Wednesday 16 April 2014

Ahmedabad Metro


Ahmedabad Gandhinagar metro link is planned to begin in June 2017. Ahmedabad metro providing committed world class safe, comfortable and also fast travel. The state government is in consulting with the technical consultants and has stated the process of phase – wise execution of the project. MEGA project, which seems to evolve from high number of faster transport system to metro – cum- regional rail transport system to accommodate not only the state’s capital Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad but also surrounding cities.

MEGA (Metro link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad) can also be the very first metro company to bridge the driver-less train technological innovation in the country. M/S Egis Rail recommended the broad gauge who is the France based metro rail specialist. The break system totally computerized, thus cutting down the time difference among two trains. MEGA may have an average speed of 40 kmph and will have a top speed of 110 kmph. Metro projects in India have a minimum waiting period of time of 180 seconds between two trains this is the shortest time in the world.
The metro rail project are going to promote integration with AMTS, BRTS, Railways as well as other  modes of operation of public transit method. The purpose of model project aims for the entire nation not only for the state of Gujarat. MEGA is plans for to provide the excellent state of art technology greatest cost effective metro within the fastest span of time possible in the country.
The offered metro may have completely elevated structure, ballast – less tracks, driver less air- conditioned coaches, GPS system for rail tracking system, train location guidelines and stations with technical support infrastructure such as computerized fare collection, parking facilities etc.. The network Management System will be covering Optical Fibre transmission System, radio communication and Telephone Exchange. The entire length of the route is 35.2 KM (approx.) this includes 28.2 km elevated and 7.0 km underground section including 32 stations along with the route. This will be part 1 of the project.
MEGA project shall be required to plan the floor for the project, which involves shifting underground cables, street lights as well other underground services. Primarily 3 car train shall be operational that can be progressively raised to 6 cars based on the need. There will be four boggies in each train one bogey will be carry 400 passengers, indicate by MEGA official.  Huge investment is required to provide the best services such as infrastructure and moving stock to the public.


Thursday 10 April 2014

Mumbai International Airport New Terminal T2:

GVK, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport's newTerminal 2 inaugurated in Jan 2014. Terminal T2 is designed by an architect Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Terminal t2 is India’s very fast and also most innovative vertical passenger terminal that include the world class designs, infrastructure, architecture and functional proficiency with a rich infusion of Indian cultural and heritage character. Terminal T2 highlights with a wonderful museum that showcases Indian art along with a longer wall. Double height art wall lighted by skylights above. The ceiling of T2 is unique and it has been motivated by dancing white peacock. 

The new Terminal T2 is inaugurated  by Maharashtra chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. The 2.2 Km Sahar Elevated Road joins western express state highway with the new and innovative Airport Terminal T2. 1400 acres areas cover by Terminal T2. The new Terminal T2 basically designed by the GVK – led consortium has been built an amount of over 12,500 crores. For construct Terminal T2 18,000 metric ton of steel have been used. At level 2 for arriving passengers providing facilities of private car and hotel pick- up.
The Terminal T2 is built four levels which will indulge an approximately 40 million travellers every year approximately. The level 1 is for ground transport, level 2 is for arrivals, level 3 is for domestic departures and level 4 is for international departures. Terminal T2 is one kind of unique infrastructural project all over the world. GVK, CSIA (Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport) treat guests by offering best in class comfort and convenience facilities.
In Terminal T2  188 check in counters, 76 immigration counters for arriving passengers, 60 immigration counters for departing passengers, 47 escalators, 52 boarding bridges, 73 elevators, 10 baggage carousels. There is 21,000 square meters of retail space and a parking for 5,000 cars. Free Wi-Fi facility  is also available in both domestic and international terminals. There is ATM and money exchange counters available inside the terminal.

Terminal T2 is operating 24 hours a day. The domestic terminal is busiest at  daytime while the international terminal is busy during the night. The terminal is intend to provide facilitate prompt and organized movement of planes and passengers both. There are space that allows travellers to shop, eat and watch planes take off through extensive floor to ceiling windows. The design of terminal creating a comfortable day light space for waiting passengers and responsive daylight control balance indoor and outdoor light levels optimal energy savings, this design will reduce the terminal’s energy usage by 23%.

Friday 4 April 2014

Hong Kong International Airport Plans for an expansion and has awarded the project to Atkins for the third time. The design will be mainly focused on the airfield and apron extension works and hence, will satisfy the future demand through over all the development of the airport. Hong Kong airport is currently the world’s busiest airport by taking in consideration its cargo traffic. It has grown capacity over last few years and currently 56 million passengers are handled in a year.
Gammon has been situated in Hong Kong since the 1950s, a time of colossal change in the domain. Largest solo contract previously honored to Gammon worth HK$ 6.2 billion for Midfield Concourse works in Hong Kong. Midfield Concourse five levels  planned for starting up by end 2015, the task consist of development such as 20 aircraft stands, expansion of the APM tunnel from terminal 1 to the Concourse, expansion of the South Runway Road, a cross – field taxiway and a new taxiway.
In reaction to the most recent capability analysis for theHong Kong international Airport, ten more passenger aircraft parking stands are obliged to provide the new Midfield Concourse Building, which is at presently under development. An expansion to the Hong Kong International Airport services, the Midfield Concourse is situated to the 2 existent runways. Terminal 1 will be joined to Midfield Concourse by an expansion of the existent Automated People mover system. The new innovative airport terminal will probably on entire carpet area of 1, 20,000 sq. meters on a five level concourse featuring ceiling heights similar to those in Terminal 1.


Midfield Concourse will build the airport’s ability and maintain its aggressive edge in the nation. The project focuses to become among the first few buildings to receive the BIM as well as gold rating from the Hong Kong Green Building Council, due to the team’s powerful concentrate on energy and cost saving green design. The project also achieved be motivated BIM Awards – 2011 Prize winner, modernization in campuses, Airports and Military Installation.
Aedas is the Architect & AP for this project. The Midfield Concourse design was basically implemented in collaboration with Mott MacDonald and Arup. Midfield Concourse are going to exhibit one of Hong Kong’s largest arrays of over 1,200 sq. meters of solar panels, integrated onto the roofing  to control renewable energy. Midfield Concourse building along with 19 air bridges, airfield utilities and technique.

​A third runway concourse  around 60 bridge served stands, all airfield infrastructure inclusive of the third runway, airside roads, , Baggage Handling System, vehicular tunnels, , drainage, airfield systems, storm water culverts, utility services, taxiways, aprons providing approximately 40 remote stands, interfacing works, APM and BHS related civil works, ancillary buildings, interfacing works, etc.  

RCC Rigid Pavement Construction


Using of RCC Rigid Pavement Construction base courses under a rigid pavement to make structural advantage need to be depending on economy of construction. RCC provides top quality performance under situation of very difficult operational situation, massive wheel loads and extreme weathers. Usually, the concentrated in log managing yards, freight depots, inter modal terminals and also other high quality operations. However the past decade has observed a rise in applying RCC to construct economical pavements for many conventional highway and road applications.
Technologically advanced engineers and building contractors are recommending different ways to put RCC to utilize to eliminate the circumstances frequently used with amendable asphalt pavements. Exceptional smoothness can be done with RCCpavements by making the use of high- density paving tools, surface grinding and the applying of thinner concrete or even asphalt overlays. RCC will provide a rigid pavement construction which does not rut and can resist the misuse of heavy vehicle traffic.

RCC construction is quick as well as being competitive on a primary cost basis with asphalt pavements. Over its lifetime. RCC are going to exhibit pavement is a free of moisture mixture which is rigid of 20 ton roller and also rigid enough to be compacted by higher strength paver. A pavement with road surface area of concrete on a gravel foundation and sub base with or even without steel reinforcement and frequently with get better joints.


The choice of a pavement materials or technique usually requires careful consideration, adequate evaluation and entire obligations. This unit presents pavement technique and materials considering that it does apply to rigid road pavement construction. Prerequisites for numerous applications are tackled such as high quality resistance along with tasks of agreement management. The planning of the sub grade choice of plant, pavement production, transport and placement are filled with in detail such as the compaction, jointing and also accomplishing procedures. The unit additionally deals with the using roller compacted concrete pavements.

RCCP is a light Gray colour similar to typical concrete pavement applying light coloured concrete pavement has proved to be highly effective in reflective a lot more temperature and also light reduction ambient temperature and electrical lighting respectively. The RCCP surface texture can be rougher compared to regular concrete pavement. RCCP works better suited for high speed traffic when it has been diamond pavement on a surface technique has been used to get better smoothness. The overall performance of RCCP is compared to concrete pavement within that it has high strength and durability.




Tuesday 1 April 2014

Aircraft maintenance hangar construction at Jeddah Airport


King AbdulazizInternational Airporthttp://www.steelconstructiondetailing.com/ is situated near north of Jeddah city. It is named after King Abdulaziz AI Saud and became operational in 1981. The airport covers an area of 15 sq. kms. The Jeddah airport is the most busiest airport of the kingdom and 3rd biggest in area. Jeddah Airport's Aircraft maintenance hangars are one of the biggest in the world measures about 176 metres. The King Abdulaziz International Airport is going to be put up in a new way of three stage construction which had been planned in September 2006 and will be accomplished by 2014.
TAV construction is one of the leading airport construction companies all over the globe. The new innovative operation facilities will be developed by TAV which is one of the leading airport construction companies all over the globe for aircraft maintenance, repair etc.



The majority hangars are made of steel, yet various other materials like the concrete and also solid wood are used to build hangars. Hangars can be used as coverage from the climate, proper protection from direct daylight, maintenance, services, production, installation and warehouse of aircraft on airfield, aircraft services providers and ships. Hangars need to have specialized structures to be developed. The distance of the entry doors are designed in a large way, so that an aircraft can get inside easily. For the larger aircraft is, the more elaborate construction is required.
The construction and design of eleven aircraft maintenance hangars with distance about 160 metres. Maintenance, ancillary structures and also work-shops including, 3,43,000 square metres of built-up area along with a closed car -park and aircraft parking aprons. In accordance aprons, taxiways and also airfield national infrastructure works. Electro-mechanical and also particular tools essential for an innovative computerized MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operation)  facility.
Aircraft maintenance hangar construction is an exclusive segment having rich working experience and specialized knowledge. The Aircraft maintenance hangars will probably be the biggest and with most highly developed facility in the region. It is actually designed to fulfil in the MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operation) business needs to have for the coming 20 years of operation, and also provides for phased construction to accommodate long term capacity expansion necessities.
Conventional aircraft hangars are steel structures which are often challenging to insulate and perhaps more intense to heat and cool. Steel framed structures can leave the aircraft engine and instruments susceptible to corrosion or wear and tear.

As hangars are generally build up near corrosive surroundings, the steel parts those are exposed, are selected in such a way that the surface area is reduced to minimum and are designed to shed water. The design of the exposed structure is made in such a way that allows inspection of all welds and fasteners. High performance coating systems are applied on the exposed steel structure consisting of high coating of epoxy primer.