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The CDF approves a second loan for the project, amounting to EC$8, 807,400.00.

The IADC welcomed a delegation from the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) in August 2012, to assess the progress being made on the airport site and to see equipment purchased from their funds.

The turning of the sod was done to signal the start of construction of the terminal building.

The contract for the construction of the terminal building, at a cost of US$25,094,530.00, was awarded to Taiwanese firm Overseas Engineering and Construction Company Limited (OECC). The terminal building was designed by another Taiwanese firm, CECI Engineering Consultants Inc and will have three floors, with 139, 00 square feet of floor space. It is designed to accommodate approximately 1.4 million passengers per year.

Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves announces that more land would be needed to accommodate the land side facilities to make them consistent with the Master Plan for the Airport.

Earthworks at the airport site begin with the clearing and grubbing of the area, demolition of houses and removal of the top soil in the first kilometer of the runway. The estimated cost of the earth works was EC$184 million.

Thousands of Vincentians flock to Argyle to witness the symbolic blast of Johnson Hill, which signaled the official start of construction.

The first 13 pieces of heavy earth moving equipment, a gift from the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, arrive. These first pieces were followed by other shipments of more heavy equipment and a variety of spare parts, valued at US$10 million.

Final report of the Environmental Impact Assessment is presented to the IADC by Kocks Consult of Germany.

Cabinet grants approval for the acquisition of all vacant land parcels in airport area. The lands were cleared for the purpose of the airport runway, specifically the first kilometer of the runway. The estimated cost of the site acquisition was EC$83.7 million.