Al-Fares and Al-Ali Inspect the New Terminal
Minister of
Public Works and Minister of State for Communications and Information
Technology - Dr. Rana Al-Fares, and President of Directorate General of Civil
Aviation Sheikh/ Abdullah Al-Ali Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah visited the
new Kuwait Airport building project to observe the work progress in the
project.
In a statement to
Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), the Ministry of Public Works stated that during the
visit, ways to overcome all challenges were discussed so as to execute the
project’s components and to complete them according to the scheduled timeline.
The said statement
quoted Sheikh/ Abdullah Al-Sabah as affirming his keenness to closely examine
work progress at the project site, indicating the Management's readiness to
overcome all challenges and enhance coordination and joint work to speed up the
steps to complete the project.
The said statement
indicated that the project represents one of the largest in the country’s development
plan and aims to pioneer in implementing standards of Energy and Environmental
Design (LEED) at the golden level, where as it will be the first passenger terminal
in the world to achieve this level of environmental accreditation.
He added that
the concrete structure of the new building of Kuwait International Airport will
provide thermal mass, as the roof will include large areas of photovoltaic
panels to produce solar energy.