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Limak marks key construction milestone in Kuwait airport project
Turkish builder Limak has achieved a significant landmark in the construction of Kuwait International Airport New Terminal 2 (T2) project, the country's new gateway, with 80 per cent of its inner roof now fabricated and nearly 40 per cent installed.
Turkey's Limak Construction has announced that it has achieved a significant landmark in the construction of Kuwait International Airport New Terminal 2 (T2) project.
The company’s on-site factory celebrated this week the production of 30,000 shell cassettes required for the inner roof of the T2 project.
With over 80% of the terminal’s inner roof now fabricated, and 39% of which are installed as of today, it is a major milestone in the construction of Kuwait’s new gateway, said the statement from Limak.
The company confirmed that work on the T2 project is ongoing and continuing in full compliance with regulations set by the Ministry of Health and other official government bodies in Kuwait in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Under the full support of the government of Kuwait, Ministry of Health, and the employer’s of the project, the Ministry of Public Works (MPW), Limak is taking the preventive actions necessary while keeping work at the site, offices, facilities, and support centers under strict control and in accordance to the directions of the Limak Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) team, it stated.
Limak Project Director Richard Meredith said: "Working at a steady production rate, we are taking all the proactive and precautionary measures necessary to keep our construction site and employees safe while continuing work on T2."
"The shell cassette fabrication is now over 80% complete with 39% installed since the start of casting in December 2018. The terminal’s roof structure is made up of 36,964 shell cassettes in different shapes and sizes that are repeated only three times," stated Meredith.
"We plan to produce and install the remaining shell cassettes by August 22," he added.
Weighing an average of 7 tonnes with a maximum of 12 tonnes each, shell cassettes are the building blocks of the airport’s roof structure.
They are modular blocks that, when connected together, form the massive domes that cover and span the terminal’s entire interior space. These innovative and unique segmented dome structures will span up to 137m.
Constructed and assembled by Limak in Kuwait, the unique moulds were designed by Adapa, a Danish company specialised in mechanical innovation and computer aided mould manufacturing.
The design of the complex structure was undertaken by German-based firm Werner Sobek, while the roof’s construction methodology was handled by the Robert Bird Group, a member of one of the largest Asia-based urban, industrial and infrastructure consulting firms, said Meredith.
Limak is proud to be on track to complete the roof structure project milestone despite the adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and restrictions enforced, he added.-TradeArabia News Service