Bukaka wins Malaysian airfield deal

Bukaka wins Malaysian airfield deal

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Two consortiums made up of Malaysia's Sime
Darby Bhd unit, an Indonesian firm and two local firms won two
contracts yesterday to provide passenger loading bridges and
apron services at Malaysia's second international airport.

The Sime Engineering Sdn. Bhd. and FMC-Jetway consortium
clinched a deal worth 83.66 million ringgit (US$33.4 million),
while Projass Engineering Sdn. Bhd and Indonesian-based PT Bukaka
Teknik Utama won the other contract worth 117.8 million ringgit.

Kuala Lumpur International Airport Bhd. (KLIA), the company
managing the new nine-billion ringgit airport now under
construction, said the two contracts were signed yesterday.

The Sime consortium is to provide 30 passenger loading
bridges, 40 aircraft visual docking guidance systems, 20 aircraft
ground power units and related aircraft pre-conditioned air
supply systems and electronic managements system to integrate
apron services.

The Projas-Bukaka consortium is to provide 45 passenger
loading bridges, 42 aircraft visual docking guidance systems, 26
aircraft ground power units and related aircraft pre-conditioned
air supply systems.

"The two consortia will be responsible for all aspects of the
design, manufacture, implementation and training of Malaysian
engineers and technicians for the project," KLIA said.

KLIA said the consortiums will provide operation and
maintenance activities and support services for the equipment for
two years after the installation of the services.

It said the airport would be the first in the Asia-Pacific to
install the glass-walled passenger loading bridges specified in
the contracts.

The airport, located at Sepang, 50 kilometers (32 miles) south
of here, is Malaysia's largest infrastructure project and is due
for completion by the end 1997.