Construction of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport’s Terminal 3 continues, and yesterday, Taoyuan International Airport Corp (TIAC) chairman Yang Wei-fuu and chief executive officer Fan Hsiao-lun visited the main terminal construction site to inspect the assembly of the first giant roof structure column and to encourage the hardworking construction team.
This year, Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport’s travel recovery has been significant, with passenger volume in the first half of the year already surpassing 60 percent of pre-COVID-19 levels. The initiation of the giant column lifting project marks a new milestone in the construction of Terminal 3, moving toward its completion in 2026, which aims to provide service for 82 million passengers annually.
NEW PHASE BEGINS
Photo courtesy of TIAC
Yang said that the giant column lifting is an important milestone in the Terminal 3 project, signifying the entry into the next critical stage as the 210,000m2 terminal begins to take shape.
With the full efforts of TIAC and the construction team, as of Monday, the overall progress of the Terminal 3 civil engineering project, jointly undertaken by Samsung C & T and RSEA Engineering Corp, has reached 19.67 percent, slightly ahead by 0.32 percent.
The steel structure from the second basement to the third floor of the terminal has been fully completed. The construction of the north boarding concourse, the first phase target, is visible with its architectural outline.
Photo courtesy of TIAC
The steel structure and reinforced concrete works below the third floor are currently underway, and it is expected to be completed by the end of next year, providing passenger services connected to the operation of Terminal 2.
Simultaneously, the main terminal, office building, north airport road, and north boarding concourse are all under construction simultaneously and have now entered a peak construction period.
After completion, they are to accommodate more passengers and flights, improve travel service quality, consolidate the airport’s position as an important aviation hub in East Asia and enhance the nation’s competitiveness.
A MASSIVE PROJECT
TIAC said that Terminal 3 measures 414m in length from east to west and 242m in width from north to south, equivalent to three laid-flat Taipei 101 buildings. With three underground floors and four above ground, the total floor area is 580,000m2, making it the largest single-volume public project in the country after the Ten Major Construction Projects.
The most distinctive features of the building are the large-span wave-like roof along with indoor and outdoor cloud ceiling systems. To reduce structural physical volume and increase stability, it is supportan ) by 16 giant columns, each 19m high and weighing about 200 tonnes, along with their trusses. Therefore, the giant column lifting is the most challenging project in the overall plan.
In order to familiarize the staff with this high-difficulty construction work in advance, the construction team has specially created a simulation model site, producing models of the giant columns, ceilings, curtains and other objects.
Through careful calculations and testing before construction, they have confirmed the construction methods and planned standard operating procedures, reducing uncertainties on the construction site while ensuring safety and control of the construction schedule.
Taoyuan International Airport special report
CHANGES: After-school tutoring periods, extracurricular activities during vacations or after-school study periods must not be used to teach new material, the ministry said The Ministry of Education yesterday announced new rules that would ban giving tests to most elementary and junior-high school students during morning study and afternoon rest periods. The amendments to regulations governing public education at elementary schools and junior high schools are to be implemented on Aug. 1. The revised rules stipulate that schools are forbidden to use after-school tutoring periods, extracurricular activities during summer or winter vacation or after-school study periods to teach new course material. In addition, schools would be prohibited from giving tests or exams to students in grades one to eight during morning study and afternoon break periods, the
GOOD DIPLOMACY: The KMT has maintained close contact with representative offices in Taiwan and had extended an invitation to Russia as well, the KMT said The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) would “appropriately handle” the fallout from an invitation it had extended to Russia’s representative to Taipei to attend its international banquet last month, KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) said yesterday. US and EU representatives in Taiwan boycotted the event, and only later agreed to attend after the KMT rescinded its invitation to the Russian representative. The KMT has maintained long-term close contact with all representative offices and embassies in Taiwan, and had extended the invitation as a practice of good diplomacy, Chu said. “Some EU countries have expressed their opinions of Russia, and the KMT respects that,” he
Advocates of the rights of motorcycle and scooter riders yesterday protested in front of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taipei, making three demands. They were joined by 30 passenger vehicles, which surrounded the ministry to make three demands related to traffic regulations — that motorcycles and scooters above 250cc be allowed on highways, that all motorcycles and scooters be allowed on inside lanes, and that driver and rider training programs be reformed. The ministry said that it has no plans to allow motorcycles on national highways for the time being, and said that motorcycles would be allowed on the inner
AMENDMENT: Contact with certain individuals in China, Hong Kong and Macau must be reported, and failure to comply could result in a prison sentence, the proposal stated The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) yesterday voted against a proposed bill by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers that would require elected officials to seek approval before visiting China. DPP Legislator Puma Shen’s (沈伯洋) proposed amendments to the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例), stipulate that contact with certain individuals in China, Hong Kong and Macau should be reported, while failure to comply would be punishable by prison sentences of up to three years, alongside a fine of NT$10 million (US$309,041). Fifty-six voted with the TPP in opposition