RSHP team ‘committed’ to resolving Taiwan airport issues

Rogers Taiwan

Pledge comes after transport minister demanded rework of Taipei terminal design

RSHP has said its project team for a new terminal at Taipei’s Taoyuan International Airport is committed to working with management to find a way through cost and construction issues with the project.

Last month, Taiwan’s transport minister demanded a rework of RSHP-designed proposals for the airport’s third terminal to speed up delivery of the already-delayed structure and blamed its “sophisticated design” for difficulties in finding a construction team for the project.

Lin Chia-lung said the government had increased the budget for the project but added that the original design “must be modified to allow construction of the project to be kick-started as soon as possible”, the state-owned Central News Agency reported.

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