ADPI, a French company, is awarded the consultancy job for Addis Ababa Bole International Airport passenger terminal expansion project to which Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) float a bid early this year.

When EAE floated an international bid for the purpose of supervising the construction of state-of-the-art passenger terminal at a cost of 250 million dollars, 38 companies bought the bid document. Nonetheless, it was only five international consulting firms who submitted bid proposal.

Wondim Teklu, Head of Communication Affairs at the Enterprise, noted a French company won the bid and a contract will be concluded soon.

In addition to this, the incumbent will conduct a research for the new mega airport project which is planned to be constructed outside of Addis Ababa. According to The Reporter, EAE is contemplating building a giant international airport in a low land area out of Addis Ababa.

The expansion work of the passenger terminal project is already underway by the Chinese construction firm, China Communications Construction Company (CCCC). 

The expansion work being carried out includes constructing new passenger terminal as an extension of the current terminals and the construction of a new VIP passengers’ terminal.

ADPI is international French architecture and engineering company which was formed in 2000 as a subsidiary of Aéroports de Paris.

Currently EAE owns and operates 18 airports out of which 15 are asphalts. 

Source: The Reporter