The Trinidad and Tobago contractor’s airport award includes a new passenger terminal and airside work. The existing terminal is expected to stay operational during construction.
Trinidad and Tobago contractor NH International has signed an agreement with the Saint Lucia Air and Sea Ports Authority for the next major phase of Hewanorra International Airport’s redevelopment. Guardian Media reports that the October 20 contract covers a new three storey passenger terminal of approximately 274,000 square feet, together with associated airside infrastructure. Completion is targeted for late 2029.
The reported plans include five contact gates with passenger boarding bridges, expanded departure areas, immigration and customs facilities, baggage handling improvements, and provision for later expansion to eight gates. The existing terminal is expected to remain in operation while construction proceeds. Those are project commitments, rather than facilities that are already completed.
Guardian reports that 27 firms expressed interest and seven submitted proposals. NH has said it intends to maximise the participation of Saint Lucian contractors, suppliers, workers and materials where possible. The award illustrates a regional construction company competing for a major Caribbean infrastructure project, but does not itself establish individual subcontract awards or guaranteed employment. The photograph shows the existing terminal in 2014, and should not be read as a rendering of the planned extension.