Client:

Cairo Airport Company, Egypt

Location:

Cairo, Egypt

Cairo International Airport Terminal Building 3

Construction cost 450 million US$

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Inaugurated in December 2008, the US$ 450 million Cairo International Airport Terminal Building 3 required more than 180,000 man hours of design and 430,000 man hours for construction supervision. The project components include a new terminal building and associated facilities for the Cairo International Airport, which are developed to cope with the future potential expansions according to the traffic forecasts till the year 2020. The landmark was developed in compliance with the latest international design solutions for airport development and executed to host an annual capacity of 12 million passengers.

The project comprises the design and construction of A three-level central main building of total built up area 164,000 m² to the latest technologies of security, safety and operational systems, with fifteen swing gate facilities serving international and domestic flights including the A380 wide body aircrafts; airside area with taxiways serving the terminal building; landside bridges/flyovers serving the traffic to/from the terminal building and surface car park; automated baggage handling, screening and sorting system and ancillary buildings including apron control tower, power plant, HVAC equipment building, electrical substation, water reservoir and pumping stations. Halls are 320x150m, for processing all arriving, departing passengers and a basement housing facilities including stores, workshops, M&E area baggage handling, etc.

Provision of a new central main building spacious enough to accommodate all passengers and facilitate arrival and departure procedures and at the same time improve the passenger facilities to a much higher level of functioning comfort, convenience and spaciousness. Provision of enough gates to cope with present and future peak hour traffic demands (aircraft and passengers).