Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Integrated Terminal Building
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Integrated Terminal Building
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Integrated Terminal Building
In anticipation of the forthcoming IABSE Symposium in southern-most continent, Antarctica. Back on the Indian
Kolkata in September 2013, this special issue of Structural subcontinent and aboveground, the last two papers present
Engineering International presents a series of projects in or a light-weight, double layered cable-net roof system for the
related to India. As varied as the country itself, the follow- retrofit of a swimming facility, as well as a 10 km-long infra-
ing eight technical papers present structures ranging from an structure project in the technology hub of Bangalore.
underground cavern to a research station in Antarctica.
The Indian Group of IABSE is looking forward to welcom-
In the first paper—and highlighted on the front cover—the ing delegates to the 36th IABSE Symposium, in Kolkata from
new terminal building of the Mumbai airport is described, 24 to 27 September 2013 entitled “Long Span Bridges and
including the elaborate roof and wall system. This is followed Roofs—Development, Design and Implementation”. More
by two projects in and around New Delhi: a new signature information on this symposium, as well as other upcoming
cable-stayed bridge with its backwardly inclined pylon and IABSE events can be found on the IABSE website under
the addition of a cable roof system for the retrofit of a sta- www.iabse.org/Events.
dium. A brief history of landmark bridges constructed over
major rivers in India and the challenges faced in their con- B. C. Roy, Vice-President of IABSE, Chair of Scientific Committee
struction is then elaborated. Next, the construction of one of 2013 IABSE Symposium in Kolkata
of the world’s deepest caverns for the storage of liquefied
petroleum gas in Visakhapatnam is detailed, followed by a Ann Schumacher, Editorial Board, Structural Engineering
description of the new Indian research station on the world’s International
Abstract an overall truss depth of only 4 m. In and domestic operations at one of the
response to site constraints and prox- busiest airports in India in order to
The new Integrated Terminal Building imity of the existing operational ter- achieve 24-h utilization. This 410 000 m2
at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji minal building, the mega-columns are terminal building is being constructed
International Airport combines inter- also designed to serve as hoist mecha- at the location of the existing terminal
national and domestic operations at nisms such that the entire roof can be with minimal disruption to its opera-
one of the busiest airports in India. constructed without tower cranes. The tions. An international consultant with
The 410 000 m2 building, being con- Terminal Building also includes the vast experience in designing airport
structed at the site of the existing largest and longest cable wall system terminals around the globe was chosen
terminal, will achieve a capacity of in the world. The structural studies as the principal architect and engineer
40 million passengers per annum upon completed include solid finite element for the new building. One of the largest
completion in 2014. analysis of connections to optimize construction firms in India was chosen
The primary design feature of the material efficiency. Furthermore, the as the local designer and general con-
building is a long-span roof covering a structural design prioritizes modular tractor for the project. The Terminal
total of 70 000 m2 over various func- construction for economy and facili- Building is being constructed in phases
tional requirements, making it one of tation of an accelerated construction where Phase 1 includes construction of
the largest roofs in the world without schedule. the western pier, and Phase 2 includes
an expansion joint. The Headhouse Keywords: airport terminal; long-span construction of the Headhouse zone.
Roof, supported by only 30 columns roof; unidirectional cable wall; struc- Upon completion of Phases 1 and 2,
spaced at 64 m in the North–South tural efficiency; phased construction. the building will become operational
direction and at 34 m in the East–West and Phase 3 will commence, which
direction, produces a large column- Introduction consists of the demolition of the exist-
free space ideal for an airport. By ing terminal building and the construc-
increasing the depth of the trusses near Mumbai International Airport Limited, tion of the eastern pier. Following the
the columns and running trusses in owner-operator of Chhatrapati Shivaji completion of Phase 3 in 2014, the new
both an orthogonal grid and a 45° grid, International Airport at Mumbai, is cur- terminal, shown in Fig. 1, will serve
large spacing and cantilevers of 40 m rently building a new Integrated Termi- approximately 40 million passengers
along the perimeter are achieved with nal Building that combines international annually.