New Manila International Airport (NMIA)

[Gustavo J Oppenheimer]

Philippine Aviation Summit, updated blueprints for NMIA. Seems like another bus terminal in the offing

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1342998067836726&id=100063796370620

[Gustavo J Oppenheimer]

What's the purpose of the closed Navotas Sanitary landfill for Bulacan Airport? I understand that SMAI (San Mig Aerocity) filed a case of expropriation

[Gustavo J Oppenheimer]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=FRwGW2z_BkY


https://youtube.com/watch?v=IsqY08OEDHI

[Gustavo J Oppenheimer]

New close-up video from Hoverframes

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pVYIrtNDUGw

[Gustavo J Oppenheimer]

According to SMC, NMIA land development works is at 84.62% as of June 30 2025

Site clearance - 100%
Land filling - 72.37%
Ground improvement - 94.27%

https://www.sanmiguel.com.ph/storage/files/reports/Final%20Offer%20Supplement%20SMC%20Offer%20of%20up%20to%20400%20million%20S2%20Preferred%20Shares.pdf

[Gustavo J Oppenheimer]

Popular infra/engineering youtuber B1M drops a video about the Bulacan Airport project

http://https://youtu.be/nRUShCQt_5E?si=MV0VNmXAEpg7h-zO

Also DOTr streamed the Prebid conference earlier on ICS (Independent Consultancy Services) for NMIA

Phase 1 will now be operational by 2029 (https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1238710298093180&id=100067651842656)

[Arianespace]

Gustavo J Oppenheimer wrote

Popular infra/engineering youtuber B1M drops a video about the Bulacan Airport project

http://https://youtu.be/nRUShCQt_5E?si=MV0VNmXAEpg7h-zO

If Amsterdam starts flooding then i believe his claim.

In fairness, his report has plenty of inaccurate information. One of which is displacement of residents. He surely did not know they were handsomely paid and relocated. That gives his report some biases as he never bothered to inquire who the recipients were, perhaps brought by being a keyboard warrior sourcing information from the mainstream media. He also did not bother to know that NMIA land is private property long before it became an airport project.

Second, there are plenty of sands in the Philippines, contrary to his claims. Geology 101. Unlike other countries we are blessed with plenty of volcanoes. And volcanic eruption produces millions of cubic m2 of sand that our government is still having problems disposing today as it silted waterways. One of which, resides nearby NMIA.

The solution employed by the government is dredging sand from blocked river channels that look like this. That is where NMIA foundation came from. He could actually look at it in Google satellite over Zambales. Its still there.



If he only bothered to research further where sands came from, he could have a better report.

No wonder SMC did not bother to answer him.

I did mentioned in this thread why the sand shipment stopped before. It was political. It has nothing to do with his claims of diminishing or dwindling sand. If only he read this forum to know a little better. There are other inaccuracies, but I digress.

[Gustavo J Oppenheimer]

He also published the already inaccurate design of the PTB as well

[ewh1]

Here’s the latest from SMC. A bit more perspectives on what to expect (still in very general terms)

https://youtu.be/2-h23mcHaos?si=_HpuY1Akps0j6iRn

[Gustavo J Oppenheimer]

Some of them have already been discussed during the DOTr livestream which i posted several slides which includes the blueprint as well as the timeline and heat map showing where land development is complete or under works

Anyway from the same video:

[Spartan117]

The blueprints shown at the Phil Aviation Summit and Pre-Bid Conference, plus the renders floating around on Newswatch+, are still NOT the actual plans or sights to expect, right?

I just can’t imagine ADPi, Jacobs, and Meinhardt putting their names on something that continues SMC’s streak of warehouse-style builds like the MRT7 stations or the new Caticlan terminal….



Also, for the multiple renders and concepts released so far, is any of them even close to what ADPi is actually designing for Phase 1 (the 10 or 35 mmpa terminal)?

[Gustavo J Oppenheimer]

I think it is Conceptual Design only, we will know by January for the final design. And January is the expected month for the groundbreaking of the construction of facilities

[Solblanc]

Caticlan is already supposedly under construction and we still don’t know what kind of design it’ll have. SMC has a tendency to just not be transparent because they themselves don’t know if they can commit to a particular design. It’s like they’re constantly cost-cutting along the way.

I don’t think they’ll construct anything in January. They’re so very behind.

[Gustavo J Oppenheimer]

We will see, DOTr told SMC to groundbreak by January and SMC promised to start building the facilities by that time

[ewh1]

I actually think you’re on to something. I have a theory they commission designs then value engineer and redesign everything, based on these commissioned designs to fit their “Franendesign”

They even commissioned a design by Ricardo Bofill yet we still see these massing models as renders.

Build fast, without any hidden costs, risks, expectations = stay quiet.