The
new project consultant for the Kannur international airport has started
reviewing the detailed project report prepared for the fourth airport proposed
in the State.
The
review of the report was included in the scope of work when Kannur
International Airport Ltd. (KIAL), formed by the State government to build and
operate the airport, floated tenders for appointing a new project consultant
after the consultancy agreement of August 17 with Mumbai-based STUP Consultants
Private Ltd. was cancelled for violation of the request-for-proposal
conditions.
KIAL
sources told The
Hindu that
the new project consultant — a consortium led by the Hong-Kong-based AECOM Asia
Private Ltd. and including AECOM India Private Ltd. and CRISIL — that bagged
the bid for Rs. 13.8 crore had started work from the site of the proposed
airport at Mattannur. Cochin International Airport Ltd. (CIAL) had prepared the
detailed project report.
The
review assumes significance as the KIAL had asked the CIAL in May to revise the
report as aviation experts pointed out over a dozen technical flaws.
They
cited cost escalation likely to come up in view of earthwork, laying a second
parallel runway and providing access to the airport from the Kannur-Mysore
road. Later, the CIAL submitted the final report.
AECOM,
global provider of technical and support services to airport owners, investors
and aviation clients, came ahead of the Spain-based consortium INECCO in
bagging the contract.
The
experience of AECOM in programme and construction management extending to all
aspects of aviation is expected to aid the development of the Kannur airport.
AECOM
has been involved in many major works in the aviation sector, including
development of Los Angeles International Airport, O’Hare International Airport
in Chicago and John F. Kennedy International Airport’s American Airlines
Terminal Redevelopment Programme. The project consultant will finalise and
freeze the master plan, KIAL sources said.
The
consortium led by STUP Consultants won the bid for Rs.14.5 crore.
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