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that’s prompted a significant amount of renovation/
expansion work over a three-year period.
“The airport was designed for 500,000 (passengers),
so we have a fairly significant congestion issue,” An-
derson said. “That is the sort of main thing that keeps
us up at night, but we do have a plan to address that,
which has kicked off. That should double the capacity
of the existing airport.”
The Florida-based RS&H Group bid for and ultimate-
ly won a contract to provide design and construction
cost consultancy services to the airport authority for
the project, and the process took another step in early
March when the redevelopment concept was complet-
ed and revealed.
The silhouette of the native green sea turtle – particu-
larly its flattened, curved body and paddle-like arms
that are adapted for swimming – was used as a means
of portraying the country’s growth achievements and
history, and the airport’s existing A-frame structure
was maintained and incorporated into a symbol con-
veying unity between Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac
and Little Cayman.
“I believe the public will be happy with the contempo-
rary design of the new airport expansion, which artisti-
cally reflects the three Cayman Islands,” said Moses
Kirkconnell, the country’s deputy premier and minister
for tourism. “The airport is our main international gate-
way and an important economic driver for our country,
so I am pleased that steady progress continues to be
made to increase its operating capacity. I thank every-
one involved for their hard work and commitment to
this project and look forward to proceeding to the next
phase of development.”
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BY DESIGN
At RS&H, we don’t just design terminals—we create
gateways for destinations. We’re proud to be working
with the Owen Roberts International Airport on the
expansion that will double passenger capacity by
2018. From checkpoints to terminals,
let us help
create that first and last impression.
