Airports · Landmark · Delivered

Noida International Airport — terminal at airport scale.

Ceiling-scale lighting for one of India's largest new airport builds. Delivered inside a critical-path construction window with zero tolerance for delay.

Client
NIA Jewar
Location
Gautam Budh Nagar
Scope
Terminal · Landmark
Scale
Public terminal
Duration
18 weeks
Stage
Delivered
Overview

The brief: airport scale, hospitality-grade finish.

One of India's largest new airport builds. The lighting package was ceiling-scale, public-facing, and had to read as a signature element of the terminal's architecture — not as a utility install.

On an airport site, the constraint is rarely the fixture. It's the window. Principal contractors, conservation authorities, MEP teams and flight-readiness engineers all have calendars that don't bend.

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The challenge

An install window that doesn't move.

Airport construction runs on critical path. When we were scheduled for install, we had exactly the days we had — no slippage, no request for extensions.

The fixtures had to arrive pre-tested, pre-assembled where possible, and sequenced so that each install zone could be handed back to the next contractor on time. If we missed a window, we missed the airport.

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How it was handled

Three weeks of engineering. Nine weeks of production. Four weeks of sequenced install.

01

Engineering with MEP teams

Week 1–3

Early coordination with the principal contractor's MEP engineers. Hanging structure, load paths and electrical integration locked before any fixture was built.

02

Modular production

Week 3–12

Fixtures built as pre-assembled modules designed to snap into the ceiling grid with minimal on-site work.

03

Factory QC with client engineer

Week 13

All modules tested assembled. Client's engineer attended the factory for final QC before dispatch.

04

Sequenced install

Week 14–18

Install ran zone-by-zone, matched to the contractor's handback schedule. No zone held up the next trade.

Specification

The technical detail.

Every project is documented to this level at handover — specs, finishes, electrical, AMC terms.

Project scale
Public terminal
Construction context
Active critical-path site
Install format
Pre-assembled modules
QC
Client engineer attended
Install window
Zone-sequenced
Stakeholders
Design · MEP · airport authority
Handback discipline
On contractor's window
Outcome
Follow-on scope awarded
"On an airport build, the client is testing whether you understand schedule as much as they're testing whether you understand lighting. Missing a window isn't a delay. It's a different project."
Project Lead · NIA Jewar
Start a project

Running a landmark public-space project with a rigid schedule?

Send us the program, the principal contractor's schedule, and the design intent. We'll come back within two working days with a feasibility read and a sequencing plan.

Project details

The scope & the particulars.

Scope of work

Design intent translated to shop drawings, production, QC and on-site install. Complete execution ownership — mockup to handover.

Materials & finishes

Hand-patinated brass components, hand-blown glass from our Firozabad facility, premium driver electronics, dimmable and tunable options.

Engineering approach

MEP-coordinated shop drawings, dimming protocol verified pre-production, assembled-and-lit QC at factory, trained install team on site.

Collaboration

Worked with the brand design team, owner's rep and project management consultant. Weekly status cadence, same-day issue escalation.