Here’s some good airport-related news.
“Structural steel braces that will let the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 withstand a strong quake are now being installed under phase two of the ongoing renovation program,” reports Niña P. Calleja in Philippine Daily Inquirer.
According to NAIA Terminal 1 manager Dante Basanta, “138 buckling restrained braces (BRBs) recently arrived in the Philippines from the United States with more expected to be delivered. Of the total, 76 have already been installed.”
The report explained that “the installation of the BRBs to improve the airport’s structural integrity is part of the PHP1.3-billion rehabilitation program expected to be completed by March next year, a few months ahead of the country’s hosting of the 2015 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit.”
We last hosted the APEC summit in 1996, when Fidel V. Ramos was President.
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