The coronavirus pandemic has shed a veil of sadness and raised several questions about what the global aviation industry will look like in the short and medium term: analysts, accountants, airlines, airports in line with agents and stakeholders, to name a few. . some, are still awaiting a final verdict on the call / source scenario, but in Bahrain, home of the Gulf Cooconsistent withhation Council (GCC) oldest airport, the first phase paintings of the new terminal and amenities were approved visitor related very recently, marking a turning point for the Bahrain International Airport (BIA) modernization program of $ 1. 1 billion. The program will strengthen the airport’s capacity to serve 14 million passengers consistently for the year, up from 9 million the previous year. The consumer of the program is the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications (MTT) and the Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) Array The first of the two stages delivered a new 210,000 m2 terminal with first-rate check-in rooms, check-in offices, cabins for passports, electronic gates. , security lanes, nine, 000 m2 of commercial space, lounges, food and beverage areas, 24 gates and 7,000 new passenger seats in the parking lot, either on the floor and in multi-story services. “The program is a progression in its own right that referred to the progression of a new master plan to assess long-term wishes and a comprehensive site plan with services in the area of operations and in the city,” said Uzair Wasif, Vice President and Project Manager of Hill International. “MTT brought in industry experts who identified that to achieve the long-term allocation goals, the existing facility had to be dismantled and a new terminal built. ” Planning and management The process of transforming a newly built facility into a fully staffed airport will need to be carefully managed. To ensure that the arrangements were implemented as planned, an allocation guidance committee was formed in the initial stages to ensure some coordination between the other stakeholders.
Bahrain International Airport’s new terminal will hold 14 million passengers according to the year, up from nine million (Hill International)
In the early stages, Hill prioritized the acquisition of specialized structures and engineering packages; five of those packages were considered critical. These include Baggage Handling System (BHS), Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Security and Control Equipment (SSE), Passenger Cargo Bridges (PLB), and Horizontal Shipping Systems / vertical (HVTS). The packages were purchased on a design and build basis. Structuring the program’s acquisitions in this way allowed for greater schedule control and leveraged the design-build delivery approach by aligning the hazards of those complex systems with groups that understood how to achieve internal packages more productively. on time and on budget. As the assignment manager, Hill International was guilty of presenting the functionality criteria for those specialized sets. “The benefits of this early acquisition allowed for tighter control of the allocation schedule,” Wasif said. Additionally, the assignment required a higher point of coordination among many stakeholders to keep progress. These actors included government ministries, authorities, floor handlers, operators, airlines, and duty-free products, among others, each with their own requirements. To address stakeholder concerns, Hill learned about the requirements, challenges, expectations, timelines, and scheduling of all key stakeholders early in the allocation procedure, coded this data, and used it to advise the take. decision-making procedure and move the task forward. -19 “Large infrastructure systems can have delays due to mandatory adjustments driven by stakeholders,” said Sharif Makki, Hill’s director of operations and contracts for the assignment. “This happened with the Bahrain allocation, but early efforts to inform and take into account the wishes of our shareholders helped mitigate those that have an effect. ” There were marginal cost overruns on the charges, but this had an effect that was partially offset through the Hill team’s workshops on claim avoidance and the review and resolution of claims submitted through the contractor.
The first phase delivered pavements and 7000 new parking lots, either at the floor point and in multi-story amenities (Hill International)
The Covid-19 pandemic presented a fair percentage of challenges, Makki said, adding that Hill was racing with the entire team to deal with them temporarily and effectively. At the site, this meant making sure proper non-public protective equipment (PPE) was had and used, and that personnel were checked daily for symptoms before starting to paint. Additionally, from a planning and control perspective, Hill has coordinated with MTT, BAC, suppliers and contractors to find solutions to source chain bottlenecks. “Like the entire aviation industry, we have had to temporarily adapt to the new Covid-19 standard,” Makki said. “Our priority was the protection of our staff and we reinforced social distancing and encouraged team members to meet practically whenever possible. “Then we had to make sure we were doing everything possible to help move the assignment forward. Hill is smart at finding answers to challenges, and this was no exception. The paintings our team has done to get the task back to work safely and to make up for the maximum time lost have been remarkable and I hope that the classes learned and the maximum productive practices developed through the team can help the team. MTT on other assignments in the future. Meticulous control To ensure the safety and well-being of passengers and staff at the new facility, BAC has meticulously verified the operational availability of the Phase 1 facilities. To monitor the arrangements that have been put in place as planned and maintain the assignment ongoing, the ORAT National Steering Committee, which was formed in accordance with Royal Order (10) for 2017, issued through His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Supreme Deputy Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister have met regularly to address key issues Top image: The first of two stages delivered a new 210,000 m2 terminal at Bahrain International Airport (Hill International)