The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Wednesday approved variations worth Tk 765.65 crore in two contracts for the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) Expansion Project, including construction works and consultancy services.

The committee gave the approval at its meeting held with Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury in the chair.

The committee recommended a variation of Tk 360.65 crore in the construction contract for the project’s first phase, third revised version, raising the contract value by 1.75% from Tk 20,598.65 crore to Tk 20,959.30 crore.

The construction contract was awarded to Aviation Dhaka Consortium (ADC), a joint venture comprising Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation and Fujita Corporation and South Korea’s Samsung C&T.

The committee also recommended approving a Tk 405 crore variation in the consultancy services contract for the same project.

The consultancy contract value will rise by 52.48% from Tk 771.72 crore to Tk 1,176.72 crore following the proposed variation.

The consultancy services are being provided by a joint venture comprising Japan’s Nippon Koei Co Ltd and Oriental Consultants Global Co Ltd, Singapore’s CPG Consultants Pte Ltd and Bangladesh’s Development Design Consultants Ltd.

Both proposals were placed by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism.

The airport expansion project is aimed at improving the country’s main international airport facilities and handling capacity.