
Ecuador
10/28/2009
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New Quito International Airport being built with Firestone Metal and UltraPly TPO system
Firestone Building Products Latin America & Caribbean with Kubiec and Ecuamallas, are working on the installation of Firestone UltraPly TPO System for the new International Airport in Quito, Ecuador, South America.The project is located in Tababela, 45 minutes from Quito-Ecuador.
The material used for this project is TPO 60-mils, ISO 95, Tapered ISO, DensDeck and Ballast Pavers. The airport will feature a mechanically attached TPO system. In addition, this project will be the first one in the Latin America region that feature ballast pavers on top of Firestone TPO system. The Project will have also 55,000 sqf of Firestone Kynar Painted Steel Premium Color (Champagne Metallic).
The New Quito International Airport will not only be the first Firestone TPO and Metal project in Ecuador, but also the first Red Shield TPO project in the Pacific Coast of South America.
The New Quito International Airport (NQIA), the most modern of its kind in South America, is being built with the support and guarantee of the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), international procurement agency of the Government of Canada.
It is expected that the airport becomes operational in October 2010.
A door to development
Quito is one of Latin America’s cities with the highest growth. Being a capital city, Quito is a political and administrative center of the country, surrounded by a wide-ranging political, economic, social and cultural activity.
The construction of the new airport in Quito, in a free-trade zone, constitutes the most ambitious project as an engine for development of the city, the country and its residents for the next 30 years.




