3,000 workers needed for Laguindingan Airport Construction
Mike Banos
April 15, 2008
Engr. Della L. Capicenio, LADP project manager, said in a media briefing held April 11, 2008 in Cagayan de Oro, that figure would be the maximum number of workers to be employed at the airport construction project.
As a gateway to Mindanao, one of the three main islands of the Philippines, the new airport will be located 30km northeast of Cagayan downtown and north of Mindanao. It will serve as the replacement of the old Cagayan de Oro Airport at Lumbia and the Iligan (Balo-i) Airport in Lanao del Norte.
The revised project cost of P7.853 billion (US$167.09-million) for the LADP was approved by the NEDA Board September 18 last year.
At present, the project components now under construction include the P188-million access road, P43 million site development for the Relocation Site Phase II, P25 million house construction component for the same area, and P4.991-billion main civil works.
Korean construction firm Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (HHIC) is the winning contractor for the LADP.
DOTC sources said three Korean construction firms –Hanjin , Samsung and Daewoo had initially signified their intention to bid for the project but that Samsung eventually dropped out of the final bidding, leaving Hanjin and Daewoo.
HHIC is not a new to Misamis Oriental and Northern Mindanao. In its previous incarnation as the Hanil Development Co., Ltd. it was responsible for the construction of the Iligan-Cagayan-Butuan Road (ICBR) in 1973 which is still cited as one the country's best highways today. Hanil changed its name to Hanjin Construction Co., Ltd. on Mar. 12, 1994.
Since 1973, HHIC has successfully completed a total of 70 development projects including the Manila LRT (Light Rail Transit) system and Davao International Airport. It has been the No.1 foreign construction company in the Philippines.
At present, the company is launching 9 development projects including Bacolod Airport, Bohol-Bayon Dam/Canal, Metro-Illy Road, Catubic Dam and is developing a dockyard in Subic Bay."
HHIC is also the contractor for the site construction, taxiway, and passenger terminal construction of the Incheon International Airport completed in November 1992.
Although HHIC only ranks 12th in Korea and 98th globally in terms of construction engineering capacity, HH is one of Korea's Top 100 companies, and is held in high esteem globally as the first shipbuilding company in Korea. It is one of the world's Top 10 shipbuilding companies and has been cited as the World's Outstanding Shipbuilder for the 15th straight year since 1992.
On top of the Laguindingan airport project, HHIC will also construct a US$1.5 billion shipyard complex at a 440 hectare site in the Phividec Industrial Estate in Misamis Oriental. The project is expected to create some 30,000 new jobs for engineers, welders, and steel fabricators. Construction of the shipyard would start early next year and be operational by 2010.
Besides shipbuilding and repair; infrastructure, architecture and engineering; Hanjin also undertakes plants and logistics equipment manufacturing.
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