Minister expresses concern over delayed construction of Suvarnabhumi Airport

BANGKOK: -- Deputy Transport Minister Gen. Chainant Charoensiri on Friday expressed his concern over a delayed progress in the remaining construction work and equipment installations of Bangkok's new Suvarnabhumi International Airport.

Gen. Chainant said after leading a group of journalists to inspect the progress of the construction work and equipment installations of the new airport that many parts of the construction work are still behind schedule.

They include the airport's passenger terminals and the information technology (IT) building, which will be the centre of all computerized controlled systems--namely aviation control and CTX bomb scanning system--of the airport.

"The Bt2.25 billion IT building is a core structure of the Suvarnabhumi Airport, with its all parts and equipment to be installed inside must never be broken or interrupted once the airport is opened for commercial purposes by June 2006. But now there are still leaks on its roofs and installations of computer softwares are unlikely to be completed before March next year," Gen. Chainant noted.

"All remaining construction work and equipment installations, especially those of the sophisticated IT building, should be completed by the end of this year to give concerned agencies and experts a six-month inspection period of the whole structure and equipment of the airport," he added.

Gen. Chainant vowed, however, that he would fully exercise his authority and mandate to push for the overall completion of the Suvarnabhumi Airport within the time framwork set by the government so that the airport could be commercially opened by mid 2006 as scheduled.

"The scheduled opening for commercial purposes of the airport is the government's policy which must be met," he stressed.

The minister warned that concerned parties failing to fully cooperate with the accelerated construction and equipment installations of the airport must face stern disciplinary punishments.

--TNA 2005-11-19

Nothing suprising

Just hope that all laugages could be found

and The Bt2.25 billion IT building is working all right

Well, there's a suprise.

Gen. Chainant vowed, however, that he would fully exercise his authority and mandate to push for the overall completion of the Suvarnabhumi Airport within the time framwork set by the government so that the airport could be commercially opened by mid 2006 as scheduled.

The minister warned that concerned parties failing to fully cooperate with the accelerated construction and equipment installations of the airport must face stern disciplinary punishments.

--TNA 2005-11-19

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Now hang on.

The original scheduled date was 2005.

Has any one paid penalties for not meeting that date?

Now there will ne NEW(?) penalties for 2006............

Sorry