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31-654: The Zintan Brigades are under the leadership of the Zintan Revolutionaries' Military Council and currently consist of: The Airport Security Battalion (for Tripoli International Airport ) was linked to the Zintan Brigades, but its current status is uncertain. The Zintan Revolutionaries' Military Council was formed in May 2011 to organize the military efforts and effectiveness of 23 militias in Zintan and

62-575: A partnership created by Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners and Anglian Water International, won a two-year contract from the United Kingdom Government's Overseas Development Administration to study the impact of industrial effluent in the city of Tianjin in China . The partnership's task was to investigate the technical, institutional, environmental, and financial issues involved in reducing industrial wastewater production and improving

93-415: A satellite channel called Libya al-Watan and several websites and pages on Facebook . The Zintan Brigades have been a major part of the conflict since the launch of Operation Dawn against Tripoli International Airport , because they were responsible for its defense. Tripoli International Airport Tripoli International Airport ( IATA : TIP , ICAO : HLLT ) ( Arabic : مطار طرابلس الدولي )

124-509: Is a closed international airport built to serve Tripoli , the capital city of Libya . The airport is located in the area of Qasr bin Ghashir , 24 kilometres (15 mi) from central Tripoli. It used to be the hub for Libyan Airlines , Afriqiyah Airways , and Buraq Air . The airport has been closed intermittently since 2011 and as of early 2018, flights to and from Tripoli have been using Mitiga International Airport instead. During

155-558: The 2014 Libyan Civil War , the airport was heavily damaged in the Battle of Tripoli Airport . The airport reopened for limited commercial use in July 2017. In April 2019, however, it was reported that Mitiga had become the last functioning airport in Tripoli during the 2019–20 Western Libya campaign . It was soon acknowledged that the ruling Government of National Accord (GNA) had bombed

186-994: The Cleddau Bridge in Wales. Other later works included the Tripoli International Airport (1978), Devonport Dockyard , Limehouse Link tunnel (1989-1993), Great Man-Made River Project in Libya and several defence and airport projects in the Middle East, and several hydro-electric dam projects including the design and supervision of Tongariro Hydroelectric Scheme in New Zealand, the Lar Dam in Iran, Victoria Dam in Sri Lanka (1975-1985), and

217-557: The Libyan Civil Aviation Authority was on the airport property. In September 2007, the Libyan government announced a project to upgrade and expand the airport. The eventual total cost of the project, contracted to a joint venture between Brazil's Odebrecht, TAV Construction of Turkey, Consolidated Contractors Company of Greece and Vinci Construction of France, was LD2.54 billion ($ 2.1 billion). The project

248-696: The Libyan Ministry of Transportation announced that work at the airport had been resumed. In May 2021 the foreign minister of Italy , Luigi Di Maio , announced that Italian companies would begin construction work at the airport in a few months. It is expected to be completed in 2024 As of July 2014, all passenger flights into Tripoli use Mitiga International Airport ; all scheduled cargo operations into Tripoli International Airport have also ceased. [REDACTED] Media related to Tripoli International Airport at Wikimedia Commons Sir Alexander Gibb %26 Partners Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners

279-598: The Samanalawewa Dam project also in Sri Lanka (1993). Problems emerged on the Samanalawewa project and two years after its completion, its reservoir still could not be filled because its base was leaking. One Sri Lankan geologist has warned: "Samanalawewa is a write off". Also, the Victoria Dam in Sri Lanka has not produced the amount of energy envisaged by the designer. By the late 1980s/early 1990s,

310-565: The GNA briefly in May 2019. Due to its location at the southern border of the Tripoli Metropolitan Area, it served as a part of the larger suburban stronghold of Qasr bin Ghashir village south of Tripoli City, used as a staging ground in attacks attempting to capture or weaken GNA's hold of the capital. As a result of ongoing clashes, it was acknowledged that the open terrain was subject to retaliatory and preliminary bombing by

341-605: The GNA from Tripoli frontier, making it unusable as an airport. The airport, along with the village of Qasr bin Ghashir, was retaken in June 2020 by the GNA as part of its 2020 offensive to push back the LNA and end the siege of the capital city. The taking of the airport signified that the GNA had regained control of the entire city and metropolitan area of Tripoli. The airport had one main passenger terminal that served international and domestic departures and arrivals. The terminal hall

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372-590: The Nafusa mountains. The Council is one of the strongest militias in Libya. Zintani Brigades detained Saif al-Islam Gaddafi after his capture in November 2011. One of its leaders, Osama al-Juwali , served as the Libyan defense minister from November 2011 to November 2012. The brigade is currently led by Mukhtar Kalifah Shahub, a former Libyan navy officer. The group has various Arabic-language media outlets. These include

403-819: The Tip Top Bakery in Cray Avenue, it is now part of the Allied Bakeries division of Associated British Foods . From 1939 Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners designed three large ordnance factories (including ROF Swynnerton ) for the Ministry of Supply; three other smaller factories followed later. Also during World War II, the Drakelow Tunnels near Kidderminster were designed and constructed. In 1949, Cliff Quay Power Station in Suffolk

434-673: The UK, the firm worked on Waterloo International Railway Terminal between 1988 and 1993, with Grimshaw Architects and Bovis Construction (as the main contractors), Brook House in Park Lane in London (with Squire and Partners ), Reading Crown Court , and HM Prison High Down , Surrey . In 1989, the firm merged with the larger American company, Law Engineering and Environmental Services, based in Atlanta, Georgia . In June 1994, GibbAnglian,

465-521: The airport in an attmept to recapture it from the Libyan National Army (LNA). Mitiga was soon shut down as well after being bombed by the LNA, thus making Misrata Airport , located approximately 200 km (125 miles) to the east down the coast, the nearest functional airport for Tripoli residents. The airport was originally called Tripoli-Castel Benito Airport and was a Regia Aeronautica (Italian Air Force) airfield built in 1934 on

496-430: The airport was the site of fierce battle as militias from the city of Misrata attempted to take control of the airport. The airport has been closed to flights since the clashes. On 23 August 2014, after 40 days of clashes, Zintan forces, which controlled the airport, withdrew. The Los Angeles Times reported that at least 90% of the airport's facilities and 20 airplanes were destroyed in the fighting. While still under

527-434: The airport. Seen on google maps, the entire passenger terminal is completely demolished, however the jet ways can still be seen sitting in the position relative to their formal gates. The airport operated 24 hours a day. There was no overnight accommodation at the airport but there were plans to build an airport hotel to serve transit flyers. A restaurant was on the fourth floor of the international terminal. The head office of

558-473: The control of Misrata militias, the VIP terminal, which had not been not as badly damaged, was reopened on 16 February 2017. A new passenger terminal is in planning by the political body representing the militias . In April 2019, the airport was captured by forces loyal to the Libyan National Army (LNA) and its leader Khalifa Haftar and was held for over a year, despite the control of the airport passing back to

589-691: The firm was organised as a number of specialised departments in Reading, namely Water and Energy (WAE), Transportation and Marine (TAM), Structures and Services (SAS), Project Management Services (PMS) and Gibb Architects. Outside of the United Kingdom, the firm had associated practices including Gibb Africa (headquartered in Nairobi , Kenya), Gibb Botswana (operating from Gaborone ), Gibb Petermuller (headquartered in Athens ) and Gibb Mauritius . In

620-869: The first major work of its kind to be linked to the National Grid . The firm also worked on Maentwrog New Dam in Wales (1928). In 1936, it designed the Kincardine Bridge across the Firth of Forth , then Britain's largest road bridge. In 1937, the firm designed the Capper Pass and Son smelting works (as well as a row of houses) in Hull . In 1939, Gibb designed the new Allied Bakeries building, in St Pauls Cray (near Orpington ). Originally

651-429: The government identified Tripoli airport as a "fast track" project in 2007, leading to construction work starting before the design was fully developed, the project was not finished until at least May 2011. The cost of the project had also been rising, leading to an intense round of renegotiations. The project has since been halted due to the ongoing civil war that led to further damages to the airport. In February 2019

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682-604: The quality of effluent discharges. In 1997, remedial works were carried out on Owen Falls dam under supervision by the consulting firm. American parent Law sold Gibb to the US-based Jacobs Engineering Group in February 2001. The firm was based at Queen Anne's Lodge, Queen Anne's Gate and subsequently Telford House, Tothill Street, Westminster, London , until 1974, when it relocated to Earley House, 427 London Road, Reading, Berkshire . which

713-460: The southern outskirts of Italian Tripoli . In 1938 the governor of Italian Libya , Italo Balbo , enlarged the military airfield to create an international airport for civilians served by Ala Littoria , the official Italian airline: the Aeroporto di Tripoli-Castel Benito . The first international flights were to Rome , Tunis , and Malta . In 1939, a flight from Rome to Ethiopia and Somalia

744-524: The terminals, which were expected to serve 100 aircraft simultaneously. Work started in October 2007 on the first new terminal. The initial capacity will be 6 million passengers when the first module comes into operation. Preparation was also underway for the second new terminal, which would eventually have brought the total capacity to 20 million passengers; the completed airport is expected to strengthen Libya's position as an African aviation hub. Although

775-523: Was President of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1936. For the first ten years the business was not very rewarding financially although it was engaged on several important projects. Gibb and his colleague, noted electrical engineer Charles Hesterman Merz, designed Barking Power Station and later (between 1930 and 1936), the modernist power stations of the Galloway hydro-electric power scheme ,

806-631: Was a British firm of consulting civil engineers , founded in 1922 by Sir Alexander Gibb , and initially headquartered in London before moving west to Reading in Berkshire in 1974 to the former site of Suttons Seeds. In 1989, the firm merged with Atlanta, Georgia -based Law Engineering and Environmental Services. In 2001 Law sold the Gibb business to another US-based firm, Jacobs Engineering Group . The firm had been founded in 1922 by Scottish civil engineer , Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Gibb , whom

837-425: Was a five-story building with an area of 33,000 square metres (360,000 sq ft), and was capable of handling three million passengers annually. Check-in facilities were all located on the ground floor. The departure gates were located on the floor above as was the duty-free section . Beside this was a prayer room and a first-class lounge which served business class and above on almost all airlines operating from

868-493: Was designed and built from a masterplan developed by Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners . The airport closed from March 2011 to October 2011 as a result of the United Nations Security Council establishing a no-fly zone over Libya . The Zintan Brigade captured the airport during their advance on Tripoli on 21 August 2011. The airport was officially reopened on 11 October 2011. On 14 July 2014,

899-654: Was designed. In 1954, the firm completed the Owen Falls Dam in Uganda. In 1967, it started working on the Cerros Colorados Complex in Argentina , provided design and construction management until its completion in 1979. Between 1967 and 1970 Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners designed Baghdad International Airport. In 1968, Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners was joint consulting engineer on

930-561: Was one of the first intercontinental flights. During World War II the airport was destroyed, but the airfield was later used by the British Royal Air Force and named RAF Castel Benito , changing to RAF Idris in 1952. In the 1950s and 1960s the airport was known as Tripoli Idris International Airport. It was renovated for national and international air travel in September 1978. The existing international terminal

961-400: Was to construct two new terminals at the airport (an East Terminal and a West Terminal) on either side of the existing International Terminal. Each of the new terminals would have been 162,000 square metres (1,740,000 sq ft) in size, and collectively they would have had a capacity of 20 million passengers and a parking lot for 4,400 vehicles. French company Aéroports de Paris designed

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