont have the higher resolution image, I got this from one the project consultants DORSCH CONSULT, which is in cooperation with the Swiss based Architect KMP, is responsible as OE/OA (Owner's Engineer / Owner's Architect) for 1st phase, there are some minor modifications to this design, as this was not accepted by the civil aviation ministry.

I guess Siemens is testing for the first time(any where in the world) their concept of Modular airports(read small terminal airports) and Bangalore is going to be the scape goat for this! This concept is based on rail road terminus.

Hey thanks for that input.

I am trying collect info sources for this proj. Please share any source of info that you may have.

I don't think BIAL has a website. They seem to have identified an agency to develop one:
http://www.peppersquare.com/company_...s=peppersquare

The BIAAPA, BMRDA websites suck big time. for a city known for IT none of the websites are of any quality.

vadi

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[vadi]

from the BIAL website...



more at the BIAL website

[drwho]

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...2400070300.htm

[kronik]

Devanahalli airport works picking up momentum

Six months after work started on the site, this is where things are apparently moving fastest towards shape. After completing the basement excavation, workers are busy concreting the footings and columns. Reinforcement and water-proofing are being done, while work at the pre-casting yard for the terminal building’s roof elements is also on.

The construction work by Larsen & Toubro for the Rs 1400-crore project, set to an April 2008 deadline, in its first phase is also covering the apron, taxiways, control towers and access roads. Chief Projects Officer Mr Sivaramakrishnan S Iyer says cut-and-fill work is being done on 3.5 km of the four-km runway. The runway, designed as per International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) guidelines, is one of the two planned for the airport, but Mr Iyer says the second one is part of the final, long-term plan.

The foundation for the control tower, where the technical and administrative wings of the airport would function from, is over. So has rock excavation for construction of the Ground Support Engineering (GSE) building.

The Chief Projects Officer says except water for the construction work in the nearly 3,800 acre-land, the system is up and running at the site. “Right now, we are depending on tankers to bring in the water, but we’ll soon have the BWSSB supply of treated water from the Yelahanka plant. The pipelines for the supply are already in place,” he says.

The site also has two labour camps housing nearly 1,650 workers. “As the buildings start coming up, more workers, like carpenters and electricians, will be required on the site. We are making sure that the best of facilities are provided to the labourers, right from preferred food to clean toilets” says Mr Iyer. There’s a health centre, a shop and an STD booth within the camps.

PROJECTS IN PROGRESS

*85 per cent of the terminal building foundation

work completed

*Foundation of the control tower completed

*Rock excavation for Ground Support Engineering

(GSE) building over

*Cut-and-fill work being done on 3.5 km of the

four-km runway

*Earthworks on apron, taxiways on

*Work on main access road from the National

Highway on

*Work on boundary and security walls on

[29A]

I see that things are going on in full swing. You dont see much of that, but hopefully those idiots who are trying to block airport privatisation will be humbled by this and change their ways

[kronik]

Both phases of Bangalore airport to be completed simultaneously: Patel

THE Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Praful Patel, has said that both phases of the Rs 1,300-crore Bangalore International Airport will be completed simultaneously.

Mr Patel told newspersons on Saturday that if the airport consortium had executed only the first phase, it would not have been able to keep pace with the traffic projections.

Mr Patel said both the phases would be completed in 2008. He said the traffic projections had to be revised because of the increase in traffic. "The 2015 traffic projections have now been brought forward to 2008 itself because of the revised projections," he said.

Mr Patel said the Ministry had asked the consortium to make certain changes in the design of the airport as the Ministry was not satisfied with its original design. "The project will now be completed on schedule," he said.

What do you expect when the incompetent swines we vote into power take 15 years to sanction a bloody airport?

[kronik]

Cleared for takeoff

In the city known as India’s Silicon Valley, 15 years is practically a lifetime. That’s how long Bangalore has been waiting for an international airport. But this Republic Day, India’s biotech hub can finally see the beginnings of one.

Large chunks of earth lie dug up as around 1,800 workers in bright yellow and blue safety helmets go about building what promises to be India’s first world-class airport, with a capacity to eventually handle 40 million passengers. Work began at the site—located 35 km outside Bangalore, in Devanahalli—in July 2005, and a skeletal steel structure is already up.

The project is among the first public-private partnerships in India and a Greenfield airport. In its first phase the airport will cater to over 6.7 million passengers per year, create 1,000 jobs per million passengers and have cargo capacity of 1.4 lakh tonnes per year. Apart from regular services, the airport promises travellers a hotel, shopping mall, tax-free shops, food courts and other convenience amenities.

While the project was conceived when Ghulam Nabi Azad was the Union civil aviation minister in the P V Narasimha Rao government, it began to materialise in 1994 and has since been shelved and reshelved more than once.

In the first phase, a 4-km runway, aircraft stands, a terminal building, technical buildings and other airside and landside facilities are being constructed. As one walks across the site spread over 3,880 acres of land, there is a definite buzz—even a sense of pride. ‘‘I have been involved in the making of a number of structures in Bangalore. However, this is the first that will be a landmark for Bangalore,’’ says Chief Project Officer Sivaramakrishnan S Iyer.

‘‘I am very pleased to be part of this prestigious project as this is a major infrastructure project not only for the city of Bangalore but also for the country,’’ says Jill Deviprasad of BIAL. ‘‘It will ease air traffic bottlenecks in this region of the country as it adds new capacity. To be part of this project is an honour and a great feeling.’’

With the target launch date being April 2008, work is on for 14-16 hours a day and is, till now, on schedule. The workers begin early in the morning and finish late in the evening.

PV Narsimha Rao is one of India's best and most unsung prime ministers ever. If it were upto me, I would have named the new Hyd. Airport in his name.

[Aryabhata]

Bangalore’s new airport just got BIGGER
With air traffic projections for Bangalore soaring each time they are calculated, the new greenfield airport there is all set to undergo a major mid-course redesigning to complete by 2008 most of what it had earlier planned to accomplish in the second phase by 2015. The biggest change: ramping up the capacity of the terminal building to handle annual passenger traffic of 11.4 million by 2008 itself—this was the estimate for 2015—instead of the first phase target of 6.8 million.

http://www.indianexpress.com/sunday/story/737.html

[kronik]

BIAL approves redesign of international airport

The board of the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) on Monday in-principle approved the redesign of the new international airport. However, the board has sought certain clarifications from the equity holders and the final decision is expected in the next few weeks.

According to a BIAL press release, the redesign of the airport project is based on the revision of traffic forecast done in June 2005. The study has estimated the traffic flows for the new airport on the “airport opening year” (2008) at 6.7 million passengers from the 4.5 million passengers estimated earlier. Subsequently, the figure is expected to climb to 8.5 million passengers in year 2010, the release said.

The redesign will see an increase in the size of the passenger terminal building, number of aircraft stands, more taxiways, passenger boarding bridges and the main access road enabling the airport to match the expected traffic in the coming years, the release added.

“The policy on civil aviation is expected soon. Therefore, the BIAL has decided to wait with the next steps in ground handling,” the release added.

However, the agreement with the selected partners in cargo should be concluded by the end of this month. In cargo, the three first ranked parties are the consortia consisting of Air India/ SATS, Bobba Group/Menzies Aviation and Swissport / Cargo Service Center.

[kronik]

B'lore airport: Singapore wins deal

SINGAPORE: One of two contracts to build and operate a cargo terminal at India's IT hub Bangalore's new international airport opening in 2008 has been bagged by a consortium of Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) and Air India, news reports said on Wednesday.

The agreement, the first cargo contract for the Singapore Airlines subsidiary, is expected to be signed before the end of the month.

SATS provides in-flight catering at four other Indian airports - Mumbai, Chennai, New Delhi and Kolkata - through its two joint ventures, Taj-SATS Air Catering and Taj Madras Flight Kitchen.

SATS has 15 ground-handling and catering joint ventures in eight markets, including China, Vietnam, Taiwan and Indonesia.

[ramkan]

Our Regional Bureau / Bangalore April 19, 2006

The construction of the much-delayed Bangalore international airport (BIAL) at Devanahalli is on schedule and the work is on in full-swing as per the original plan, BIAL officials said today.


As per an official release by the company today, the major concreting works at the air traffic control technical block are complete.
The concreting of the terminal building columns, raft slab, mezzanine floor slab and the retaining wall in the basement is in progress. Foundation concreting for the Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) Building and the Maintenance Buildings is progressing.


Earthworks for the runway and taxiway are progressing steadily. Out of the 4-km runway, cut and fill work for 4,000 meters is now in progress. Granular Sub Base (GSB) laying works in the runway and taxiways is also progressing.


Similar cut and fill earthworks on the large apron and taxiway areas are in progress. Installation of the drainage pipes in the apron area has started.


Officials added that the first of the concessionaire sites has been handed over to the aviation fuel facility.

[Tintin27]

Airport project gains speed

BIAL hands over site for fuel facility
Airport project gains speed
Deccan Herald

Groundwork on the site is progressing on schedule. Columns of the terminal building are being concreted along with the mezzanine floor slab and basement retaining wall.

Work on the Devanahalli international airport is gathering more pace, with Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) handing over the first concessionaire site for the aviation fuel facility. India Oil Corporation, Indian Oiltanking Ltd and Skytanking Gmbh are the aviation fuel concessionaires attached to the project.

Groundwork on the site is progressing on schedule. Columns of the terminal building are being concreted along with the mezzanine floor slab and basement retaining wall. Pre-cast roof mould elements are being installed at the terminal building, according to a monthly progress report of the BIAL.

Major concreting works at the Air Traffic Control Technical Block have been completed, while work on the foundation concreting for the Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) building and maintenance buildings is on. Cut-and-fill work on 4,000 metres of the four-km runway, Granular Sub Base (GSB) laying works in the runway and taxiways and earthworks on the apron are in progress. Meanwhile, the secondary access road to the greenfield airport is also gathering shape.

Redesign phase

The redesign phase of the nearly Rs 1,500-crore airport will progress in the coming weeks, during which the BIAL Board is expected to give the final go-ahead. The Board had earlier this month agreed to the redesign in principle.

According to sources in BIAL, the new design will have a larger terminal, more aircraft stands, new taxiway layouts and landside infrastructure.

They said the change in design would not postpone the airport’s proposed April 2008 opening.

The design alterations are expected to cost an additional Rs 400 crore.

The Board also cleared the partner evaluation for ground handling and cargo as proposed by the management. Three consortia, SATS /Air India, Bobba Group/Menzies Aviation and Swissport International/Cargo Service Center, were picked as the top three ranked groups for cargo. The agreement with the cargo partners is expected to be concluded by the end of April, BIAL sources said.

[himmat113]

Are there any Google earth pictures of the BIAL site?

[kronik]

BIAL's a perfect example of how our Governments think ten years behind the rest of the country.

Govt-BIAL to re-design Devanahalli airport

The government would sign two agreements with Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL), the joint venture firm developing the new airport at Devanahalli, to modify the concession agreement to factor in changes in the project design.

The projected cost, taking into account the redesigning of the project, would go up from Rs 1,411.79 crore to Rs 1,930.29 crore--a hike of Rs 518.5 crore which would be funded through additional debt.

The additional amount would be funded by BIAL through loans and advances received from third-party service providers like those to be involved in cargo handling or jet fuel supplies and not through additional equity or state support.

Of this additional amount, Rs 450 crore would be taken from lenders and Rs 68.5 crore from the service providers.

Following this, the debt-equity ratio would rise from 2.25:1 to 3.63:1, the spokesperson said.

After re-designing the project, the airport would be able to handle air traffic projected for 2020 ten years earlier, official sources said.

[kronik]

I've started a BIAL site on the main aviation forum. Feel free to partake in postings.

If somebody wants, we can also start the HIAL thread over there.