Hochtief team to upgrade Riga airport

The contract has a total volume of about €79.5m (£65m), with Hochtief having a €25.4m share.

The project includes the construction of two new halls, new taxiways and de-icing platforms, as well as a new landing strip, runway and apron lighting. There are particular challenges  in the refurbishment and drainage of the take-off and landing strips and the runways, and in the extension of the apron with no disruption to daily airport operations.

During the roughly 16-month construction period, about 204,000m² of concrete surfacing will be produced, approximately 56,000t of asphalt processed, and some 47,000m³ of filling material used.

The companies involved - including Hochtief Solutions Latvia and the Austria branch of Hochtief Solutions - will start work in May 2013 and complete it by August 2014.

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