GVK CSIA’s New ATC Tower Inaugurated

India’s tallest ATC Tower is the new icon of Mumbai’s landscape

New ATC Tower to substantially enhance efficiency and safety at CSIA

Mumbai - October 18, 2013

New ATC Tower - Vital Statistics: -          The tallest ATC Tower in India -          83.8 m height equivalent to a 30 storied building -          5 mile clear visibility for controllers -          Positioned to offer free, clear sight lines of both runways & approach path -          Boast of dynamic ‘wishbone’ shaped support for strength and aesthetic appeal -          Reinforced sandwich glass can withstand powerful winds and provide visibility up to 5 miles -          Will enhance airport performance, capacity, efficiency and safety -          Won the prestigious Autodesk  Hong Kong Building Information Modelling Award -          Special Commendation for Golden Peacock Award for ATC -          Bagged the Outstanding Concrete Structure 2013 Award

 

In a significant development, the New ATC Tower at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) was jointly inaugurated by Shri Prithviraj Chavan, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra, and ShriAjit Singh, Hon'ble Union Minister for Civil Aviation, in the presence of Shri Mohammed Arif (Naseem) Khan, Hon’ble Minister of Textile, Minority Development & Guardian Minister (Mumbai Suburban), Govt of Maharashtra; Shri Suresh Shetty, Hon’ble Minister of Public Health & Family Welfare and Protocol, Govt. of Maharashtra; Shri Kripashankar Singh, Hon’ble MLA; Shri Krishna Hegde, Hon’ble MLA; Shri JK Banthia, Chief Secretary, Govt of Maharashtra and Dr GVK Reddy, Executive Chairman, Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd; Shri V P Agarwal, Chairman, Airport Authority of India; Shri G V Sanjay Reddy, Managing Director, Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd; Shri V Somasundaram, Member (ANS), Airport Authority of India and Shri Krishna Ram Bhopal, Director, GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd., here today.

India’s tallest ATC Tower with a height of 83.8 meter is built within an area of 2,800 square meter at CSIA. The location and the height of the New ATC Tower will enable the tower controllers to have unobstructed view of the entire operational area, which will help in optimizing air traffic separation and increase the traffic handling capacity at CSIA.

The New ATC Tower will be equipped with the latest technology including Electronic Flight Strips which will soften the work load of the Tower Controller, enhance safety and overall capacity of the airport.

Equipped to handle current and future air traffic movements at the GVK CSIA airport, the state-of-the-art New ATC Tower coupled with the air side up gradation (addition of new taxiways and rapid-exit taxiways)will help reduce the Runway Occupancy Time (ROT) and will further enhance efficiency levels and increase Air Traffic Movements per hour.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. GVK Reddy, Executive Chairman, GVK Mumbai International Airport Pvt. Ltd.(MIAL), said,“At GVK, we are contributing our bit to India’s development by setting up some of the most prestigious infrastructure projects across India. The magnificent New ATC Tower at CSIA is a testimony to GVK’s aspiration of transforming India and Mumbai by creating beautiful iconic structures to adorn the country and city’s skyscape. It is GVK’s homage to the spirit of Mumbai, epitomizing GVK’s ethos of creativity, innovation and excellence. Andit is a precursor to the New Integrated Terminal coming up soon.”

Mr. G V Sanjay Reddy, Managing Director, GVK MIAL,added,“The new, magnificent New ATC Tower gives us a sense of achievement and satisfaction that the project has surmounted immense challenges.  It was the team work, especially with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and strong support from some of world best designers, architects and construction professionals that helped us achieve this marvel.  The New ATC Tower has already won accolades for its design, architecture and construction quality. More than that, it will help CSIA take a leap in navigation capabilities and help enhance airport performance,efficiency, capacity and safety. The New ATC Tower is a tribute to what can be achieved even in most trying circumstances.”

In pursuit of  the most spectacular design for  the New ATC Tower, GVK CSIA awarded the iconic design & architecture project to Hong Kong based renowned architectural design firm HOK and international engineering design firm ARUP following a global Architectural & Engineering design competition. International lighting consultant SPEIRS & MAJORS were mandated for the innovatively designed lighting of the tower to bring out the sculptural qualities of the New ATC Tower.

The New ATC Tower is not only an iconic landmark for the city of Mumbai,also this state-of-the-art tower will help enhance the safety, efficiency and capacity of CSIA, as well.

About MIAL: Mumbai International Airport Pvt. Ltd. (MIAL) is a joint venture between the GVK led consortium and Airports Authority of India. MIAL was awarded the mandate of modernizing, upgrading and expanding Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) in May 2006. CSIA catered to 30.75 million passengers and 657469 tonnes of cargo in FY 2012. MIAL’s vision is to transform CSIA into one of the world’s best airports that consistently delights customers and to be the pride of Mumbai

About GVK:  GVK is a leading Indian conglomerate with presence across energy, resources, airports, transportation, hospitality and life sciences sectors. GVK set up India’s first independent power plant and has around 6000 MW projects under generation and development. It is the first company in India to develop six‐lane road project under PPP model and has around 3000 lane km expressway projects under operations and development. As one of India’s largest private sector airport operators, GVK handles 44 mppa through India’s first brownfield airport under PPP model – Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai and Bengaluru International Airport, Bangalore and will develop two airports in Indonesia. Having already invested over USD 3.3 billion, GVK has projects worth over another USD 6.6 billion in the pipeline, in India. It has acquired Australian Coal Mines in Queensland with 8 bt reserves for USD 1.26 billion and envisages an investment of USD 10 billion to for setting up mines, 500 km rail project and 60

mtpa port project which will form one of the world’s largest integrated coal mining operations.