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Muscat and Salalah airports, Oman
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COWI, in a joint venture with Larsen Architects, are principal consultants on the expansion of two international airports in Oman. The airports will have state-of-the-art facilities and be able to take the world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus 380.
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As principal consultant COWI is heading up the joint venture that will carry out the large-scale airport project from planning and design to supervision of the building works.
The larger of the two airports, Muscat International, is located outside Oman's capital, Muscat. The airport will have a capacity of 12 million passengers a year. In south Oman, the smaller Salalah International will have capacity for one million passengers. The airports are due for completion in 2011.
Everything for a modern airport
The assignment comprises runways, approach roads, terminals, baggage-handling systems, control tower and all the other buildings and installations needed in a modern airport. The aim is to design state-of-the-art airports offering passengers a supreme degree of comfort and safety.
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Both the new airports will be able to play host to the very latest aircraft in the world, including the world's largest passenger aircraft, the A380. It is the largest airport-building project ever in Oman, with the design of 600,000 sqm buildings combined at the two airports. For COWI it is the largest international project in the company's history. 300 employees from Denmark, Oman, Sri Lanka and the rest of Asia are currently working at COWI-Larsen's project office in Muscat.
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Printed from www.cowi.com
on 06.07.08© COWI A/S
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