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A UNIQUE
South African structural engineering expertise and
ingenuity has been showcased at a project to construct a
new maintenance hangar for Ethiopian Airlines at Bole
International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that
can accommodate a single Boeing 767, a 777, or two
Boeing 737s.
T
he client, Elmi Orlindo Construction, an Ethiopian based contractor, was
determined to win a bid against international competitors to secure the
contract for the design and construction of the new hangar for Ethiopian
Airlines, thus providing a local Ethiopian fabricated engineering solution.
Hatch Goba were appointed as structural and civil engineers to provide an
appropriate cost effective and local solution that maintained the quality of
the end product while acknowledging some constraints of constructing in
an Ethiopian environment.
The main design objectives were low steel tonnage, fabrication simplicity and erection
safety, without incurring the cost of temporary works staging. Hatch Goba commenced
with the design component of the project in January 2013, with project completion in
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