L&T to construct greenfield Navi Mumbai airport

GVK’s stepdown subsidiary Navi Mumbai International Airport Private Ltd, has awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the greenfield airport to the transportation infrastructure and buildings & factories businesses of construction major L&T Construction.

The key development spectrum covers cut and fill works, terminal works including departure and arrival forecourts, airfield development works that include a 3,700-metre-long runway, apron systems, taxiway systems, airfield ground lighting and other facilities, landside facilities covering roads, multilevel car parking, utilities and support facilities.

The passenger terminal building that has been designed with complex forms by the renowned Zaha Hadid Architects is being developed to initially handle a capacity of 10 million passengers a year. The project will subsequently be enhanced to handle 20 MPA.