70 days has passed by since the official commencement of asphalt concrete construction for the runway of the Tribhuvan International Airport on Apr. 17th, 2019, and the phased target has been successfully fulfilled.Up to now, the milling replacement layer with 50000T asphalt concrete for the entire runway, the runway surface layer with 27000T asphalt concrete, the Taxiway B with 20000T asphalt concrete have been completed. Besides, 2417 out of 3050 meters of the runway surface layer have been completed, which is significantly conducive to the runway quality improvement.
According to the requirements proposed by the owner, during the rainy season starting from July 1st to August 31st, the project department of AVIC-KDN will carry out foundation treatment and relevant drainage auxiliary works within 3-hour daily window period.After September 1st, the remaining surface layer paving work with a length of 500 meters as well as the parallel taxiway reconstruction work will be implemented.
The runway reconstruction and renovation activities before the rainy season were completed as planned, which was congratulated by the owner, supervisors as well as airlines. Meanwhile, they fully affirmed and highly appraised the professional ability and the dedication contributed by our project department throughout the whole process.The parties involved expect that our project department could make persistent efforts and continue to efficiently proceed the remaining work in terms of the parallel taxiway reconstruction project.