PASSENGER TERMINAL FOUNDATION OF NEW SARATOV AIRPORT IS READY AT 25%

Piled foundation works under the airport complex building of new Saratov airport complex are completed at 25%. 240 reinforced concrete bored piles have been poured in the passenger terminal foundation; according to the project, their total number will be more than 900. Today, in the course of site inspection, General Director of the Airports of Regions managing company, Yevgeniy Chudnovskiy, informed the acting governor of the Saratov Region, Valery Radaev, on the progress of new airport infrastructure building.

“In accordance with the schedule, the general contractor plans to complete the pouring of the piles under the airport terminal building by the middle of September of the current year,” said Yevgeniy Chudnovskiy at the business meeting on the construction site. “By the end of the year, it is planned to complete the erection of monolithic frames of all the main buildings of the airport complex.”

The round-the-clock piled foundation is carried out by 3 drilling machines ensuring the pouring of up to 30 piles per day. Piled foundation works are also carried out in other buildings of the airport complex. Under the building of state supervisory bodies, technological and administrative buildings, as well as garage for ground support equipment, excavation of pits has been carried out, compacted soil backfill is being carried out. Reinforcing before foundation frame concreting at the building of state supervisory bodies is carried out.

Three crane towers are installed on the construction site, which will ensure the construction of passenger terminal. Another two crane towers are being installed, which will be used for the engineering premises construction. 240 builders and 41 units of equipment are involved for construction of the passenger terminal and other infrastructure facilities. All types of work are carried out in accordance with the approved plan schedule.