HISTORY
ISLAND LIFE
FORMER CHAIRMAN, DONG-SUK KANG, REMEMBERS OVERSEEING THE AIRPORT’S MAMMOTH CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
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obody is better qualifi ed to look back at the airport’s huge $5.6 billion construction and remember its key moments than former chairman, Dong-suk Kang.
It is a huge statement to make and one that in normal circumstances would be hard to defend, but not this time, as Kang not only oversaw the project but he actually lived on the construction site for four years!
His home during this time was a ‘container’ he shared with his wife on waste ground close to the spot where the main terminal building was being built.
Such was his dedication to the cause that Kang even gave up playing golf for the duration of his time on the construction site, as he says he rarely left his “ocean home for the mainland”.
During the entire construction period the only way of getting to and from the airport island from the mainland was by ferry.
This changed with the opening of the 4.4 kilometre
Yeongjong Grand Bridge linking the airport with the mainland in November 2000 – just fi ve months before Incheon Airport opened for business.
“Living on the construction site was helpful to me. It meant that I was on the spot to oversee everything and could immediately deal with any problems that arose. “It might sound strange to other people, but it was the right decision to make. Unlike most of the workers on the site with young families to go home to at weekends, mine had grown up, so there was no need for me to go anywhere. My wife was here so I was happy.
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