Major Contract

Auckland Airport Expansion - Transport Hub

PROJECT STATUS
Operational
Auckland Airport Expansion - Transport Hub

The Transport Hub at Auckland Airport is a four-storey, 70,000 square-metre structure built on the footprint of the current international carpark. It is connected to the international terminal and will be connected to the new domestic terminal by an enclosed skybridge.

It includes:

  • four levels of short-term car parking above the public drop-off / pick-up
  • undercover public drop-off / pick-up, plus public transport, Park & Ride bus connection, interterminal bus connections and commercial drop-off
  • 680 metres of new covered walkways, landscaping and open spaces create contemporary plaza areas
  • accessible zones within the commercial and public drop-off / pick-up
  • space allocated alongside for future mass rapid transit station, and
  • a 1.2 megawatt solar array to help power public EV charging stations and five-Star Green office building next to the Transport Hub.

Key Dates

Jun 2022 Contract Award
Nov 2022 Construction Commencement
Oct 2024 Construction Completion

Procurement

Procuring Agency: Auckland Airport
Successful Tenderer: ICON Construction
Related contracts:
Enabling Works - East Airfield Building Relocation
Successful Tenderer - Built Environs and McConnell Dowell Joint Venture

Structural peer review
Successful Tenderer - BG&E

PROJECT HISTORY

Aug 2021 As part of the August 2021 reset, Auckland Airport announced that the Transport Hub will progress as one of four active anchor projects. However, it is anticipated that the progress on major works of the Hub will be governed by the pace of aviation recovery.
Jun 2022 Built Environs and McConnell Dowell were awarded an enabling works contract for the East Airfield Building Relocation. This contract involves the construction of a transitional waste facility, an effluent waste facility, a security check point, and a livestock shed.
Jun 2022 ICON was awarded the Main Works contract for the Auckland Airport Transport Hub.
Jun 2022 Enabling works commenced on the project.
Nov 2022 Main works commenced on the project.
Feb 2023 Auckland Airport announced that the delivery of the new Transport Hub will include 1.2 megawatts of solar generation, which will power the offices and electric vehicle charging stations within its car park.
Mar 2024 Auckland Airport announced the completion of the first stage of the Transport Hub, comprising the ground floor of the international terminal. Operations commenced on 3 April 2024.
Oct 2024 Auckland Airport announced the completion of construction on the Transport Hub including a 75,000 square metre uncovered carpark and front doorstep of the international terminal. The first floor of the carpark is now open and the final floors over the next two weeks.
Estimated Total Cost
(2021)
Sector
Other Transport
Procurement approach
Unconfirmed |
Location
New Zealand |
Resources
Project pages
BG&E Project Page