Projects
IT’S THE LARGEST CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN EUROPE AND ONE OF THE MOST challenging in the world. A site the size of Hyde Park in the middle of the world’s busiest international airport, hemmed in by some of Europe's busiest roads.
Yet BAA’s spectacular Heathrow Terminal 5, designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership, is making excellent progress. When it opens in Spring 2008 it will be able to accommodate 30 million passengers a year. As well as the new terminal - which could fit 50 football pitches – and its two satellites, the project includes 47 aircraft stands, a control tower, a 4,000 space multi-storey car park, a hotel, rail links, a spur road from the M25, and even the diversion of two rivers!
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Promat DURASTEEL®, the high performance fit-and-forget fire barrier, is being put to the test on London's newest Tube station.
Promat DURASTEEL® has been specified for three separate contract packages on Wood Lane station, a gateway to the huge new Westfield London shopping and leisure complex that opened for business in October 2008.
The development is a partnership between the Westfield property group and London Underground, whose land has been leased by Westfield. Both are playing a vital role in the regeneration of the area. Westfield has invested £170 million into the transport infrastructure.
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