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Saturday, October 31, 2009 |
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Sikhuphe Airport, Swaziland - building a national airport in less than a year!
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Source: Shaun White
The Swaziland Government recently awarded the Stefanutti Stocks operations in Swaziland two contracts forming part of the overall construction of the new national airport.
The first contract is the construction of the passenger terminal and cargo buildings, with the second contract consisting of the critical services buildings including the Fire Station, Air Traffic Services Building and the Air Traffic Control Tower.
“We started on site in June 2009 and despite at times struggling to get the correct information we have established a good pace,” says Shaun White, contracts manager. “An achievement by the site team deserving of a special mention is the pouring of a 700m3 suspended slab in a 16-hour, two team shift for the Terminal Building”.
The concrete structures to the ATS Building and ATC Tower are complete. The 50m high control tower was slipformed by Stefanutti Stocks Civilsover a continuous period of 15 days. The builders works are well under way and due for completion and handover early 2010 for the installation of specialist air traffic control equipment.
The concrete structures to the Fire Station and Terminal Buildings have been completed and we have entered the next phase of the project, where enclosing the external envelope of the building is critical to allow the internal works to continue unhampered by the elements.
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