First application of high-strength self-compacting concrete in Tibet's largest finished terminal building
By:CCEED    Date:2021/09/13    Font size:A+A-

Tibet's largest terminal building is one of the largest plateau Airports in the world. The T3 terminal (non-civil aviation professional project) of Lhasa Kongga International Airport, the highest-altitude trunk airport under construction in China, successfully passed the completion inspection and acceptance and took a key step towards formal operation.

Tibet's largest terminal building is one of the largest plateau Airports in the world. The T3 terminal (non-civil aviation professional project) of Lhasa Kongga International Airport, the highest-altitude trunk airport under construction in China, successfully passed the completion inspection and acceptance and took a key step towards formal operation.

 

Tibet's largest terminal building

 

Starting from the pile foundation construction

at the end of 2017,

construction of the T3 terminal building lasted

three and a half years

which is large, novel and complex

In the process, the project team faces various challenges

but accumulated rich experience in

plateau airport construction.

 

“Snow Lotus”can resist Level 12 Gale

 

Design of T3 Terminal Building of

Lhasa Kongga International Airport

fully integrate Tibetan regional culture and ethnic elements

The roof shape is like lotus petals

combined with abstract Tibetan gold- roof shaped daylighting roof

The total area is 58,400 square meters


The main part of the roof adopts steel truss structure

The panel part adopts aluminum-zinc profiled steel sheet

The structure level is complex, involving 9 structural levels

BIM technology runs through the whole process of

roof construction

which strictly control the structural accuracy

and ensure the perfect presentation of lotus roof


There are many extreme weather in Tibet

In order to meet the test of heavy wind and snow,

The wind-resistant clip added to the roof of the terminal building can resist the level-12 gale


Development and construction of high-strength self-compacting concrete for the first time in Tibet

 

Terminal T3 of Lhasa Gongga International Airport

 is 3570 meters above sea level

Due to the lack of resources in plateau areas,

configuration of C50 Self-compacting Concrete

was first carried out in Tibet

according to the supply of local materials,

solving the problems of fly ash, mineral powder, silica fume and

lack of concrete admixture



C50 self-compacting concrete was poured

 in 12 steel columns supporting the lotus roof

In the process, the project changed the traditional concrete pouring technology and adopted

special pumping jacking technology

to avoid the quality defects of unconsolidated concrete in steel tube columns under plateau environment



The T3 terminal of Lhasa Gongga International Airport

has experienced three winters of construction

The lowest temperature in winter in Tibet can reach -20℃

 and the temperature difference between day and night

is 18 ~ 20℃

In order to ensure the construction quality,

the project adopts the greenhouse method and covers the concrete with rubber-plastic thermal insulation cotton

and use a heater to heat the concrete members

to ensure that the concrete strength reaches

the curing temperature before the frost-resistant

critical strength.

10,000 tons of steel cast "reinforced iron bones"


The T3 terminal building of

Lhasa Gongga International Airport

has a total construction area of about 88,000 square meters,

of which the steel structure construction area

is 56,000 square meters

It uses 10,000 tons of steel members

which exceeds the weight of an Eiffel Tower



The project also set up 24 windproof sheds on site

 which adopted technical measures such as preheating before welding and heat preservation after welding

to ensure welding quality in low temperature environment

Only in the roof construction part,

more than 200 workers

completed the construction of 3,708

high-altitude welded joints in 4 months

During the period, 200 tons of welding materials were used,

and the length of welding wire

could circle the equator of the earth once

Green construction protect plateau environment






After the reconstruction and expansion project of Lhasa Gongga Airport is put into operation, it will achieve the goal of 9 million passengers

 and 80 thousand tons of cargo and mail throughput in 2025

CCEED assisted for the construction in Tibet

and narrowed the air distance with the world




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