The Alar Civil Airport project is a branch airport in the layout plan of China's civil transportation airport. On March 18, 2021, the Xinjiang Alar Civil Airport EPC project jointly undertaken by the Fifth Railway Institute, China Railway 21st Bureau, and China Railway 19th Bureau will be officially launched Commencement of construction-this project marks the first time that China Railway Construction has realized the whole process and all stages of connection from general project planning, survey and design to general construction contracting in the field of civil aviation infrastructure, and has inserted "flying wings" for opening up new business markets.

The construction scale of the Alar Civil Airport project in this phase covers an area of more than 2,560 acres. It is designed to meet the annual passenger throughput of 300,000 passengers and the cargo and mail throughput of 1,100 tons. The main construction content includes the airport runway, terminal building, apron, tower and Civil aviation professional projects such as the aviation management building, as well as supporting facilities such as air traffic control, fuel supply, and fire rescue. The construction of this project is also a major measure to implement the party's Xinjiang governance strategy in the new era. It is also a general contract management issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China. Since the Measures, the first civil feeder airport EPC project led by a design unit to win the bid has a great demonstration significance.

Fight day and night to draw a road in the sky for the "Pearl of Tahe"

Alar City is located at the front of the Taklimakan Desert, where the Aksu River, Hotan River, and Yarkan River converge to form the Tarim River, known as the “desert outpost” and “Pearl of the Tahe River”; Alar City, located in the hinterland of southern Xinjiang, connects Kashgar and Kashgar. Foreign ports such as Zhou, Hotan, and Aksu are important nodes in the construction of the One Belt One Road. They are rich in products and natural resources; however, the local area is only connected to the outside world through roads, and the single transportation has greatly restricted the development of resources in Alar, and the construction of a civilian airport To improve transportation efficiency and improve the transportation system has become an urgent need for local economic development.

With the urgent need of the local government to "realize the civil feeder airport from planning to test flight within 16 months", the Fifth Railway Institute quickly carried out professional docking work, and immediately organized a technical team to conduct in-depth on-site investigations to obtain local geographic location, topography, and geomorphology. The first-hand planning data such as engineering geology and meteorological and hydrological conditions provide detailed demonstrations of local frost heave and salt heave, and fully consider the important and difficult issues that may be faced by the subsequent design work for the owner.

After that, the project team went on a star-and-night journey and devoted to all phases of the project-85 days, the overall plan of the project was fully launched; 190 days, the preliminary design of the project was completed; 265 days, the completion of the project-related construction drawing design; 275 days, the Alar project Construction started officially... 275 days of fighting day and night, like the flashback of pressing the "fast forward button", witnessed the development of China Railway Construction in the new business sector with quick success and effort.

Clench your fingers into a fist and concentrate your efforts to create a "new growth pole"

At the beginning of 2017, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the Civil Aviation Administration jointly issued a notice "Further opening up the civil aviation engineering design market, and companies with comprehensive engineering design qualifications can undertake corresponding civil aviation industry engineering design business in accordance with regulations." Develop new opportunities and new opportunities, and move forward with decisions. In 2018, the Airport Institute was established to expand the civil aviation design business; in July 2019, after the approval of China Railway Construction, the Airport Institute of the Fifth Railway Institute was renamed China Railway Construction Airport Design and Research Institute. An important component of China Railway Construction's new business deployment.

In the past three years, China Railway Construction Airport Design and Research Institute has seized the opportunity and rapidly expanded. From the initial establishment of 5 employees, it has developed into a “new force” covering 13 professional domestic airport construction fields, and has undertaken nearly 40 airport design and The consulting project covers the entire process of airport site selection, pre-feasibility study, feasibility study, overall planning, preliminary design, construction drawing design and construction general contracting, helping China Railway Construction's industrial chain extension.

The just released "The Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Outline of Long-Term Goals for 2035" proposes to improve the comprehensive transportation corridors and strengthen the construction of strategic backbone corridors for entering Tibet, the central and western regions, and the coastal areas along the river. Steadily build feeder airports, general airports and cargo airports, and actively develop general aviation.

China Railway Construction will implement the national strategy, upgrade "new consumption" with "new infrastructure", give full play to the advantages of the entire industry chain, aim at the "blue sky economy", actively deploy the civil aviation infrastructure field, create a "new growth pole" in the civil aviation market, and promote Achieve high-quality development. Editor/Sang Xiaomei