Design and implementation of infrastructure, drainage, lighting and oil network works, as well as the construction of an ICAO fence for the entire site.

The works include the construction of the 3,500-metre-long, 75-metre-wide runway, taxiways and airport car parks, as well as the construction of gutters, culverts, ditches, nozzles and pollution control basins. The lighting system is designed for an E-code airport capable of handling a BOEING 777, and the Oléo network (aircraft fuel supply network) consists of 4,500ml of piping.

The construction of the new Ouagadougou-Donsin airport is also an opportunity to introduce an innovative low-carbon concrete application. For this project, Sogea-Satom launched a research partnership with the 2IE University of Ouagadougou, aimed at reducing carbon emissions from cement in concrete.

After a successful test phase, this concrete was poured for the first time on the site of the new airport. This innovative manufacturing method makes it possible to significantly reduce the consumption of clinker – which has the biggest environmental footprint in concrete – in cement by using substitutes.

The airport is set to become a new economic development hub for Burkina Faso.

Key figures :

• 312 hectares of works,
• 2.2 million m3 of earthworks,
• 150,000 m3 of cement soil,
• 270,000 tonnes of GNT,
• 240,000 tonnes of bituminous concrete,
• 60,000 m3 of hydraulic concrete.Contracting authority: STATE OF BURKINA FASO

Lead contractor: Sogea-Satom

End of works: Spring 2024