HanmiGlobal wins design-phase PM contract for Gadeokdo New Airport passenger terminal

[Financial News] HanmiGlobal, a company specializing in construction project management (PM), will oversee project management during the design phase for a key facility at Gadeokdo New Airport, which is set to become a gateway airport for the southeastern region.
HanmiGlobal said on the 11th that it had formed a consortium with ITM Architects and signed a service contract for “Construction project management during the design phase for the Gadeokdo New Airport passenger terminal and ancillary buildings,” commissioned by the Gadeokdo New Airport Construction Corporation.
Gadeokdo New Airport, being built across Gadeokdo in Gangseo District, Busan, is a major national project expected to promote balanced national development and revitalize the regional economy. Key airport facilities, including a runway and passenger and cargo terminals, will be built on a site of approximately 6.67 million square meters. The project is expected to substantially enhance the southeastern region’s international air logistics competitiveness through close integration with the Port of Busan. Construction management services for this Pre-Con phase will run through January 2030.
Under the contract, HanmiGlobal will closely review the design suitability of the passenger terminal and ancillary buildings, as well as their constructability and the appropriateness of construction costs and schedules. Given the large offshore site and the complexity of the work, involving interrelated disciplines such as architecture, civil engineering, mechanical and electrical engineering, and telecommunications, the company plans to apply integrated project management from the design phase to preemptively mitigate potential risks and maximize design quality and the efficiency of project-cost spending.
The contract award is seen as underpinned by the expertise and credibility HanmiGlobal has built in airport construction at home and abroad. In 2019, HanmiGlobal participated as part of the project management (PMO) consortium for the “Peru Chinchero New Airport Construction Project,” Korea’s first government-to-government (G2G) airport infrastructure project. It successfully carried out key tasks, including contract, schedule and construction-cost management, demonstrating its world-class capabilities.
HanmiGlobal plans to use the award of this major public project at Gadeokdo New Airport as a springboard to further strengthen its position in Korea’s public infrastructure PM market. It also plans to actively pursue opportunities to win major infrastructure projects in global markets, including the Middle East, drawing on its extensive experience managing airport construction projects at home and abroad.

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