The Airports of Thailand (AoT) board on Wednesday awarded a 14.2-billion-baht contract to PCS Joint Venture to carry out a key part of Suvarnabhumi airport's upgrade.
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Suvarnabhumi upgrade contract approved
Boonsong Kositchotethana
The Airports of Thailand (AoT) board on Wednesday awarded a 14.2-billion-baht contract to PCS Joint Venture to carry out a key part of Suvarnabhumi airport's upgrade.
Key features of the Suvarnabhumi expansion include the construction of a four-storey mid-field terminal with 216,000 square metres of space, installing an automated people mover system, extending the existing passenger terminal from its eastern wing to provide 60,000 sq m of extra space, bolstering supporting infrastructure and building a new airline office building.
The Thai-Chinese consortium, comprising Power Line Engineering Plc and China Construction Engineering Thailand Co, beat out two other bidders vying to build the first midfield concourse building (levels 2-4) and the connection to the southern tunnel.
The contract is one of several major deals awarded by AoT for work related to the long-delayed expansion of Thailand's overcrowded gateway airport.
Phase 2 development is geared towards raising Suvarnabhumi's annual passenger handling capacity to 60 million in 2019 from 45 million now, at a total cost of 53.3 billion baht.
A year ago, AoT granted a 12.1-billion-baht contract to Italian-Thai Development to build levels B2, B1 and G of the first midfield concourse building and a connection to the southern tunnel for structural work and the main system.
PCS Joint Venture will handle additional work for those structures.
Meanwhile, AoT's board yesterday agreed to extend a 10-year concession to King Power Suvarnabhumi Co to operate commercial activities at Terminal 1 of Don Mueang airport.
The firm, a unit of King Power's duty-free conglomerate, beat out three contenders – The Mall Group, Minor Food Group Plc and Central Department Store – for the concession.
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