...G CRIGHTON; A BUDGE REID Hong Kong's new 34 km airport railway opened in June 1998 after a construction period of just 43 months. The HK$44 billion project links the new international airport at Chek Lap Kok and the rest of Hong Kong as well as giving essential relief to the existing mass transit...

...-operation. © 1998 Thomas Telford Ltd 1998 AIRPORTS INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS ECONOMICS FUNDING IMPLEMENTATION BUDGETS POLITICS PLANNING DESIGN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION HONG KONG CHEK LAP KOK...

... of the Central business district of Hong Kong, as the location for the new airport (Fig. l).As a consequence, a wide variety of engineering solutionswere incorporated into the project, contributing to its interest and drawing together international consultants and contractors with the necessary range...

...E IRWIN Welcome to this special issue of Civil Engineering, the general journal of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. It is the first of two special issues which are intended to provide an overview of the planning, design and construction of Hong Kong's new international airport...

... of the works. It concludes with a brief description of the wide-ranging environmental initiatives which were applied at all stages of this massive project. AIRPORTS INTERNATIONAL CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECTS LAND RECLAMATION RUNWAYS TERMINALS BUILDINGS TRANSPORTATION CENTRES INFRASTRUCTURE...

...A I THOMSON; D E OAKERVEE The new Hong Kong International Airport was built on a remote island site at Chek Lap Kok in just seven and a half years. This paper describes how construction progressed from the initial advance works contract awarded in January 1991 to the opening of the completed, state...

...G S EVANS; R F VEAZEY © Thomas Telford and ICE 1998 CH2M HILL AIRPORTS PLANNING DESIGN CONSTRUCTION OPERATION TRANSPORT FACILITIES SITES ENVIRONMENT LAYOUT SAFETY TERMINALS CONCOURSES DENVER INTERNATIONAL COLORADO UNITED STATES USA Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs...

...P DILLEY; K TAGA mx. INhr Ciu Enas. Cin E m , 1995, 108, Feb.,2-11 SmKtumlond Building B w n l Building Pone1 Kansai International Airport terminal I! Dilley, BSc, CEng, and K. Taga,BA Architecture Japan s KansaiInternational Airport opened on 4 September 1994. It took six years to build, cost...

...H M BEDELIAN; C S VASSIADES; D J YAW © Thomas Telford and ICE 1994 ACERPLAN HALLE ACER CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES COMPETITION FIRMS COMPANIES MARKETS CONSULTANTS PENETRATION INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES ECONOMICS OVERSEAS UK GERMANY EAST GERMANY EUROPE...

...H M BEDELIAN; C S VASSIADES © Thomas Telford and ICE 1994 BALFOUR BEATTY TRANSMANCHE LINK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES COMPANIES COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL HARMONISATION MARKETS ECONOMICS SINGLE MARKET CONTRACTORS PROJECTS PENETRATION CONSULTANTS NATIONAL PRACTICE FIRMS...

...N MORLEY ANDREWS KENT & STONE DALE & GOLDFINGER SCANDIACONSULT AB GOSTA SCHOLANDER AKE LARSON BUILDINGS SITES OFFICES DESIGN PROJECTS MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ARCHITECTS DEVELOPERS MANAGERS CONSULTANTS SPECIFICATIONS SUBSTRUCTURES PILED...

...J F A BARNARD; R J KACHINSKY WASTEWATER PROJECTS CONTRACTS PROCEDURE CONDITIONS INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTORS FINANCE SPECIFICATIONS BILLS QUANTITIES MEASUREMENT TENDERS AWARDS STAFFING EMPLOYERS ENGINEERS CONSTRUCTION VALUE CITIES COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WATER CAIRO NILE...

...BARONESS CHALKER; MINISTER KAFRAWI © Thomas Telford and ICE 1993 FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION EGYPT MINISTRY OF RECONSTRUCTION N WASTEWATER PROJECTS PUBLIC HEALTH CITIES COUNTRIES DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION CAIRO...

...F G E IRWIN © Thomas Telford and ICE 1992 OVE ARUP DOUGLAS TURNER INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS CENTRES CONFERENCES CONCERTS HALLS THEATRES NOISE RAILWAYS TUNNELS SEATS SEATING FOUNDATIONS ROOFS AIR SUPPLY CONDITIONING AIR CONDITIONING DESIGN CONSTRUCTION...