Hong-Kong International Airport: Brief View

 

This post contains a brief view of construction and operation of Hong-Kong International Airport. Construction of airport is done over 12.48 km²between two islands Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau. The construction work has been completed in HK $ 20 billion including construction of an airport, 22 miles of highway including two long span bridges, one tunnel and highway on coastal edge of sea water after expansion of hills into water. In 2012, Hong-Kong International airport is considered as a main contributor to the Hong-Kong’s economy with approx more than 100 airline operators operating flights for more than 180 destinations worldwide. A brief view on the construction of this ambitious project of civil engineering is given here….

HISTORY OF PROJECT

According to the joint declaration of prime minister of United Kingdom and premier of People ’s Republic of china on 19 December 1984, People's Republic of China Government stated that it had decided to resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong (including Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories) with effect from 1 July 1997 and the United Kingdom Government declared that it would restore Hong Kong to the PRC with effect from 1 July 1997.   

At that time Hong Kong International airport was situated (known as Kai Tak airport) at densely populated Kowloon City. Expansion of totally surrounded Kai Tak airport was not possible because of building all around it. At this busiest airport, a single runway and the lesser space was not satisfactory resulting in delay in every third flight and discomfort to the passengers. Rather than this all accidents caused due to congestion of airport was also a reason which caused the government to transfer the Airport to somewhere else. So after a long time, planning study by the Hong Kong Civil Aviation and Public Works department suggested a small island Chek Lap Kok for this purpose. This island was away from the densely populated town while providing route for flights over South China sea.

INTRODUCTION TO THE PROJECT

In 1989 governor of hong kong announced a development stratergy which was about transferring the airport from Kai Tak to Chek Lap Kok island. The construction of this project was to be completed before hand over to People ’s Republic of China means before January 1997.Construction of the airport started in 1991. Now objectives enlisted in front of the constructors were
1. Construction of Airport.

2. Connecting Airport with populated areas.

Under first objective, the goal was little a bit typical because the construction was to be carried out on the  islands Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau (3.02 km² and 0.08 km²). Area of both of the Islands were too small hence area was increased by leveling both of these islands and forming an wider artificial island reclaiming 9.38 km² area of seabed. So formed Site of airport was 12.48 km² which increased the area nearly by 1% of total surface area of hong kong.

When it’s about second objective, it was not also so easy to achieve. Connecting airport to the town was a challenging work including construction of a 22 miles of highway including construction of tunnel, brides or elevated road sections and most important the land reclamation. For this highway the sea shore was extended nearby half mile on seabed. A single highway was not sufficient hence a railway track with a ultra speed train was also provided.

This project was the most expansive Airport Construction project ever according to Guinness world records. Construction of this project was enlisted in top 10 Construction achievements of 20th century.    

Futher detailing of construction of the Hong Kong International Airport are given in other next post named as Hong Kong International Airport: Construction. This post is all about the construction techniques and methods used in building this airport including underwater tunnel, World’s largest double decker suspension bridge and reclamation of land at coastal line by expanding on seabed.

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Futher detailing of construction of the Hong Kong International Airport are given in other next post named as Hong KongInternational Airport: Construction. This post is all about the construction techniques and methods used in building this airport including underwater tunnel, World’s largest double decker suspension bridge and reclamation of land at coastal line by expanding on seabed.

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