Chennai-based construction company, Consolidated Construction Consortium (CCCL), has bagged a Rs 1,212 crore order from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for the expansion of Chennai Airport Terminal.
CCCL will execute this project with Canada-based Herve Pomerleau International, which will be its technological partner. The project is scheduled to be completed in 26 months.
The project has been awarded mainly for the development of Kamaraj Domestic Terminal (74,527sq metres) Phase II, expansion of existing Anna International Terminal (65,000 sq metres). The company is also constructing multiple car parking areas spread over 47,000 sq metres, which can accommodate 2600 car at any given time.
R Sarebeswar, chairman and CEO, CCCL, said: "This project is a milestone for CCCL and it will fillip our business prospect in the future in the different verticals of our company like power, residential and civil construction works."
Apart from the Chennai Airport project, the company had also announced to get construction project for the second phase expansion of Thiruvananthapuram Airport terminal in Kerala. This project is valued Rs 41 crore, said Sarebeswar.
Sarbeswar noted that the upgraded airport in Chennai will be bigger than the new Bangalore Airport and its passenger capacity will be around 1.6 crore a year, which at present has a capacity to handle only 40 lakh users.