News Skanska joint venture to build JFK transportation centre A joint venture between Skanska and New York-based civil engineer Halmar International has signed an $868m contract to build a transport hub at JFK International Airport in New York. The…
News Work begins on rail link between Tokyo Station and Haneda airport Construction has begun on a rail service between Tokyo Station and Haneda International Airport with connections to the city’s Utsunomiya, Takasaki and Joban Lines. A press release from the East…
News Hanoi mulls construction of second airport Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport is considering plans to build a second airport in Hanoi to accommodate an expected increase in population from 5 million to between 21 and 23 million…
News Consultancy contract awarded for Bahrain’s $10bn international airport Bahrain’s Transport Ministry has chosen Netherlands Airport Consultants (NACO) to help it plan and implement a $10bn greenfield project to replace Bahrain International Airport, the island’s Daily Tribune reports. The…
News Copenhagen Airport plans biggest-ever expansion Copenhagen Airport will spend €670m remodelling Terminal 3, its busiest. The largest expansion ever at the airport is intended to improve the flow of travellers by adding 60,000 sq m…
News Haptic and Oslo Works design “ocean campus” for old Oslo airport UK-based Haptic Architects and Norway’s Oslo Works have joined forces to plan an ocean-themed attraction in the municipality of Baerum on the outskirts of Oslo. The 45,000-sq-m “Fornebu Brygge” development…
News Tutor Perini lands $222m airport role in the South Pacific Black Construction Corporation, the Guam-based subsidiary of American contractor Tutor Perini, has been chosen to carry out $222m of construction work at Tinian International Airport in the Northern Mariana Islands.…
News Angkor Wat’s new airport to be finished in May Contractors will finish Cambodia’s New Siem Reap–Angkor International Airport next month and it will be officially opened in October, the Khmer Times reports. Zou Yuhui, chairman of Yunnan Air Investment…
News Two workers have been killed while working in a trench at JFK Two construction workers have died after becoming trapped under rubble at JFK International Airport in New York. According to New York and New Jersey Port Authority, the two were “relocating…
News Balfour Beatty JV wins $650m contract to expand North Carolina airport A joint venture between UK company Balfour Beatty and local minority-owned contractor Metcon will undertake a $650m expansion programme at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) in North Carolina. The team will…
News Egis to manage 26 Saudi airports in three-year deal France’s Egis Group has been awarded a three-year consulting contract by state agency Matarat Holding Company to manage expansion works at 26 Saudi Arabian airports. Egis will give project management…
News $1bn expansion of Bangkok’s budget air terminal to start this year Airports of Thailand (AOT) this week confirmed plans to invest $1bn in an expansion of its budget traveller terminal at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport. As well as increasing the size…
News Ferrovial wins first South Carolina contract Spain’s Ferrovial has won its first project in South Carolina through its US subsidiary, Webber. Webber will expand the ramp, roadway, and upgrade the stormwater system at the state’s Greenville-Spartanburg…
News Work starts on Norway’s long-awaited Arctic international airport Officials broke ground ceremonially this week on a new airport in the northern Norwegian town of Bodø, just within the Arctic circle. The $720m airport located about a kilometre south…
News Aecom lands project management role on Neom International Airport Aecom has been awarded a multi-year contract to provide project management consultancy services for Neom International Airport in Saudi Arabia. The airport will serve the 26,500-sq-km business region Saudi Arabia…
News Sierra Leone opens first new air terminal since independence Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has opened the country’s first new international airport terminal since independence in 1961. The $270m facility is three times the size of the existing…
News SOM’s terminal for Kansas City International Airport opens A 1.1 million sq ft terminal at Kansas City International Airport in Missouri, designed by the New York arm of architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), has opened for business.…
News $4.2bn JFK Terminal 6 breaks ground New York State Governor Kathy Hochul presided over the groundbreaking for the $4.2bn project to develop a new Terminal 6 at JFK International Airport on 23 February. The 1.2 million-sq-ft…