Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA) (2)

History:
The construction began before the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The original design was based on Dallas Airport. The original designers were TAMS, a consortium of US designers. A local joint venture was formed and was called TAMS-AFA to carry out the full design and supervision of construction.
After the Islamic Revolution the project was abandoned until the government of Iran decided to design and build the airport using local know-how. The French ADP was selected to head the local designers and engineering firms...
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(from wikipedia)









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