Tag Archives: Basil Read

Intrepid South Africans playing key role in St Helena airport adventure

Posted on 26 April, 2013 by

The first plane to officially land at St Helena’s new airport – the first airport in the island’s more than 500 years of human habitation – is scheduled to do so in February 2016. Building an Airport by Ship Jimmy … Continue reading →

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Aconex reports that Basil Read will Use Aconex for Saint Helena Airport Project

Posted on 9 April, 2013 by

Project Information Management System Supports Collaboration for Historic Development JAMESTOWN, SAINT HELENA — (Marketwired) — 04/09/13 — Aconex, provider of the world’s most widely used online project collaboration solutions for the infrastructure, construction, power, mining, and oil and gas industries, … Continue reading →

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Rough seas force airport ship to sit at anchor

Posted on 4 March, 2013 by

Words and pictures by Bruce Salt St Helena’s airport supply ship, the NP Glory 4, has had to retreat from her mooring in Ruperts Bay after sea conditions deteriorated on Friday 1 March 2013. Today (Monday), the ship remained at anchor as … Continue reading →

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Driver flips airport truck – and escapes with bang on the head

Posted on 28 February, 2013 by

An airport worker escaped with only minor harm when the dump truck he was driving rolled over on the construction site at Prosperous Bay Plain. A fellow driver pulled him from the vehicle, suffering cuts to his hands in the process. Both were … Continue reading →

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Airport jobs are not a licence for banned drivers, say police

Posted on 29 November, 2012 by

Banned drivers and learners employed on St Helena’s airport project have been warned they must not drive in public places while at work. People without a valid licence can drive on construction sites with consent from airport contractor Basil Read … Continue reading →

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Paul’s plea for a home reveals eight families at risk

Posted on 25 October, 2012 by

Up to eight families on St Helena are known to be on the brink of losing their homes, it has emerged. But the island’s new airport workers’ camp could provide a way out of a looming crisis. St Helena Goverment says … Continue reading →

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Now the sea is a no-go zone, as cliffs pose blast hazard

Posted on 19 September, 2012 by

An exclusion zone has been imposed off the coast of St Helena because of fears about the stability of cliffs near the island’s airport site.  It was agreed after a survey said rock falls could be caused by explosions planned by construction company … Continue reading →

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Airport vehicle plunges St Helena into darkness (statement added)

Posted on 4 September, 2012 by

Power across most of St Helena was knocked out after an airport construction vehicle apparently brought down a power cable while being moved to Prosperous Bay Plain on Monday evening (3 September). A bright flash on Deadwood Plain was reported to be … Continue reading →

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Night working starts as rocks obstruct airport road

Posted on 22 August, 2012 by

Airport gangs will work into the night for the next few weeks to force a way through rocks that are blocking completion of St Helena’s new haul road. Heavy construction vehicles are stranded in Rupert’s Valley, unable to get through … Continue reading →

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Touchdown on St Helena… hang on, who’s flying this plane?

Posted on 16 August, 2012 by

Ladies and gentlemen, we are beginning our descent… into the sublime. A simulation of an aircraft landing at St Helena International airport has been posted on the YouTube video website. Watching it might be slightly unnerving, though, for anyone familiar … Continue reading →

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