Four consortia of bidders took part in the tender “Renovation of existing terminals and new construction of Terminal 3” and submitted their tender documents to the Ministry of Transport in Mid-May 2019.

The submission of the extensive bid offer documents included a comprehensive technical description and methodology of over 500 pages as well as a financial offer with a financial model. The preparartion of technical bid offer documents was the main responsibilty of Michael Becker, which he mastered with his team of civil engineers.

• Cost estimate project costs: ± 400’ million CHF

Client

Ministry of Transportation, Eastern European Region

Challenges

The greatest challenge was to maintain the flight operations of an existing major airport at all times. With the renovation of the existing terminal buildings 1 and 2, the construction of the new 2-storey Terminal 3, thus adding an additional 12,000 sqm of commercial space and 11 new contact gates/stands under a one-roof concept. The terminal expansion of approximately 61,000 sqm in total includes a new multi-storey parking facility with 800 car parks under a modern and efficient arrivals curb. The complete dimensioning of the new buildings was another big challenge and mastered by Michael Becker.

My role/position in the project

Director Engineering as Head of Engineering Department, responsible for:

• Team lead of 6 civil engineers
• Delivering training, establishing standards and processes to effectively secure and execute a large-scale international project
• Defining and implementing employee management processes
• Delegating and monitoring other projects and task priorities to ensure efficient and productive staff

Time duration project work

2019

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