London: Earlier the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had bagged the Greentech Corporate Social Responsibility Award for its greenfield airport at Pakyong in Sikkim. Now Belfast-based geotechnical company Maccaferri has won an international award for its challenging work to construct reinforced soil walls and slopes at the new airport at Pakyong in Sikkim.
The company, which completed the project with partners Mott MacDonald and Punj Lloyd, was given the ‘International Project of the Year’ award at the Ground Engineering Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel here on Friday.Attended by nearly 400 leaders in consultancy and contracting in the geotechnical engineering industry, the awards brought together the key players in the industry, a press release on the event said. Maccaferri worked on the 31 million pounds project that featured a 550m wide, 1.7 km long corridor in which the runway and airport buildings are constructed for the Airports Authority of India.
15/05/12 iSikkim
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