Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK/VTBS) Bangkok, Thailand

Project Start

1996

Construction Start

2002

Completion Date

Late 2006

Total Project Cost

THB120bn ($2.7bn)

Terminal Dimensions

111m wide x 444m long x 42.85m high

Concourse Dimensions

40m wide x 3,213m long x 25m high

Terminal Complex Materials

Steel, concrete, glass and Teflon-coated fabric

Stakeholders

Airport Authority of Thailand, New Bangkok International Airport Co., Thai Ministry of Finance and Transport, Communications Ministry, The Japanese Bank for International Cooperation, National Economic and Social Development Board

Major Contractors

Netherlands Airports Consultants, Louis Berger International, General Engineering Consultants (GEC), Design 103, Asian Engineering Consultants, Index International, Team Consulting Engineers, NACO, GE-Invision, Sensis Corporation

Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (Aerothai), TCS Consortium: Dorsch Consult Ingenieurgesellschaff mbH, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (Thailand) Ltd, JAL Aviation Consulting Incorporated, Japan Transport Engineering Corp (JTEC)

Southeast Asia Technology Co Ltd (SEATECH), TEAM Consulting Engineering and Management Co Ltd, Project Planning Services Co Ltd, Santhaya & Associated, NTM Consortium: Nippon Koei Co Ltd, TESCO Ltd and MAA Consultant Ltd, Ericsson

Consulting Engineers

Dorsch Consult, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners

Project Management

Pacific Consultants International, Roge and Associates, Epsilon, Asian Engineering Consultants

Management Studies

Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers)

Terminal Complex Design

Murphy Jahn Architects, TAMS Consultants, ACT Engineering

Terminal Complex Construction

Italian-Thai Development, Obayashi Corp, Takenaka Corp, CM Kamchang, Freyssinet International