A verdade vem de fora para dentro.

Ó minhas “iluminadas” Engenheiras (algumas doutoradas até que é coisa fina no meio), vejam como é possível fazer algo muito mais importante do que um simples túnel de 150 metros numa cidade à vossa escolha ou evitar uma mera inundação da costa numa praia de qualquer país no mundo.

Eu lanço-vos um desafio: Nós todas estamos muito mais preocupadas em saber como é que nos passam as dores nos calos do que propriamente com aquilo que vocês não sabem fazer mas que são bem pagas todos os meses para não fazerem absolutamente niente! O que nos preocupa verdadeiramente é como é que conseguimos todos os dias ficarmos bonitas e atraentes até ao dia ao dia em que formos para a cova, inbclusive! E olhem que esta tarefa já nos ocupa muito do nosso tempo precisoso para nos pôrmos aqui a dar-lhes lições de engenharia básica enquanto as meninas andavam na faculdade nas taveiradas!

A lição vem do Japão e eles até lhes ensinam a fazer um aeroporto no mar, mas isso não: Para tal, vocês precisavam de 3 gerações para analisar, estudar, planear, reformular, pensar, adequar, pagar, verificar, e tudo o mais desde que não fosse para mudar, melhorar e edificar, não é assim, minhas caras (ao país)?

Aqui vos deixo, minhas amigas da Ordem, as especificações técnicas e as fases sequenciais da construção da obra do Aeroporto Internacional do Japão para ver se vocês se atrevem a não iludir as pessoas comuns que, como eu, sabem que o mundo se desenvolve enquanto que por cá se perde tempo com discussões inúteis para somente algumass ganharem tanto com tantos estudos, planeamentos, pareceres, projectos de impacto, avaliações técnicas, medições, cenários, etc..

Prazos e dados gerais:
- Order year: 1998.
- Construction started: 2002.
- Completion: 2005.
- Project type: New airport.
- Location: Ise Bay, Tokoname, Japan.
- Estimated investment: ¥768 billion (US$7 billion).

Intervenientes:
- Sponsors: Central Japan International Airport Company Ltd (CJIAC).
- Lead contractors, designers, architects and engineers:
Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
Azusa Sekkei Co.
Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum Inc.
Bovis Program Management Japan Inc.
Penta-Ocean Construction Co., Ltd.
Bechtel Inc.
Sunitomo Osaka Cement Co.
- Financing: Central Japan International Airport Company Ltd (CJIAC).

Tráfego:
- Passengers (estimated) per year: 8 million international, 12 million domestic.
- Air cargo (estimated): 430,000t per annum international, 80,000t per annum domestic.
- Landings and takeoffs: 130,000 takeoffs and landings per year.



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Sejam humildes engenheiras e digam sim (pelo menos desta vez que ninguém as põe de parte)!


Então vou-vos dar uma dádiva:
http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/central_asia/index.html


Centrair (NGO/RJGG), Tokoname, Japan.




Centrair, formally known as the Central Japan International Airport, was conceived and constructed as a new air gateway to the central region of Japan. The artificial airport island was built in the Aichi prefecture, about 170 miles southwest of Tokyo.

The airport now serves a major population centre of about 10 million people and also a major industrial area; the airport also handles a significant quantity of commercial cargo from the area.
Much of the cargo leaving Centrair consists of orders from automobile producers based in the region. Airport officials hope that about 50% of the region's cargo, or around 600,000t a year, will eventually pass through Centrair.

Despite much protest over the project's necessity by local environmentalists and fishermen, construction started in August 2000. The airport was opened on schedule in March 2005; this was timed to handle the passenger traffic for the 2005 World Exposition, which was held in the nearby city of Aichi (the Expo provided the first test for the airport and allowed it to prove its usefulness to its critics).

Airport traffic has been growing since its opening and it is expected to become Japan's third largest international airport in the near future.

The new airport has also been designated a Class 1 national airport as well as an international airport. The airport is now operating at full capacity and all international and domestic passenger flights that previously used the Nagoya Airport have been transferred to the new airport.


OPERATORS AND FINANCE.

The airport's operator is a consortium made up of the central and local governments as well as over 200 companies. The consortium is known as Central Japan International Airport Company Ltd (CJIAC) and they were appointed by the national government in July 1998 to be the constructing and managing body of Centrair.
The airport construction costs came to a little over ¥768bn ($7bn). CJIAC fostered an excellent environmental record during the construction project and were ISO 14001 certified during the course of the project.


CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN AND PECULIARITY.

The new airport was constructed on an artificial offshore island created by a land-reclamation scheme started in 2001 and completed by spring of 2003. The land was reclaimed by building concrete revetments on the seabed and then building the island up with hundreds of tons of rock and sandstone landfill. The seabed was particularly shallow and stable in this region, allowing this to be achieved.

The island was constructed by Penta-Ocean Construction Co Ltd. The new island was designed to allow initially one large runway of dimensions 3,500m x 60m. Future plans, which are now being seriously considered, include the option to extend the initial runway to 4,000m and build another runway of identical dimensions adjacent to it.

The airport occupies an area of 4.3km × 1.9km on the island, allowing the remaining portion of the island to be used to provide habitats for wildlife.

Since the Central Japan International Airport is an offshore airport, only water areas are affected by aircraft noise, this enables aircraft to land and takeoff 24 hours a day without the time constraints affecting other airports closer to habitation.


PASSENGER TERMINAL BUILDING.

The passenger terminal was designed by a joint venture; CJIAC commissioned four construction companies to participate in the planning, design and survey of the passenger terminal area. The four companies were Nikken Sekkei Ltd and Azusa Sekkei Co, both of Japan, along with Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum Inc (HOK) of the United States and British firm Bovis Program Management Japan Inc. Arup was responsible for structural and faced engineering.

The passenger terminal building consists of four areas - main building, international wing, domestic wing and centre pier. It is a long narrow T-shaped building about 1,030m in the north–south direction and about 500m in the east–west direction.

The main terminal building has a central pier extending towards the runway and two 'wings' extending out to the sides. The roof covering this large building has a total area of about 80,000m², and is an important element both functionally and architecturally.

The total system used to construct the terminal is a combination of space trusses and raking columns (columns with four inclined members), to give an integrated, simple, and rational design. For architectural expression the linear trusses are exposed to form the ceiling reminiscent of origami.

The total floor area for the passenger terminal is 220,000m². The terminal building comprises two self-contained levels allowing easier flight connections for travellers. The terminal also has abundant commercial space for shops and malls and an observation deck to allow views of the airplane takeoffs and landings. Also, by using glass and metal panels in the facade to give a design with a feeling of transparency, natural light is allowed in for plants.

On the west side facing Ise Bay glass was used abundantly to create a feeling of openness and to make the most of the natural light. To increase the energy efficiency of the design louvers created light shading and multi-layer glass was used for thermal insulation.

Some of the building's main attractions are the Tenbo Buro (bath with a view), a spa facility that offers views of airliners landing and taking off and the indoor garden where Japanese couples can stage wedding ceremonies. The terminal building has won several awards for its design, including the Good Design Award 2005, the Cyubu Architecture Award 2005 and the Aichi Townscape Architecture Award 2005.

RETAIL EXPANSION.

Plans are underway, having started in April 2006, to expand the retail space in the international departure area at Centrair to further improve service for passengers. A new gift and travel goods shop will be opened in another area with a larger floor space and the foreign money exchange booth will be moved to a new more accessible area.

Meanwhile the deli and cafe floor space will be extended into the space vacated by the old gift and travel goods shop. Expansion work is expected to be completed by end of 2006.

AIRPORT ACCESS AND ASSOCIATED PROJECTS.

The airport is joined to the mainland via a four-lane highway stretching some 2.1km to join the Chita transversal road, second Tomei expressway and the Meishin expressway. This access road ensures a high-speed link to the airport for motor vehicles from the mainland (30–40 minutes travel time).

In addition, an airport access railway was completed in March 2006, which now links the airport to central Nagoya in a travel time of only 28 minutes. This was done with a link to the Tokoname line of the Nagoya railroad. The airport trains also provide direct connections to Toyohashi, Inuyama and Gifu City.

Centrair is also connected to Tsu in Mie prefecture by high-speed boat from its own marine terminal. In the central zone of the airport island where the marine access terminal is located construction is now underway (since early 2006) to develop a conference centre, restaurants, shopping mall, training and research facilities.

On the mainland opposite the airport island various projects have been developed including new town planning, landscaping, commercial areas and an observatory for watching aircraft.

SCANNING TECHNOLOGY.

CJIAC in Japan ordered CTX series explosives detection systems from InVision Technologies Inc, Newark, California, to be installed in the Centrair terminal.

The CTX 9000 DSi system is the fastest FAA-certified Explosives Detection System (EDS) currently available. The system is FAA-certified at 542 bags an hour but can use alternative modes to increase throughput.

The system has a 1m-wide conveyor that coordinates with standard airport baggage handling systems and requires minimal space for installation. The CTX 9000 DSi has core technology derived from medical Computerised Tomography (CT).

Este é apenas um dos milhares de exemplos.

Querem que eu lhes diga muito mais dicas?

Só lhes peço é que não me promovam com cunhas …

E nunca esqueçam que o preocupa o povo é a melhoria das condições de vida, da qualidade de ser e estar no mundo, e não os vossos problemas profissionais que vocês mesmas deviam ter estudado para isso e para isso é que foram nomeadas (nem que tenha sido pela cunha)!