L&T bags Rs 263 cr Hyderabad terminal project

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has won an additional order of Rs 263 crore for the construction of a passenger terminal building at the proposed Hyderabad International Airport.

The order, received from China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Ltd "" main contractors for a part of the airport project package "" follows the Rs 495 crore order received by the company from Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (HIAL) in August for the construction of the runway and taxiway.

The new airport, to be located at Shamshabad, is promoted by the HIAL, a partnership initiative between the GMR Group, the government of Andhra Pradesh and Airports Authority of India (AAI).

The new terminal building, spread across 11.5 lakh square feet, is being built to handle an estimated 5 million passengers a year, and will conform to the standards at major global airports.

Twin wings of the central building will handle international and domestic traffic, while transparent glazing all around the building will provide an aesthetic sheen to the entire structure.

Other high tech construction features include insulated metal profiled curved roofing supported over structural steel truss, and tensile fabric roofing membrane covering 75,000 sq feet of the canopied hall.