DUSHANBE, July 25, 2013, Asia-Plus — The work on construction of a new international terminal at Dushanbe International Airport is progressing, Dushanbe International Airport director, Rustam Kholiqov, told journalists in Dushanbe on July 25.
According to him, the terminal can be introduced into operation one or two months ahead of schedule.
We will recall that an official ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the new international terminal at the Dushanbe airport took place on March 19.
An estimated budget for construction of the terminal is 39 million Euros, including 20 million Euros provided by Dushanbe International Airport and 19 Euros contributed to the project by the French side.
French company, VINCI, is the general contractor for construction of the new terminal at Dushanbe International Airport.
VINCI Construction Grands Projets and VINCI Airports (VINCI Concessions) reportedly signed the €39m design-build contract for a new terminal at Dushanbe International Airport with the DIA (Dushanbe International Airport) company on April 27, 2012.
Responding to a need for increased capacity at the airport, the new terminal will be able to handle 1.5 million passengers a year. It will provide top-quality services to passengers and airlines, in line with international standards. VINCI Construction Grands Projets is charged with the design and construction of the building, as well as supplying the operating equipment and systems. VINCI Airports, for its part, will be assisting the client with the functional definition of the terminal (organization of flows, operational equipment and systems specifications), assisting the airport teams during the planning and works stages, training staff and assisting with the commissioning of the terminal. The works will be carried out within a period of 23 months.
The overall space of the international terminal at the Dushanbe airport is expected to be 11,000 square meters and it will able to receive more than 5,000 passengers per hour. Specialists say the project will bring the Dushanbe airport up to international air traffic standards.
VINCI Construction Grands Projets possesses end-to-end expertise in the creation of complex infrastructure. Throughout the world, VINCI Construction Grands Projets designs and builds major civil engineering structures (tunnels, bridges, dams, liquefied natural gas storage tanks, road and rail infrastructure) and buildings (skyscrapers, shopping centers, hotels, major industrial facilities, nuclear power plants, etc.).
VINCI Airports, a key player in the airport sector, is currently operating and developing 12 airports, primarily under public service outsourcing contracts, including three in Cambodia since 1995 and nine in France. Each airport has specific management and a specific development plan tailored to local needs, while benefiting from the synergies generated by the VINCI Airports model.
