17-Jun-09
Aconex selected for world’s second largest airport terminal
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has selected Aconex for the US$2 billion Terminal 3 development at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. In 15 months, the system has been used by over 970 users to store and manage more than 350,000 documents and distribute over 1.1 million correspondence items. Aconex has enabled 70 organizations to share information and collaborate, 45 of which are located outside of India. This has helped L&T to meet a compressed construction timetable of just 39 months.
The new Terminal 3 will be the world’s second largest airport terminal. Due for completion by mid-2010, in time for the city’s hosting of the Commonwealth Games, it will occupy 520,000m2 and be able to accommodate 34 million passengers each year. The terminal, approximately three kilometers in length, will feature 160 check-in counters, 78 aerobridges and 85 aircraft stands. The expansion project also includes Asia’s second longest runway, and will be over 4,400 meters in length.
Mr. Shankar Narayannan, Head of Project Controls at Larsen & Toubro on the DIAL project, said: “Due to our timeline we have very strict review cycles and so the distribution of documents between parties has to be fast. We have a wide team of stakeholders, often about 1,200 engineers engaged on the project, and so distributing the right files to these people is a complex task. When information is sent on Aconex, we know it’s reached the recipient and will be responded to. Aconex is now an indispensible element of the project. Every document and mail distribution is searchable and accessible from remote locations.”
Narayannan added: “Being able to provide local training to our entire global project team was a key reason why we selected Aconex. New participants are quickly comfortable using the system and there is a helpline for when you need to speak to someone.”
L&T is the engineering, procurement and construction consultant on the project. They are delivering the project in association with the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) joint venture consortium, which comprises the GMR Group, Airports Authority of India, Fraport & Eraman Malaysia and IDF. Along with project managers Parsons Brinckerhoff, L&T is responsible for bringing the project to completion on behalf of DIAL.
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