infrastructure

Linyi INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LYI) TERMINAL 3 Architectural Design

Linyi is a city in China’s Shandong province. Its international airport was originally built in 1958, and later expanded in 1991 and again in 2016. The current passenger terminal 2 was built in 2017. In recent years, with LYI’s passenger throughput exploding, it has been operating under capacity for several years. A new terminal is […]

Linyi INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LYI) TERMINAL 3 Architectural Design Read More »

Mega Cargo Airport Master Plan and Sortation Hub Architectural Design

Global e-commerce consumption is exploding and inducing a dramatic expansion of air cargo facilities around the world. China’s adoption of the “One Belt One Road” strategy, has added to the confidence level of this huge expansion. SAAN was invited to participate in an international design competition for a greenfield airport being planned at a location

Mega Cargo Airport Master Plan and Sortation Hub Architectural Design Read More »

Xi-an International Airport Bonded Zone Master Plan & Architectural Design

The Xi-an Airport Bonded Zone has a planning structure of “1-Heart and 5-Districts”. One Heart is the comprehensive service center; Five Districts refer to the sales service area, innovation service area, integrated logistics area, aviation industry area, and a variety of processing areas. Our master plan aims to create a brand-new, functionally diverse, comprehensive bonded

Xi-an International Airport Bonded Zone Master Plan & Architectural Design Read More »

XIY T5 Gateway Business District Urban Design & Detailed Master Plan

Xi-an International Airport (XIY) is building its new passenger terminal building on the northeast side of the airport. It is called Terminal 5 (T5). It will be XIY’s main terminal when complete and increase the airport’s annual capacity to 85 million passengers by 2030. The local authority is working with the airport to master plan

XIY T5 Gateway Business District Urban Design & Detailed Master Plan Read More »

Eastern Asia Gateway Intermodal Hub & Logistics Park Master Plan

Around the world in recent years, intermodal facilities have been built in large numbers and shining grandeur. China is catching up with the trend but facing obstacles and learning curves. On one of such projects in Changchun’s Northeast Asia International Logistics Park, SAAN’s planners proposed a concept of “logistics plus” as a way to maximize

Eastern Asia Gateway Intermodal Hub & Logistics Park Master Plan Read More »

Beijing Daxing Airport Aviation-Led Economic Impact Study

With its immense scale, Beijing Daxing Airport will bring forth immense economic development of subsequent aviation-led growths around the airport. However, there are three very different categories of airport community developments. Different primarily in their development about airport development, the airport passenger and cargo capacities, the airport’s distance from major cities, and regional population and

Beijing Daxing Airport Aviation-Led Economic Impact Study Read More »

Ethiopia New Airport & Logistics Industry Park Project Study Report

Themed as “Africa’s Lion Rising”, we prepared a special project report on the new gateway airport and the logistics industrial park for Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa. This report was a joint effort with China Communications Construction Company (CCCC). Selected in a confidential location, the new greenfield airport will be connected with the City of Addis Ababa

Ethiopia New Airport & Logistics Industry Park Project Study Report Read More »

Runway Strengthening Projects Bidding Assistance

Over the past ten years, SAAN has provided bidding assistance services to more than five international construction firms on more than ten runway-strengthening projects. Recently this included runway strengthening work at Kamembre Airport in Rwanda and at Shah Amanat International Airport in Bangladesh. Runway strengthening is very specialized construction work. It is more than just

Runway Strengthening Projects Bidding Assistance Read More »

Xi-an International Intermodal Logistics District Project Proposal

Teamed up with the Shanghai-based YTO Express Logistics Group, SAAN has prepared a preliminary project proposal for a major international intermodal logistics district in Xi-an. This proposal was submitted to the provincial government and is currently under review by a team of experts. This project proposal was based on the concept of promoting inclusive and

Xi-an International Intermodal Logistics District Project Proposal Read More »