#PROJECT: DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EXPANSION

[satit28]

the round one kinda looks loike bang kok new airport....

[AltinD]

There is another section raised already, at the moment half in side of the one as shown on Soen's picture.

[Dubai-Lover]

Dubai Civil Aviation to award key deal


Dubai: The Dubai Department of Civil Aviation will award a Dh488.11 million contract for the expansion of Terminal 2 at the Dubai International Airport next month.

This will be followed by a civil engineering contract for Concourse 3, a specially designed and purpose-built terminal for Airbus A380 superjumbos.

“We are currently evaluating the bids for the Terminal 2 expansion project and will be able to announce the winner next month,” said Khalifa Suhail Al Zafein, director of engineering and projects at the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA).

The project will take two years to complete. Upon completion, the terminal will have 110,000 square metres of built-up space to cater to five million passengers annually.

It is designed to have 62 check-in counters and six baggage carousels.

He said bids will also be invited for Concourse 3 – one of the last remaining components of Dubai International Airport’s Dh15 billion ($4.1 billion) expansion.

“Detailed designs have been completed for Concourse 3. We will invite bids soon and award the contract later this year. The construction will be completed in two years,” Al Zafein said.

“We are waiting for the demolishion of the existing Emirates engineering and maintainance hangar as well as the Royal Air Wing, so that the site for Concourse 3 could be cleared for construction.”

Currently, 7,000 workers are engaged in various sites at the airport on construction activities. As many as 52 large cranes are supporting the activities.

“About 45-50 per cent of the construction work on the Concourse 2/Terminal 3 is being completed," he said. “It will be ready by the first quarter of 2007.”

Al Zafein said contracts for about 80 per cent of the work in the airport expansion have been awarded, and the remainder will be decided by the end of this year.

“All the projects under the masterplan are progressing on schedule and within the budget," he said. "We hope to complete the overall construction by 2008.”

Work on the Cargo Mega Terminal is also progressing well along with the construction of a third hall at the Airport Expo, which is scheduled to be completed before the airshow in winter.

Work on an underground tunnel is also progressing well, for commuters to shuttle between Dubai and Sharjah.

Al Zafein said the DCA will repay Dh1 billion per year in installments on the money borrowed through an Islamic sukuk financing.

The DCA has awarded a Dh100 million contract to Abu Dhabi-based Trident Contracting to carry out infrastructure work on the 25 square kilometre Logistics City.

“They will finish the work in eight months," Al Zafein said.

"This will be followed by construction of other components and structures. Besides, at the Logistics City, private sector operators will be able to build their own facilities and operate them. It will be a free zone," he said.

Road
Dedicated corridor to be built to link airports
Dubai will construct a dedicated corridor to shuttle cargo and passengers between the two airports – Dubai International and Jebel Ali, said a senior government official.

This is in addition to a dedicated metro rail link between the two facilities. Khalifa Suhail Al Zafein, director of engineering and projects at the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) yesterday said the new corridor will handle transit cargo, freight and passengers and will allow goods to transit in less than 30 minutes.

The road will be built as an express highway.

He however, did not indicate a time-frame for the construction period.

The DCA has awarded a Dh100 million contract to Abu Dhabi-based Trident Contracting to carry out infrastructure work on the 25 square kilometre Logistics City, part of the 140-square kilometre site of the proposed Jebel Ali Airport City.

[Krazy]

Emiratisation gathers pace at the Air Traffic Control at Dubai International Airport

Tuesday, March 29, 2005



Emiratisation has gathered pace at the Air Traffic Control (ATC) and the associated technical sections such as the radar, meteorological office, electronic engineering, and aeronautical information services at Dubai International Airport. The ATC which is the heart of airport operations now boasts of 78 UAE Nationals in various degrees of seniority from general managers to air traffic controllers.

HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Department of Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates Group, commented: “It is a matter of great pride for me that UAE Nationals are gaining the experience and confidence to undertake a huge responsibility as the air traffic control. The Emiratisation programme is of great importance to the Department of Civil Aviation. Implementing this programme means achieving one of the country’s top objectives which is to improve the nationals standard of living, as well as to provide them with jobs that will enable them to participate in the decision making process. We want the younger generation to take pride in what they do and in turn make their country proud.”

Currently the number of UAE Nationals in the various sections of ATC are as follows: 44 in air traffic control and radar control, eight in the Met office, 19 in electronic engineering (which takes care of various equipment such as the radar, the instrument landing systems etc) and seven in the aeronautical information services.

Mr Mohammad Ahli, Director, Operations, commented: “We want to take in more and more UAE Nationals. But we are a bit restricted due to the continuous immense growth in air traffic movement and the regulations which allow us only one trainee at a time in the control tower. This is a very important and a high risk job. To be a certified air traffic controller one has to undergo not just theoretical training but serious on-the-job training. Hence our programme is a continuously progressive one. We have very bright students and we encourage them.”

[Krazy]

Emirates building biggest aircraft maintenance facility

Dubai: Emirates is constructing a new Dh1.3 billion Engineering Centre on the north side of Dubai International Airport.

The centre will be the world's biggest civil aviation maintenance facility. Being constructed on a 55 hectare site, it is Emirates' largest single facility investment.

When completed, the new centre's eight hangars will form the largest free-spanned structures in the Middle East, with roofs supported by 110-metre long single spans.

France's Aeroports de Paris (ADPi ) and Fraser Nag Partnership are the main consultants to the landside facilities.

"This is the airline's largest single-facility investment ever and among our most cost-effective ones," said Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates Group.

"It will make us proud by setting a new standard of excellence for the industry, but more importantly it will support the growth of the Emirates fleet with in-house capability that will also be a significant source of revenue, thanks to third-party servicing contracts."

The current engineering hangar, close to Airport Expo, will be demolished to pave way for the construction of Concourse 3, once the new Engineering Centre is completed.

The new centre will service the Emirates fleet including the additional 99 aircraft on order, including 45 Airbus A380-800 superjumbos, 29 Boeing 777-300ERs and 20 Airbus 340-600s, and also will accommodate third party maintenance.

It is scheduled for completion by the beginning of next year, when the airline's fleet is forecast to have increased to more than 80 aircraft.

Contractors for the centre are in the process of lifting thousands of tonnes of steel mega-trusses to support the roofs. The heaviest are the arches over the hangar doors, each 95 metres long and weighing 460 tonnes, and requiring four cranes to be lifted into place.

Outside the hangars, the Engineering Centre will have nine dedicated aircraft parking bays, with facilities for refuelling.

In addition to stores, workshops, an office block and multi-storey parking for 1,500 cars, the new centre will include a security building and the Emirates Engineering Training School, which will be re-located from its present home in the Emirates Aviation College.

Facilities for staff will include a canteen, coffee shop, gym and an auditorium.

Staff also will enjoy covered moving walkways between the car park and the hangars.

Huge hangars

More than twice the size of a soccer field

* The Engineering Centre's seven fully air-conditioned hangars for heavy and light maintenance, each 110 metres x 105 metres more than twice the size of a soccer field together with a paint hangar, will cover more than nine hectares or an area equivalent to 17 soccer fields. Emirates' current Engineering Centre has three smaller hangars.
* Each hangar will feature an entrance gate 88 metres wide and every bay will be able to accommodate aircraft of any size, including the Airbus A380, the largest airliner, 73 metres long with an 80-metre wingspan and a tail 24 metres high.
* The hangars will have almost the same dimensions as the A380 facilities specially constructed by Airbus in Toulouse to assemble the plane.
* The huge dimension of the site, adjoining the Dubai Airport Free Zone on the north side of the airport, makes moving quickly from one part of the facility to another a serious challenge. The use of buses, tricycles, golf carts and even Segway Human Transporters is being assessed to find the best way to achieve speedy and safe movement around the centre.

[Krazy]

Emirates' new centre to cost $354m

April 03, 2005

Emirates's new Engineering Centre coming on the north side of Dubai International Airport is estimated to cost Dh1.3 billion ($354 million), said a report.

Rising on a 55 hectare site, the center is Emirates' largest single facility investment and perhaps the world's biggest civil aviation maintenance facility, said the Gulf News.

The new centre's eight hangars are expected to form the largest free-spanned structures in the Middle East, with roofs supported by 110-metre long single spans.

'This is the airline's largest single-facility investment ever and among our most cost-effective ones,' said Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of Dubai Civil Aviation and chairman of Emirates Group.

The current engineering hangar, close to the Airport Expo, will be demolished to pave the way for the construction of Concourse 3, once the new Engineering Centre is completed, the report added.

The new centre will be equipped to servicing Emirates aircraft - including the additional 99 aircraft on order. The center also scouts for third party maintenance. The center is scheduled for completion by the beginning of next year, by when the airline's fleet is forecast to have increased to more than 80 aircraft.

France's Aeroports de Paris (ADPi ) and Fraser Nag Partnership are the main consultants to the landside facilities. Contractors for the centre are in the process of lifting thousands of tonnes of steel mega-trusses to support the roofs.

The heaviest are the arches over the hangar doors, each 95 metres long and weighing 460 tonnes, and requiring four cranes to be lifted into place. Outside the hangars, the Engineering Centre will have nine dedicated aircraft parking bays, with facilities for refueling, the report said.

In addition to stores, workshops, an office block and multi-storey parking for 1,500 cars, the new centre will include a security building and the Emirates Engineering Training School, which will be re-located from its present home in the Emirates Aviation College. Facilities for staff will include a canteen, coffee shop, gym and an auditorium.

Staff also will enjoy covered moving walkways between the car park and the hangars.

[dubaiflo]

looks cool. did not know where to post them, these are screens out of a pc game...

[BinDubai]

which game was that ? i'm gonna buy it now :P~

[dubaiflo]

it is a (freeware??) expansion of MS FS 2004!

[PlaneMad]

That scenery is from flytampa and is not freeware, although i might make a freeware one in the future.
Heres a shot of the cranes (a small part of it, may i add) taken from my EK flight in Aug04

[PlaneMad]

Another one, showing the existing concourse as well.

[Krazy]

great images planemad, thanks.

[PlaneMad]

Thanks,
Heres a shot of the Mega cargo terminal that is nearly complete, or is the A380 hangar? Whatever it is, its huge, i couldnt fit it into one image, taken from the Dubai-Sharjah Highway. My thanks to those millions of cars using the road that day, had an entire ten minutes with the airport view.

[PlaneMad]

No construction in this pic, but a beautiful sight. These photos were taken on Mar05

[dubaiflo]

great images...
thanks!
there was something on his website which said freeware if i remember right?
but could be wrong , i am not playing that stuff anyway.

[Dubai-Lover]

a fantastic photo by tom green

[Cheese Mmmmmmmmmmmm]

Any word on the construction collapse investigation? Is this another flawed design by Paul Andreu?

[Bahraini Spirit]

I put this also in Jebel Ali Airport thread, but here it is again:

Plans are afoot to build a 40-km bonded overland corridor between the Dubai International Airport and the proposed Jebel Ali Airport City to transfer cargo, a report said.

A Gulf News report quoting Ram Menen, Emirates senior vice-president for cargo, said the project is currently in the approval stage and work is expected to start soon.

The corridor will give much needed access to goods at the Logistics City, currently under development, as major cargo operators will gradually move their operations from the Dubai Cargo Village to the Logistics City.

The Department of Civil Aviation has awarded a Dh100 million contract for the Logistics City, which will be ready for occupancy by the end of 2006.

[AltinD]

All over the world the bonded cargo moves freely, but the forwarding agents are responsible that it goes where it is suposed to do and not get unloaded in between and avoid the custom duties.

A bonded corridor is a good idea and will facilitate the cargo movement. Hope it will include a rail line; the best economical and enviromental-friendly solution.

[Dubai-Lover]

ARINC to undertake massive airport IT project

ARINC Incorporated has been selected to provide advanced passenger check-in systems and related technologies for one of the most ambitious airport projects ever built-the Dubai International Airport Terminal 3.


Thermo LLC is a leader in the field of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineering and contracting with 28 years' experience. Headquartered in Dubai, Thermo maintains offices in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, and Doha, Qatar. Thermo provides complete design/build turnkey projects offering comprehensive services within the commercial, domestic, offshore & industrial sectors as a single or multi-service engineering contractor for both small and large projects. Thermo LLC is Certified to ISO 9001:2000 for design and contracting.
Dubai is the world's fastest-growing airport, with annual traffic of 22 million increasing at a 20% rate. To support this growth, the Dubai Department of Civil Aviation has launched construction of the new Terminal 3 and other major improvements, budgeted at more than $4 billion (US). ARINC is part of a consortium led by Thermo LLC., which was awarded the MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) contract for the airport's Expansion Phase II, Terminal 3, Concourse 2, and Car Park.

'This is the largest single airport IT contract ever awarded to ARINC,' stated Graham Lake, Vice President for Europe, Middle East, and Africa. 'We are excited to partner with Thermo and even more pleased to support the Dubai Department of Civil Aviation's efforts to anticipate travel demands of the 21st century. ARINC will deliver technologies to make Dubai's new Terminal 3 one of the most efficient airport facilities in the world.'

ARINC will provide extensive design, project management, supply management, installation, and commissioning for mission-critical airport systems. Among these will be the ARINC iMUSETM common-use passenger system; AirVueTM flight information display system (FIDS); GateFlowTM resource management system (RMS); AirDBTM airport operational database (AODB); and ARINC SelfServTM common-use passenger check-in kiosks (CUSS). ARINC will interface its solutions with newly installed systems from third-party contractors, and will integrate new Terminal 3 and Concourse 2 technologies to the existing airport infrastructure.

The $45 million project confirms ARINC's position as a leading airport integrator, able to fulfill complex requirements in numbers of systems, density of management, and short deployment schedules. The project also positions ARINC to expand its operations further in the Middle East. The completion date is April, 2007.

Alan Sporle, General Manager of Thermo, stated 'Having formed a consortium with ARINC for specialized airport systems, ALCATEL for telecommunications, and Linkforce for global project management, Thermo LLC has brought together a combined expertise, experience, and quality that is unprecedented and unrivalled in this field.'