Experienced staff are a must for runway reconstruction
Friday 10th February 2012, 5:00PM GMT.
Lagan contracts manager Steven Turner. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 1222652)
PLANES will be landing just hours after Lagan staff have worked on the runway, making employing specialists a must to ensure the safety of passengers, the airport contractor’s contracts manager said yesterday.
Steven Turner will be staying in the island over the coming months to oversee the preliminary stages of the airport – including setting up compounds for the £80.4m. project’s asphalt plants, offices and worker village – which he expected to be completed by the end of March.
He yesterday defended bringing in a maximum 149 people at the project’s peak, saying runway work was of such a high importance that it would be wrong for inexperienced employees to take it on.
‘Working on an operational runway you have to take into account that in a short space of time you’re going to have aeroplanes landing on it,’ said Mr Turner, who has overseen various airport projects since joining the company in 1996.
Saturday 26 May
- Laid-off staff see jobs re-advertised next day
- The Week - Roots Manuva interview
- Royal celebrations of yesteryear
- The Week - Jubilee Food
- Sport - Angus Mackay takes Gib job
Campaigns
Voice For Victims
Voice for Victims is a campaign aimed at promoting the rights of those affected by child sexual abuse.
This is Guernsey
Guernsey Press
Can we have Steves written assurance that when any of his necessary imported labour gets involved in any crimes of violence, drug use/ importation, or serious antisocial behaviour, that their contract of employment will instantly be terminated and they will be put on the next boat home, or aircraft if the runway’s finished. I’d also like to see strict controls in place to monitor how many actually go home after the work is finished.
Report abuse
Agree with the above by ‘nige’.
Report abuse
Mr Turner
Make friends with the nearby schools by offering them the opportunity to bury a time capsule somewhere under the new runway
I still think ,from time to time,of the one I and my family buried at North Beach many years ago
Report abuse
Disagree with both above!
Thinks most workers are professional, will stay with Lagan and leave to go to the next Airport rebuild
Heck, who would stay here with such a high cost of living?
Report abuse