After years of delicate, detailed planning, demolishing, preparation, and construction, Canberra International Airport is now recognised by numerous industry bodies as the country’s best capital city airport, commended for its brilliant modern, functional design and the quality of its construction, as well as its numerous sustainability features.
Ross Cleaver, Construction Controls project manager for the airport project, reflects on the beginning of his time with the company and the journey to building one of Australia’s best international terminals. ”When I started here with Construction Control in 2000, Capital Airport Group [CAG] had owned the airport for about two or three years, and the first thing that they wanted to do was get the existing terminal up to a higher standard. This was a challenge, and one that CAG and Construction Control approached with enthusiasm.”
”Ansett owned part of the building, so CAG ended up buying that section of the terminal from the administrators. We then went in and did a lot more work to get that up to a standard as best we could. It was always the dream of CAGs chairman, Terry Snow, and managing director, Stephen Byron, to demolish the existing facilities and to build a brand-new terminal precinct that would be seen as one of the best medium-sized airports in the world and, more importantly, to demonstrate to the community the coming-of-age of Canberra as the national capital.”