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September 22, 2004
Takenaka Awarded Contract for Construction
of New Bacolod Airport (Philippines), Full-scale Construction
Work Started
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Takenaka Corporation
Itochu Corporation
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In May a joint venture between Takenaka Corporation (Head office:
Osaka, President: Toichi Takenaka) and Itochu Corporation (Head
office: Tokyo, President Eizo Kobayashi) was awarded a contract
for the construction of the New Bacolod Airport Passenger Terminal
and runway to be constructed in Silay City, Province of Negros
Occidental (Negros Island) of the Philippines at open tender.
Construction work on the project started in August.
The contract is worth approximately 8.2 billion yen, and work
is scheduled to take place from August 2004 to January 2007.
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Project
Overview |
New Bacolod Airport is positioned as the first phase of development
of major domestic airports planned by the Philippine government.
The new airport is to be constructed in Silay City, some 24km
north of the existing Bacolod Airport, located in Bacolod City
on Negros Island. Basically it is an airport for domestic flights,
and in a bid to trigger business and tourism for the central
Philippines area (the area including Negros Island, where the
new airport is to be located, and Cebu Island, a famous tourist
destination), it will have a 2000-meter runway and design specifications
on a par with an international airport, and which comply with
international standards.
The owner of the new airport will be the Government of the Philippines,
Department of Transportation and Communications - Air Transportation
Office (DOTC).
Design and supervision will be carried out by Pacific Consultants
International (PCI). Detailed design of some of the air traffic
control, lighting, meteorological and aviation fuel facilities
will be handled by the Takenaka-Itochu joint venture.
The Philippine government will obtain a loan from the Japan
Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) for the construction
of the airport.
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Project
Overview |
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Project name
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Development of New Bacolod (Silay)
Airport |
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Application
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Airport terminal and runways |
| Location |
Silay City, Negros Occidental, Republic
of the Philippines |
| Client |
Government of Philippines, Department
of Transportation and Communications - Air Transportation
Office |
| Design and supervision |
Pacific Consultants International |
| Construction and
partial detailed design |
Takenaka/Itochu joint venture
(Partial detailed design: air traffic control, lighting,
meteorological and aviation fuel facilities)
(Scope of construction: construction, facilities, special
airport facilities, civil engineering work) |
| Site area, including
runways |
1,810,000 m² |
| Structure |
Reinforced concrete (partly steel structure) |
| Size |
Group of one to three-floor 21 buildings
including terminal building, and one 2000 m runway (capable
of accommodating Boeing 737 and Airbus 330) |
| Total floor space |
10,075 m² |
| Construction schedule |
August 4, 2004 to January 20, 2007 (900
days) |
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Value of contract
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approximately yen 8.2 bn (converted
at the rate of 1 peso = approximately yen 1.88, the exchange
rate at the time the contract was awarded) |
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