Project Name: Construction Supervision Consultant Services for Passenger Terminal Complex for Second Bangkok International Airport Project (Suvarnabhumi Airport)
Company Names: Southeast Asia Technology Co. Ltd.
Project Location: Samut Prakarn Province, Thailand
Project Owner: Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited
Associates: Dorch Consult Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (Thailand) Ltd., JAL Aviation Consulting Incorporated, Team Consulting Engineering and Management Co. Ltd., Project Planning Services Co. Ltd., Santhaya & Associates Co. Ltd.
Project Cost: 40,000,000,000 Baht
Project Description:
Second Bangkok International Airport Project or “Nong Ngu Hao Airport” located at BangnaTrad Highway km 15, Tambon Rajathewa, Amphoe Bang Phli, Samut Prakarn Province on an area of 20,000 rai about 25 km from Downtown Bangkok and 35 km from Bangkok International Airport is the largest investment construction project using the most modern technology and management in Thailand.
The construction was in three consecutive stages. The temporary access road and polder dike system were built in 1995 first and ground improvement for west runway leaving for its consolidation settlement completion and then construction of Passenger Terminal Building Complex was started in 2002 and finally constructed the runways and taxiways including utility systems in 2003.
This new airport aims to be “Suvarnabhumi Aviation Hub” of the region and the core of national economic development. SEATEC Group of companies participated in the design and construction supervision of this project especially involved in the consultancy services for the construction supervision of Passenger Terminal and Concourses Contract which is of the highest cost among all project for the New Bangkok Airport Company Limited (NBIA), a State Enterprise of juristic entity in accordance with the Civil and Commercial Code attached to the Ministry of Transportation under the Airport of Thailand Public Co. Ltd. (AOT) formerly AAT.
Passenger Terminal
Building Characteristics and Area Division: The Passenger Terminal Building is a large single building having useful floor space of 563,000 m2 including 7-floor passenger lounge with useful basement area 182,000 m2 and 4-storey Concourse Building including basement with useful floor space area of 381,000 m2.
Runways, Taxiways and Aircraft Apron
The design works SEATEC has undertaken in the consultant consortium include ground improvement, electrical works for the airport, visual aids system works, mechanical system works, and air conditioning works. SEATEC had worked closely and responsible severally in the consortium gaining technology transfer and various experiences in the airport designing including worthwhile technological knowledge and compilation of various design works.
All works were completed neatly and were highly praised by NBIA. In the pavement design the foundation below the ground level needed improvement due to presence of soft soil and Prefabricated Vertical Drains (PVD) were inserted to the depth of 10 m. Then 5 m thick sand/ rock surcharge was laid to squeeze out the water from the soft soil to have a consolidation settlement of about 1.60 m in 6 months period.
After the completion of consolidation settlement, the ground become strengthened by about 2 to 4 times and then the ground is compacted and filled up with 80 cm thick dense sand layer, leveled and overlaid by 72 cm thick sand cement (cement treated material) to be the base course. Then 33 cm thick Bituminous Material is laid for the surface to receive the aircraft traffic.
As Bituminous Materials could be damaged at the aircrafts apron by the oil spill, Bituminous Material was replaced by 45 cm thick concrete for an area of 4.50 m x 5.00 m.
