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vc15nets · December 15th, 2005, 06:27 PM

Techno-Architect · December 15th, 2005, 11:29 PM

Designed by NESPAK!!

NewYork-wala · December 16th, 2005, 12:07 AM

That design up there was dropped way back in learly nineties...
There is new design on the cards now, but dont have any clue why it hasnt started yet.

pakboy · January 7th, 2006, 09:19 AM

CAA initiates $300m new Islamabad airport project

NIIA to have duty-free shops, hotels, air malls, business centre,

food courts and recreational facilities

KARACHI: The first-ever green-field airport would be built in Islamabad at a cost of $300 million, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced on Friday.

Director General CAA, Air Marshal Pervez Akhtar Nawaz signed an agreement with a renowned international consultant - Louis Berger Group of USA - in association with Pakistani consulting firm ECIL, to undertake project management services.

The CAA is undertaking the development of the New Islamabad International Airport (NIIA) as part of the implementation of this prestigious project.

The contract signing ceremony was held at the CAA headquarters, Jinnah International Airport, Karachi.

The New Islamabad International Airport (NIIA) along with the new terminal building at Karachi and Lahore International Airports was part of CAA’s overall development programme.

However, due to financial commitments to the new terminal projects at Karachi and Lahore, along with other operational works, CAA could not launch this project earlier.

During last few years, CAA’s financial position has significantly improved and now it is able to undertake the mega project, the CAA spokesman said.

While the first contract for Project Management Services is signed, the CAA is close to receiving bids and proposals from international design consultants and signature architects for design of the new airport.

It is envisaged that the Design Consultants will commence their services by the end of March 2006. Soon after the mobilization of the Project Management Consultants, other processes for invitation of bids and award of construction contracts will be initiated. It is anticipated that the new facility will become operational by 2010.

The new airport site is located on 3,200 acres of land, acquired by CAA in 1980’s at Pind Ranjha near Fateh Jang, some 20km from Zero-Point, Islamabad and 23 km from Saddar, Rawalpindi involving driving time of only 20-25 minutes through network of motorways and highways.

The airport will be developed at par with international standards to serve as major hub for all aviation activities in the region.

Estimated to cost about $300 million, the new Airport facility, which is the first green-field airport in Pakistan, shall comprise a contemporary state-of-the-art passenger terminal building, control tower, runway with a provision of a secondary runway, taxiways, apron, cargo complex, and hangar together with all the necessary infrastructure and ancillary facilities. It would cater to the requirements of latest generation of modern passenger aircrafts. The new airport will have a modular design to handle 6.5 million passengers per annum and 100,000 metric tonnes cargo per annum.

Being a new airport, a significant portion of the land has been earmarked for commercial purposes such as duty-free shops, hotel and convention centre, air malls, business centre, food courts, leisure and recreational facilities.

The new airport is envisaged to be a modern landmark structure symbolic to represent twenty-first century Pakistan, as it will be the diplomatic and business gateway to Pakistan through the Capital City of Islamabad.

http://jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2006-daily...ess/b1.htm

UnitedPakistan · January 7th, 2006, 09:27 AM

Finally!

We have been waiting for so many years for this

Rkhan · January 7th, 2006, 09:47 AM

that sure as hell is some news! cuz if theres anything that islamabad needs on urgent bases is an international airport of high standards.

Techno-Architect · January 7th, 2006, 10:48 PM

yAwn!!!

swerveut · January 7th, 2006, 11:41 PM

what does green-field airport mean? An airport on a green field?

pakboy · January 7th, 2006, 11:45 PM

well the render of it looks very green.

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/5263/1252os.jpg

PakistaniSoul · January 8th, 2006, 12:16 AM

wow you..kidding me that small of a airport where only 3 gates are .. thats pathetic like.. they said they want to make a nice airport make it atleast so its good in international standrads.. something unique because karachi and lahore have like same design.. and plus islamabad is increasing in its aviation .. traffic.. i have seen 4-5 jumbos land at once and ... and i also heard many airlines want to fly there because theres alot of potention in that route but.. the airport standards are not good niether the runaway.. when airplane takes offf it takes off straight over settalite town which is not suppose to happen ..they need to built something nice that garbage that is shown is like for domestic.. many airlines returning to pakistan now days and they mostly start at islamabad.. .. very rediclous that they can even thinkin of building an airport like this..

UnitedPakistan · January 8th, 2006, 12:57 AM

That was the old render!

Please read previous replies...

pakboy · January 8th, 2006, 01:02 AM

it was an old one, but it still appears on nespaks site, maybe they are using this one and have made a few changes to it.

and wat airports have you been looking at, since when did lhr and khr airports look the same, theres a lights years difference between them.

swerveut · January 8th, 2006, 01:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pakboy

it was an old one, but it still appears on nespaks site, maybe they are using this one and have made a few changes to it.

and wat airports have you been looking at, since when did lhr and khr airports look the same, theres a lights years difference between them.

If you would read the news item carefully, this is not being done by Nespak, but by The Louis Berger Group. Their website (link below) doesn't currently say anything about this project yet, maybe because its a recent deal.

http://www.louisberger.com/

PakistaniSoul · January 8th, 2006, 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pakboy

it was an old one, but it still appears on nespaks site, maybe they are using this one and have made a few changes to it.

and wat airports have you been looking at, since when did lhr and khr airports look the same, theres a lights years difference between them.

I know the dsign is diff but if you look at it it has the same feel style to it nothing unique aboout it except the artitechture

merijanpakistan · January 8th, 2006, 07:49 AM

Salam,

Wow, Great news. I'm glad that its a greenfield airport. Heathrow has to be closed at night because of its brownfield status. I like the idea for Islamabad's new airport. It suites Islamabad's "Environmental Friendly City" status.

Lahore's new airport, Karachi and basically almost all our airports are brownfield. We have overcrowding at the site as a major hurdel for expansion. Besides, air and noise pollution is a major convern for all our airports.

Peace.

asfar · January 8th, 2006, 09:58 AM

ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will soon be receiving bids and proposals from international consultants and architects on the design of the $300 million new Islamabad airport. It is envisaged that the design consultants will commence their services by the end of March this year. The CAA has already hired the services of Louis Berger Group of the US in association with Pakistani consulting firm, ECIL, for undertaking development of the new Islamabad airport.

Processes for invitation of bids and award of construction contracts will be initiated soon. It is anticipated that the new facility will become operational by 2010.

The new airport site is located on 3,200 acres acquired by the CAA in the 1980s at Pind Ranjha near Tarnol-Fatehjang Road, some 20kms from Zero Point and 23kms from Saddar, Rawalpindi.

The site of the new airport would be linked with the motorway and national highways.

The CAA said the airport would be developed according to international standards to serve as a major hub for all aviation activities in the region.

Estimated to cost about $300 million, the new airport facility, which will be the first green field airport in Pakistan, shall comprise a contemporary state-of-the-art passenger terminal building, control tower, runway with a provision of a secondary runway, taxiways, apron, cargo complex, and hangar together with all the necessary infrastructure and ancillary facilities.

It would cater to the requirements of latest generation of modern passenger aircraft. The new airport will have a modular design to handle 6.5 million passengers per annum and 100,000 metric tons cargo per annum.

Being a new airport, a significant portion of the land has been earmarked for commercial purposes such as duty-free shops, hotel and convention centre, air malls, business centre, food courts, leisure and recreational facilities.—

http://dawn.com/2006/01/08/top18.htm

pakboy · January 10th, 2006, 03:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by merijanpakistan

Salam,

Wow, Great news. I'm glad that its a greenfield airport. Heathrow has to be closed at night because of its brownfield status. I like the idea for Islamabad's new airport. It suites Islamabad's "Environmental Friendly City" status.

Lahore's new airport, Karachi and basically almost all our airports are brownfield. We have overcrowding at the site as a major hurdel for expansion. Besides, air and noise pollution is a major convern for all our airports.

Peace.

wat is greenfield, brownfield

merijanpakistan · January 10th, 2006, 10:01 AM

Salam,

Major cities of the world, when they re-design (masterplan wise), they try to keep the airport far away from the main crowded city on a land (typically under agriculture

). This is not only important for flight safty (incase of a major aviation hub, like Heathrow!), it is also very flexible to expand. This type of construction is called greenfield. Airports are then connected to the city centers with highways, motorways or carriageways. (Or even subways, as in JFK) Expansion of the runway and the terminal building is easy on such airports.

Any project (or airport) that is re-designed upon the sight of an old one, where there is already too much congestion (and so you have to kind'a demolish certain construction) is called brownfield. This is because the land gives a kind'a brown look (as opposed to greener look) because of previous construction.

Peace.

cntower · January 13th, 2006, 11:21 AM

They built it pretty far from Islamabad and Rawalpindi...are they going to build a road to the airport or have a service road from the Motorway?

merijanpakistan · January 14th, 2006, 05:42 AM

Salam,

Quote:

Originally Posted by cntower

They built it pretty far from Islamabad and Rawalpindi...are they going to build a road to the airport or have a service road from the Motorway?

According to the articles, it is supposed to be connected to both GT Road and M2. Lets see.

Peace.

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January 7th, 2006, 09:19 AM	#124
pakboy Lahore Lahore Hai Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,337 Likes (Received): 711	CAA initiates $300m new Islamabad airport project NIIA to have duty-free shops, hotels, air malls, business centre, food courts and recreational facilities KARACHI: The first-ever green-field airport would be built in Islamabad at a cost of $300 million, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced on Friday. Director General CAA, Air Marshal Pervez Akhtar Nawaz signed an agreement with a renowned international consultant - Louis Berger Group of USA - in association with Pakistani consulting firm ECIL, to undertake project management services. The CAA is undertaking the development of the New Islamabad International Airport (NIIA) as part of the implementation of this prestigious project. The contract signing ceremony was held at the CAA headquarters, Jinnah International Airport, Karachi. The New Islamabad International Airport (NIIA) along with the new terminal building at Karachi and Lahore International Airports was part of CAA’s overall development programme. However, due to financial commitments to the new terminal projects at Karachi and Lahore, along with other operational works, CAA could not launch this project earlier. During last few years, CAA’s financial position has significantly improved and now it is able to undertake the mega project, the CAA spokesman said. While the first contract for Project Management Services is signed, the CAA is close to receiving bids and proposals from international design consultants and signature architects for design of the new airport. It is envisaged that the Design Consultants will commence their services by the end of March 2006. Soon after the mobilization of the Project Management Consultants, other processes for invitation of bids and award of construction contracts will be initiated. It is anticipated that the new facility will become operational by 2010. The new airport site is located on 3,200 acres of land, acquired by CAA in 1980’s at Pind Ranjha near Fateh Jang, some 20km from Zero-Point, Islamabad and 23 km from Saddar, Rawalpindi involving driving time of only 20-25 minutes through network of motorways and highways. The airport will be developed at par with international standards to serve as major hub for all aviation activities in the region. Estimated to cost about $300 million, the new Airport facility, which is the first green-field airport in Pakistan, shall comprise a contemporary state-of-the-art passenger terminal building, control tower, runway with a provision of a secondary runway, taxiways, apron, cargo complex, and hangar together with all the necessary infrastructure and ancillary facilities. It would cater to the requirements of latest generation of modern passenger aircrafts. The new airport will have a modular design to handle 6.5 million passengers per annum and 100,000 metric tonnes cargo per annum. Being a new airport, a significant portion of the land has been earmarked for commercial purposes such as duty-free shops, hotel and convention centre, air malls, business centre, food courts, leisure and recreational facilities. The new airport is envisaged to be a modern landmark structure symbolic to represent twenty-first century Pakistan, as it will be the diplomatic and business gateway to Pakistan through the Capital City of Islamabad. http://jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2006-daily...ess/b1.htm __________________ When during his 1997 visit to US, Nawaz Sharif stayed in one of the most expensive hotels in Washington DC and called upon the World Bank and IMF to seek more aid, leading BBC to comment that "no third world leader had ever come so royally to Washington to beg,”

January 7th, 2006, 09:27 AM	#125
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January 7th, 2006, 11:45 PM	#129
pakboy Lahore Lahore Hai Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,337 Likes (Received): 711	well the render of it looks very green. http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/5263/1252os.jpg __________________ When during his 1997 visit to US, Nawaz Sharif stayed in one of the most expensive hotels in Washington DC and called upon the World Bank and IMF to seek more aid, leading BBC to comment that "no third world leader had ever come so royally to Washington to beg,”

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Techno-Architect BANNED Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: I s l a m a b a d-__-L a h o r e Posts: 1,399 Likes (Received): 35	Designed by NESPAK!!

December 16th, 2005, 12:07 AM	#123
NewYork-wala BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 688 Likes (Received): 8	That design up there was dropped way back in learly nineties... There is new design on the cards now, but dont have any clue why it hasnt started yet.

January 7th, 2006, 09:47 AM	#126
Rkhan Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 497 Likes (Received): 524	that sure as hell is some news! cuz if theres anything that islamabad needs on urgent bases is an international airport of high standards.

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January 8th, 2006, 12:16 AM	#130
PakistaniSoul Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Karachi/Newjersery Posts: 68 Likes (Received): 0	wow you..kidding me that small of a airport where only 3 gates are .. thats pathetic like.. they said they want to make a nice airport make it atleast so its good in international standrads.. something unique because karachi and lahore have like same design.. and plus islamabad is increasing in its aviation .. traffic.. i have seen 4-5 jumbos land at once and ... and i also heard many airlines want to fly there because theres alot of potention in that route but.. the airport standards are not good niether the runaway.. when airplane takes offf it takes off straight over settalite town which is not suppose to happen ..they need to built something nice that garbage that is shown is like for domestic.. many airlines returning to pakistan now days and they mostly start at islamabad.. .. very rediclous that they can even thinkin of building an airport like this..

January 8th, 2006, 12:57 AM	#131
UnitedPakistan Musharraf Ka Danda! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: I represent every city of Pakistan Posts: 9,931 Likes (Received): 40	That was the old render! Please read previous replies... __________________ AWAM KI AWAZ! ELECTIONS 2008: WE ARE THE ELEMENTS OF CHANGE! Har waqt hoon mein Pakistan ke liye..

January 8th, 2006, 01:02 AM	#132
pakboy Lahore Lahore Hai Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,337 Likes (Received): 711	it was an old one, but it still appears on nespaks site, maybe they are using this one and have made a few changes to it. and wat airports have you been looking at, since when did lhr and khr airports look the same, theres a lights years difference between them. __________________ When during his 1997 visit to US, Nawaz Sharif stayed in one of the most expensive hotels in Washington DC and called upon the World Bank and IMF to seek more aid, leading BBC to comment that "no third world leader had ever come so royally to Washington to beg,”

January 8th, 2006, 07:49 AM	#135
merijanpakistan We need Malcolm X Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Virginia, Mountain Mama! Posts: 638 Likes (Received): 2	Salam, Wow, Great news. I'm glad that its a greenfield airport. Heathrow has to be closed at night because of its brownfield status. I like the idea for Islamabad's new airport. It suites Islamabad's "Environmental Friendly City" status. Lahore's new airport, Karachi and basically almost all our airports are brownfield. We have overcrowding at the site as a major hurdel for expansion. Besides, air and noise pollution is a major convern for all our airports. Peace. __________________ ISLAMIC DEMOCRACY OF PAKISTAN: Zero Political Repression Zero Social Discrimination Zero Economic Exploitation Zero Environmental Extortion

January 8th, 2006, 09:58 AM	#136
asfar ----- Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 533 Likes (Received): 10	Proposals on design of new Islamabad airport soon ISLAMABAD, Jan 7: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will soon be receiving bids and proposals from international consultants and architects on the design of the $300 million new Islamabad airport. It is envisaged that the design consultants will commence their services by the end of March this year. The CAA has already hired the services of Louis Berger Group of the US in association with Pakistani consulting firm, ECIL, for undertaking development of the new Islamabad airport. Processes for invitation of bids and award of construction contracts will be initiated soon. It is anticipated that the new facility will become operational by 2010. The new airport site is located on 3,200 acres acquired by the CAA in the 1980s at Pind Ranjha near Tarnol-Fatehjang Road, some 20kms from Zero Point and 23kms from Saddar, Rawalpindi. The site of the new airport would be linked with the motorway and national highways. The CAA said the airport would be developed according to international standards to serve as a major hub for all aviation activities in the region. Estimated to cost about $300 million, the new airport facility, which will be the first green field airport in Pakistan, shall comprise a contemporary state-of-the-art passenger terminal building, control tower, runway with a provision of a secondary runway, taxiways, apron, cargo complex, and hangar together with all the necessary infrastructure and ancillary facilities. It would cater to the requirements of latest generation of modern passenger aircraft. The new airport will have a modular design to handle 6.5 million passengers per annum and 100,000 metric tons cargo per annum. Being a new airport, a significant portion of the land has been earmarked for commercial purposes such as duty-free shops, hotel and convention centre, air malls, business centre, food courts, leisure and recreational facilities.— http://dawn.com/2006/01/08/top18.htm __________________ Musharraf - "Pakistan First"

January 10th, 2006, 10:01 AM	#138
merijanpakistan We need Malcolm X Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Virginia, Mountain Mama! Posts: 638 Likes (Received): 2	Salam, Major cities of the world, when they re-design (masterplan wise), they try to keep the airport far away from the main crowded city on a land (typically under agriculture ). This is not only important for flight safty (incase of a major aviation hub, like Heathrow!), it is also very flexible to expand. This type of construction is called greenfield. Airports are then connected to the city centers with highways, motorways or carriageways. (Or even subways, as in JFK) Expansion of the runway and the terminal building is easy on such airports. Any project (or airport) that is re-designed upon the sight of an old one, where there is already too much congestion (and so you have to kind'a demolish certain construction) is called brownfield. This is because the land gives a kind'a brown look (as opposed to greener look) because of previous construction. Peace. __________________ ISLAMIC DEMOCRACY OF PAKISTAN: Zero Political Repression Zero Social Discrimination Zero Economic Exploitation Zero Environmental Extortion

January 13th, 2006, 11:21 AM	#139
cntower دل دل پاکستان Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lahore Posts: 3,101 Likes (Received): 26	They built it pretty far from Islamabad and Rawalpindi...are they going to build a road to the airport or have a service road from the Motorway? __________________ پاکستان

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