Daewoo Engineering & Construction said on the 4th that, ahead of the bid for the site development work for the Gadeokdo New Airport, "based on our experience executing large-scale offshore projects at home and abroad, there will be no problem carrying out the work if we are selected as the final construction consortium."
Daewoo Engineering & Construction said in a statement the same day that "there are some concerns that this is an ultra-high-difficulty soft-ground project, but the company can fully overcome them with its technology and experience."
Daewoo Engineering & Construction emphasized that it ranked No. 1 for three consecutive years in the port construction institutional sector in the construction capability evaluation, and said the Gadeokdo New Airport site development project is similar in nature to port construction because it is a sea airport.
Citing the Al Faw Grand Port project in Iraq, Daewoo Engineering & Construction said it is controlling differential settlement and proceeding with construction even in a reclamation environment with extremely soft ground. It also said it is managing ground behavior by using a precision monitoring system and back-analysis-based analytical technology.
As it prepares to bid for Gadeokdo New Airport, Daewoo Engineering & Construction said it has completed a ground investigation of the project site and is improving the design. As alternatives for treating soft ground, it is reviewing a change in the reclamation method and a dredging replacement method. It is also considering improving work conditions through a land-based construction method and reducing the possibility of residual settlement in the runway section through dredging replacement.
Regarding its capacity to execute the project, Daewoo Engineering & Construction said it has also drawn up plans for simultaneous construction through work package partitioning and for securing personnel and equipment. It has about 1,000 civil engineers, and once work begins, 106 months of stable workload are expected, so there should be no problems procuring personnel and equipment.
A Daewoo Engineering & Construction official said, "Based on our offshore construction experience and our track record in soft-ground port projects, we will responsibly complete this state project."