LOCATION :   Samutprakan, Thailand

CLIENT :       Airport of Thailand Public Company Limited  (AOT)

PERIOD OF SERVICES:   Sep 2017 – May 2018

CONTRACT COST :  8,092,170 Baht

FINANCED BY:           N/A

ASSOCIATED FIRMS:    N/A

DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:

The project situates on the grounds of the Suvarnabhumi Airport (SA) in the province of Samut Prakan province, about 30 km east of Bangkok.  SA has air traffic 50 flights per hour, such capacity reduction had resulted in severe impacts on airport operations including flight disruptions, increased fuel costs, passenger inconvenience and travel delays, all of which eroded the service image of SA.

Given the need to maintain the runways and their associated facilities in good working order, plus the necessity to cater for ever increasing air traffic volumes, it is imperative that SA expedite the implementation of the planned 4,000 m-long 3^rd Runway to help handle anticipated air traffic increase.

The projects cover the following tasks: survey and design of the 3^rd runway, parallel taxiway, taxiways, and perimeter taxiways, ground improvement work for the apron of the 2^nd midfield satellite (SAT-2 Apron), extension of existing taxiway B, and design of aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) building and associated facilities.

SCOPE OF SERVICES:

Tasks relating to the survey and design of the 3^rd Runway consist of the following:

• Survey and design of the 3^rd Runway, Parallel Taxiway, and associated taxiways
• Navigational aids for Instrument Landing System (ILS) and systems relating to aircraft ground movements
• Ground improvement works for pavement structures, for apron of the second midfield satellite (SAT-2 Apron), Perimeter Taxiway, rapid exit taxiways, related taxiways and service roads
• Surface and Subsurface Drainage Design 

KEY FACTORS:

• Survey and design of the 3^rd Runway
• Ground improvement for the pavement structures, apron of the SAT-2, Perimeter taxiway, rapid exit taxiways and service roads