{"id":2003,"date":"2017-08-22T15:42:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T19:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intelcan.com\/tzn\/?p=2003"},"modified":"2020-08-21T01:08:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T05:08:24","slug":"jcaa-cuts-ribbon-on-intelcan-design-build-atc-tower-in-kingston-jamaica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intelcan.com\/fr\/2017\/08\/22\/jcaa-cuts-ribbon-on-intelcan-design-build-atc-tower-in-kingston-jamaica\/","title":{"rendered":"JCAA Cuts Ribbon on Intelcan-Design\/Build ATC Tower in Kingston, Jamaica"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The Jamaican Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) today held a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the new Air Traffic Control (ATC) Tower at Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston. Intelcan designed, constructed and equipped the tower as part of a Jamaican Government comprehensive $4.92-billion modernisation programme for JCAA.\u00a0 A second ATC Tower, also by Intelcan, is nearing completion at Sangster International Airport (SIA) in Montego Bay.<\/p>\n<p>The new towers are intended to further the Government\u2019s aim of making both international airports significant air transit hubs and to prepare for passengers coming from new markets on the growing number of airlines coming into the country following the signing of new Air Services Agreements.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Henry, the Transport and Mining Minister describe the 131-foot tower at NMIA\u00a0 at a symbol of modernity, signaling Jamaica\u2019s evolution as an aerospace industry powerhouse.\u00a0 Acting chief air traffic control officer and supervisor for the NMIA tower, Richard Graham, said with the improvement, the new facility has moved air traffic control by \u201c<em>leaps and bounds<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to designing and building the tower and base-building structures at both airports, Intelcan also equipped them with much of the ATC equipment required for providing modern air traffic services.\u00a0 This equipment includes critical voice communication systems, VHF radios, and meteorological systems.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-button-wrapper\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/intelcan.com\/fr\/contact-us\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Contactez-nous<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelcan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelcan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelcan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelcan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelcan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/intelcan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2298,"href":"https:\/\/intelcan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003\/revisions\/2298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intelcan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelcan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intelcan.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}