Kl?s New Airport Sinking

• Proeksa Meas
• 31 December 2015
• Construction Focus
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KL’S NEW AIRPORT SINKINGAsia’s fastest growing airport is facing criticism that its newly-built KLIA2 terminal is sinking after being built on swampland.

The area around the $1bn building, which was completed in June last year, has been resurfaced, but its stands and taxiways still suffer from cracks and ponds of water covering the tarmac.

Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB), which oversees KLIA2, had previously acknowledged the airport was located on unstable ground, which could require years of considerable maintenance to address.

In response to fierce criticism from AirAsia, Bloomberg news agency quoted the company as saying the problems stemmed from uneven soil settlement. The settling “has been anticipated from the start of construction”, the company was quoted as saying, adding that the airport was addressing the issue by patching and resurfacing problem areas and injecting polyurethane under the ground.

A concrete slab to be completed by next April will provide a more permanent solution, it said.