The Murtala Mohammed Airport Terminal under construction, as shown in the late August Update above, is being built by reputable Chinese firm CCECC. If Plans for the Aerotropolis persist, then this terminal that will add a much needed 8 million PAX, will not be the end of works at MMIA. Another terminal on the West flank will also be built, as well as other transit terminals and facilities. The terminal, which is under construction at present, is being built on the East flank, in close proximity to the existing terminal's D Wing, i.e. where the old car park was situated.
The new terminal being built by CCECC, will boast of 40,000 sqm of Gross Floor Area. Judging by the animation below, the West Terminal (If Built) is of the same specification and would add another 40,000 sqm of GFA in the future. The anticipated completion period, is sometime in 2016.
The greatest risk, posed by the direction taken by the Aviation Ministry, is that the Murtala Mohammed International Airport complex, will inevitably end up being a disjointed network of numerous structures (terminals and other facilities). There will be too much physical fragmentation and architectural disunity. Many will argue, that they would be better off, building a new airport facility. The least, they can do at this point in time, is ensuring that CCECC stay the course and complete all other terminals in the larger Aerotropolis exercise; for the sake of continuity.
Another point that may be raised, is the strong similarity between this terminal and the one being built in Abuja. The Chinese do not seem to be employing the greatest amount of creativity, but given where we have been in the past, at least this, shows some improvement.
Written by T.Adeniyi for Blackborderbuild.com
The greatest risk, posed by the direction taken by the Aviation Ministry, is that the Murtala Mohammed International Airport complex, will inevitably end up being a disjointed network of numerous structures (terminals and other facilities). There will be too much physical fragmentation and architectural disunity. Many will argue, that they would be better off, building a new airport facility. The least, they can do at this point in time, is ensuring that CCECC stay the course and complete all other terminals in the larger Aerotropolis exercise; for the sake of continuity.
Another point that may be raised, is the strong similarity between this terminal and the one being built in Abuja. The Chinese do not seem to be employing the greatest amount of creativity, but given where we have been in the past, at least this, shows some improvement.
Written by T.Adeniyi for Blackborderbuild.com