Galliford Try has won a £38 million contract to boost capacity at Manchester Airport.

The project will extend the airfield's west apron and includes construction of new taxiways and aircraft stands around piers and terminal buildings along with associated stand reconfigurations, ground lighting, drainage, communications networks, security fencing and aircraft control systems.

Work is scheduled to begin immediately and completion is due by November 2018.

Features include the excavation of 65,000 cubic metres of cut material, laying of 95,000 square metres of pavement quality concrete and similar quantity of stone, as well as installing 6km of ducting and cabling, over 500 airfield lights and new fire and aviation fuel mains.

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The project forms part of the 10-year £1 billion Manchester Airport Transformation Project, which will double the size of Terminal 2 to create a boost to the UK's growth prospects and international competitiveness. In addition, 1,500 construction jobs will be created.

Galliford Try has also won a £5m deal to build a new 4,050-space car park at Stansted, part of the Manchester Airports Group.

Colin Abbott, Galliford Try Aviation Director, said: "A challenge of the scheme is that it needs to be undertaken while the airfield remains in operation. We have considerable experience of this type of work and will complete it efficiently and to a high standard without disrupting the safe running of our client's day to day activities."

(LM/MH)