2. Karratha Airport
$100 million dollar Strategic Capital Improvements Programme
Investment in the terminal completes a raft of upgrades undertaken over the past five years, making
Karratha Airport the pre-eminent regional airport in Western Australia - delivering:-
$20 million runway & taxiways
$16 million check-in and screening
$10 million hydraulic upgrade including waste water treatment plant
$10 million high voltage and low voltage upgrade project
$ 7 million Front of House controlled parking & ground transport
$ 2 million workshop & security fencing
$35 million terminal redevelopment
3. • Serviced by - Qantas, Virgin, AirNorth and Alliance
• Rotary wing operators - CHC, Bristow (over 40% of
movements)
• Charter Operators - Cobham and Karratha Flying Services
Karratha Airport
• The Karratha Airport (KTA) is located in the north west of Western Australia.
• Owned and operated by the City of Karratha it is the second busiest airport in
Western Australia with a gross number of passengers on all aircraft types in excess
of 817,000 p.a and in excess of 9,000 landings throughout the year.
4. The Challenge
• Karratha Airport is the second largest airport in
Western Australia
• 817,000 passengers p.a.
• The terminal remained operational throughout
the redevelopment programme
• Results speak for themselves
• No essential facilities unavailable
• Minimal negative passenger feedback (except
when we closed the bar for 2 weeks)
5. • Karratha Airport terminal dates to 1983
• The concept for the upgrade was to maintain only the
existing steel truss structure, roof and floor slab.
• A comprehensive upgrade of facilities, services and finishes
were completed.
• The design incorporates extensive glazing, shaded by wide
overhangs, providing natural light.
• The environmental air-conditioning system minimises energy
consumption by incorporating:-
• low speed high-volume fans,
• co² monitoring of return air,
• entropy transfers to pre-cool supply air.
Terminal Redevelopment
6. • Dual lane security screening
• 8 arrivals & departure gates
• 10m high atrium added with seating
for over 700 people and a 2 multi screen digital displays
• 5 retail shops
• 7 rental car booths
• Second level 800sqm
• International capability
• Two baggage claim devices
• Expansion of the baggage
make up system with sortation
• 36 new bathroom amenities
Terminal Redevelopment
10. Issues Challenges
• Staging
• Special Event Zones
• Planning
• Applying
• Approval process
• Daily Audits
• Building Staging
• Pre-planning
• Wayfinding and Signage
• Evacuation Plans
• Material flow
• Site access
• Minimise passenger and user disruption
• Night works
• Closed kerbside lane
• Customer Service
“If you fail to
plan, you are
planning to fail.”
Attributed to Benjamin
Franklin
17. Issues Challenges
• Daily morning walk arounds
• Stakeholder Communications
• Fortnightly User Group meetings
• Weekly Look Ahead (Operations and Project)
• Project Control Group (Internal Communications and IT Managers)
• Regular media coverage
• Regular liaison with airlines at all levels
• Coordination with ARFFs and Emergency Services
• THE Key – an Experienced Team – ‘Build new then demolish old’
• STEA Architects
• Woollam Constructions
• City Team
• Key suppliers
• MSS
• Smiths
• LS Retail Newslink
“The standard
you walk past
is the standard
you accept.”
Chief of the Army,
Lieutenant-General
David Morrison
57. Over10kms
of reticulation piping
for recycled water has
been installed
Recognised as
Champions of
Water Efficiency
achieving MORE THAN a
35%improvement
by Keep Australia Beautiful
Council.
Platinum
Water Efficiency
achieving MORE than
50%water
efficiency improvement
2013/2014
Recycled Water
58. Solar Power
• 16,000 sqm solar photovoltaic electricity plant 1MW generation station
• Capital provided by the proponent Sun Edison.
• Two first –
• Power supplied to the airport before feeding the grid
• Cloud Predicting Technology with smooths out the energy supply.
