Joannou & Paraskevaides Airport Projects
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1 AIRPORT PROJECTSYEARS Joannou & Paraskevaides Group International Building and Engineering Contractors Contents Introduction 7 Company History 8 Group’s Office Addresses 10 Major Airport Projects Emirates Airline New Engineering Center, Dubai 14 Queen Alia International Airport, Amman, Jordan 16 King Fahd International Airport, Dammam, Saudi Arabia 18 Allama Igbal International Airport, Lahore, Pakistan 22 Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, Athens, Greece 24 Abu Dhabi International Airport, U.A.E. 26 Seeb International Airport, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman 28 Royal Flight Complex, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman 29 Thumrait Airbase, Sultanate of Oman 30 Salalah Airport Complex, Sultanate of Oman 31 Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado, USA 32 L.A. International Airport, Los Angeles, California, USA 33 Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, Arizona, USA 34 Complete List of Airport Contracts Sultanate of Oman 36 Saudi Arabia 39 Pakistan 40 Libya 41 United Arab Emirates 42 Greece 43 Jordan 44 United States of America 45 Introduction J&P have been building airports for nearly 50 years. engineering to the limits, and the sheer scale and quality From the successful completion of the RAF station and of the work commissioned was a huge technical and Airport in El Adem, Libya, in 1967, and the contract to logistical challenge that brought out the best in J&P. resurface and extend the Dhahran Airport in Saudi Arabia, Today, the magnificent Airport complex – delivered in 1969, the company has been building a solid base in perfectly and on time in 1990 - stands proudly for the this highly specialized field. world to see. From the outset, J&P’s ability to create the infrastructure The 1990’s was a period of solid and rapid expansion necessary to facilitate huge and complex construction for J&P’s worldwide operations and during this time they contracts in the most challenging and difficult of terrains branched out through a subsidiary company, Ball, Ball and to deliver on time – has been the company’s major and Brosamer (3B’s), and began bidding for multi-million strength. It led to their breakthrough contract, one that airport construction contracts in the USA. The result was would demand not only speed of execution and expert a series of important airport projects that spanned the workmanship, but also revolutionary measures to country, in the Los Angeles International Airport, the Sky overcome the obstacles and difficulties of working in a Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, and the country still in its early stages of development: Denver International Airport in Colorado and other major airports in USA. The Seeb International Airport in Muscat, Oman, was J&P’s greatest challenge at the time, and the successful As a new century dawned, J&P’s outstanding and completion of the immense facility, comprising terminals, proven abilities led the industrial giant, SIEMENS, to cargo buildings, runways and aprons all within two partner with them in a powerful joint venture that won years of breaking ground, delighted the client and his the construction and financing bid to build the Allama consultants. Other contracts quickly followed, among Igbal International Airport in Lahore, Pakistan. The them the Royal Flight Complex in Oman, the Sultanate of project was a massive undertaking and an enormous Oman Air Force (SOAF) Airport, and the Salalah Airport logistical challenge. It included not only a completely new Complex in the South Province of Oman. passenger terminal with new aprons and the upgrading of all runways, but also taxiways, related services, car The successful execution of these projects meant parks and airfield lighting. It was a challenge that J&P that by 1976, J&P were building a global reputation for relished and when the project was completed to exact the quality of their work, and the contract to build an specifications and delivered on time in 2002, J&P had airport with the longest runway in the Middle East was proved beyond any doubt they could tackle projects of awarded to them. This contract, for the New Abu Dhabi any size, anywhere in the world. International Airport, with extensive taxiways, aprons and general infrastructure was completed by J&P in 1979 and The company grew rapidly into the new century and was followed by a further contract to construct the cargo the next five airport contracts came from Greece for terminal and ancillary buildings of the Airport. the Elefterios Venizelos International Airport in Athens. Completing these projects, J&P were next awarded Technical precision and working against the odds had their most challenging project to date; the much-coveted become the bedrock of J&P’s airport operations and contract to build the Queen Alia International Airport in their ability to deliver on time was once more illustrated Amman. Incorporating cutting edge technology and all the when they built the Al-Kharj Airbase near Riyadh, Saudi latest facets in airport design, J&P built this immaculate, Arabia. This exacting contract, awarded to them in 1987 ultra-modern complex and unveiled it to the world, on was successfully completed in just thirty months; an schedule, at the beginning of 2013. extraordinary achievement, combining the finest quality workmanship with unmatched speed of execution. The Queen Alia International Airport was a triumph from the opening ceremony. It was attended by many heads of In the same year J&P won the contract for the state and international consulting firms who expressed largest airport project they’d ever had: Comprising a their admiration for the peerless quality of J&P’s work and huge passenger terminal, a concourse building and the the seamless combination of design and functionality on administrative infrastructure of a vast airport complex, such a vast scale. It was clear to all that once again J&P the King Fahd International Airport (KFIA) in the Eastern had completed a project to the perfect satisfaction of their Province of Saudi Arabia, was the biggest challenge client, and once again they had done what they do best; J&P had faced. It took their specialist’s knowledge of exceed all expectations. 7 Company History The Joannou & Paraskevaides Group, better first major overseas project to build the British known as J&P, is one of the largest and most Airbase in El Adem, Libya. Libya, at the time, experienced Building and Civil Engineering was just beginning to exploit its oil reserves with Companies in the world. From historic beginnings the collaboration of American and British Oil in 1941 as a partnership in Cyprus that began Companies, and except for the major difficulties by building British Military Bases vital to the of the native terrain, the country was a promising Allied war effort, J&P has grown into a leading venue. J&P enthusiastically took up the challenge, International Construction Company that in 2011 completing the Airbase on plan, on budget and celebrated 70 successful years in the global on time, followed by large projects for the Libyan construction industry. Government for houses, offices, schools, as well J&P’s ability to meet challenge with innovation as civil engineering projects for the international and obstacle with solution that was forged during oil companies operating there. the difficult war years, blossomed in peace- By 1969, as the oil boom began to seize the time Cyprus and the post war years of 1945 to Arabian Gulf, J&P’s success began to bring 1960 saw their rapid rise to become the leading ever-more ambitious projects. Led by visionary domestic contender for both Government and management, the company chose the perfect civil contracts. At the same time, J&P were at moment and expanded once more, this time into the forefront of property development in Cyprus Saudi Arabia. Here, J&P’s first major contract and their enigmatic vision opened new horizons was for the Dhahran Airport, building the aprons for the local construction industry. They were and extensions and resurfacing the runways and pioneers in real-estate and property development taxiways. It was a perfect job and J&P were then and it was J&P who set the standards of modern awarded by the Sultanate of Oman the contract town-planning and the development of all related to build the entire International Airports of Seeb services. The island began to prosper, and as and Salalah. As investment poured into the prosperity grew it was J&P who built the holiday region, J&P became a major participant in the complexes and tourist developments which construction and development of the Country. would be the bedrock of the emerging domestic They blasted mountain rock in the harsh desert, industry. built highways, tunnels, bridges and flyovers, By 1960, when Cyprus gained independence, dams and irrigation schemes, ports. From the the J&P workforce was a multi-faceted, fast ground up, J&P built huge housing complexes and growing group that was primed for expansion. whole towns with comprehensive infrastructure, For the Directors, the small group of visionaries sports stadiums, shopping malls and commercial who had started the company 20 years before, centres, hospitals and medical centres and luxury the writing was on the wall: The foundations for hotel complexes. And naturally, among the many an international company had been built. It was prestigious projects entrusted to them across the time to market J&P’s capabilities and export their region, in the U.A.E., Oman and Saudi Arabia, expertise to the world. J&P also built Palaces and high profile residences Joannou and Paraskevaides (Overseas) Ltd for Royalty and prominent statesmen. was formed in 1961, and shortly afterwards the The services of the J&P Group were in high vision of the Directors was rewarded with J&P’s demand.