L&T wins additional Rs263-crore order for Hyderabad airport

Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) has won an additional order valued at Rs263 crore for constructing the passenger terminal building at the proposed Hyderabad International Airport. The order, received from China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Ltd – the main contractor for a part of the airport project package – follows the Rs495-crore order received by the company from Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (HIAL) in August for the construction of the runway, taxiway and aprons.

The new airport, to be located at Shamshabad, is promoted by the HIAL, a partnership initiative between the GMR Group, the government of Andhra Pradesh and the Airports Authority of India.

The new terminal building, spread across 11.5-lakh square feet, is being built to handle an estimated five million passengers per year, and will conform to the standards at major global airports. State-of-the-art facilities include a panoramic canopied hall where visitors and passengers can congregate and multi-level bays for arrival and departure.

Twin wings of the central building will handle international and domestic traffic, while transparent glazing all around the building will provide an aesthetic sheen to the entire structure. Other high tech construction features include insulated metal profiled curved roofing supported over structural steel truss, and tensile fabric roofing membrane covering 75,000sq feet of the canopied hall.