SubscribeThorn Airfield Lighting, of Melbourne Australia, announced new contracts with Melbourne’s Tullamarine International Airport and Essendon Airport. Both projects involve providing turnkey services from design through supply, project management and installation.
After their successful completion of an A380 up-grade works project at Tullamarine International Airport during 2006 Thorn has been awarded a contract for the next major upgrade, valued at AUD $3.7 million. This is the first contract to be undertaken by the newly merged Thorn Airfield Lighting and Safegate International, a deal which brought together two industry leading companies to pursue projects such as this.
Safegate's Airfield Smart Power technology and SafeControl system will be utilized to provide comprehensive addressable lighting control and monitoring of all stop bars and taxiway lead-on lights. The scope includes the addition of 14 new stop bar locations and more than 60 constant current regulators.
The project, which commenced this month, is scheduled for completion before the end of this year.
Melbourne's second airport, Essendon, is also undergoing major upgrade works to its airfield. Thorn won the highly competitive tender for Essendon largely due to their previous history of successful delivery and responsive after-sales service and support.
The scope of work for the AUD $5 million project involves lighting two runways, taxiway lighting and a new electrical substation. Thorn has set up a fully-staffed on-site project office to carry out these works. The project is scheduled for completion in October 2007.
The announcement of the contract awards reinforces Thorn's market position in Australia as the major player in the airfield lighting industry. The successful completion of these milestone projects are expected to lead to more and larger airfield opportunities for Safegate/Thorn in Australia and beyond.