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Steel link bridge for Heathrow Airport hotel
Weighing 100t and measuring 170m-long, a new Heathrow Passenger Air Bridge has been successfully installed by Apex Steel Structures. The steel bridge links a …
News in Brief: February 2017
London Stansted Airport has announced plans for a new £130M arrivals building as part of its multi-million pound expansion programme. The proposed 34,000m² …
Kent airport ready for take-off
As part of a much wider development plan, a new steel-framed hangar has been completed at London Ashford Airport. During the past decade London Ashford Airport …
Commendation – Heathrow Terminal 2B
Terminal 2B is a satellite pier for the new Heathrow Terminal 2 development and the first UK airport facility to achieve a BREEAM rating of ‘Very Good’. …
Steel frame for Dublin car park is the cost effective solution
Structural steelwork has been chosen as the framing material for a new £10.2M multi-storey car park to serve Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport. Main contractor …
Hangar cleared for take off
The installation of a 100m long steel truss has helped enlarge an existing hangar at Bournemouth Airport, allowing the structure to house larger aircraft. In …
Extension of Gatwick Airport Facilities
From Building with Steel November 1963 Construction work which will more than double the size of the terminal building at London (Gatwick) Airport has started …
Terminal checks in with steel
Steel construction has come to the fore, above and below ground, during the building of a satellite pier at Heathrow Airport. Martin Cooper reports. The …
Heathrow’s satellite takes flight
Construction of Heathrow Airport’s satellite Pier 2B is now at an advanced stage with phase 1 of the project open to passengers, and phase 2 set to open in …
20 Years Ago: Aircraft Hangars
Taken from STEEL CONSTRUCTION, February 1991 by Rollo Reid, BSc, CEng, MICE A mystery is lurking in the swamps in which airfields are built. From the murky …
