Takenaka Corporation
In December 2004, the Philippine government expropriated the terminal project from Piatco through an order of the Pasay Regional Trial Court. However, the court only allowed the Philippine government to take over the terminal upon payment of an initial amount of (approximately US$64 million) to Piatco. The Philippine government paid Piatco this amount during the second week of September 2006. According to the Philippine government, NAIA-3 was 98% complete (prior in 2006) and required at least an additional US$6 million to complete. The government was then in the process of negotiating a contract with the builder of the terminal, Takenaka Corporation, because another factor that delayed the terminal's opening was the ongoing investigation into the collapse of an area of the terminal's ceiling.