Capita Symonds has experience designing and delivering various aviation projects including: 1) Runway extensions, terminal expansions, and new hangar facilities at airports like Gatwick, Luton, Southend, and Jeddah. 2) Master plans for the development of airports like Katima Mulilo Airport in Namibia, a Middle Eastern VIP facility, and Jersey Airport. 3) Consultancy services from feasibility and planning through design and delivery including landscape design, airfield planning, and program management.

1. Aviation capability

2. Introduction 1
Our projects 3
Our capability 4
Development 7
Design 17
Delivery 34

3. Introduction
Capita Symonds is one of the largest UK multidisciplinary consultancies.
With over 4000 staff located in 50+ offices in the UK and internationally,
we provide consultancy in over 80 disciplines and 20 sectors.
In airports, we have formed long term relationships with a number of
airports acting as Designers, Project and Programme Managers. We have
successfully delivered a broad range of projects including airfield, runway
and terminal facilities.
Our experience is focussed upon understanding fully our clients needs and in
maintaining business continuity and operational use during projects
developed working with some of the largest airport owners and operators in
the UK and Europe including BAA, Gatwick Airport, Peel, Dublin Airport,
MAG Developments and Bristol Airport.
In addition, our other disciplines in aviation have worked alongside our own
or other teams in providing a broad range of services including development
and aviation regulatory guidance, design and engineering including review,
cost and risk management, procurement and contract negotiations.
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5. Our projects
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6. Our capability
Develop
Design
Deliver
Through a balanced understanding of development
potential and operations, we provide consultancy
services from project inception and feasibility,
through to design and delivery.
As one of the largest multidisciplinary consultancies
in the UK and Europe, Capita Symonds provides an in
depth geographical and resource based service
coupled with a strong technological focus that
maintains Capita Symonds as a leading aviation
consultancy.
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7. Develop Design Deliver
Management consultancy Terminal / building design Project management
Feasibility planning Infrastructure design Construction management
Masterplanning Civil & structural engineering Supply chain solutions
Environmental Pavement engineering Asset review
Due Diligence Airfield lighting design Network technology
Security IT systems / communications Operational readiness
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8. Airport projects from design to completion
Our experience enables us to understand key components central to any
successful project:
» A thorough understanding of the location and the specific issues unique
to that location.
» Understanding the current basis of operation and what the constraints
may be.
» Determine a clear understanding of what the future may look like.
» Be realistic about what goals can be achieved and what it will take to
achieve them.
» Be clear about the future trends and demands in the aviation market and
ensure that assumptions can be validated as much as possible.
» Be certain that there is a clear rationale of Airport business model
developed and aligned to the master plan study.
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9. Development
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10. Katima Mulilo Airport, Namibia
Proposed development of Katima Mulilo Airport
Client Ministry of Works & Transportation
(in conjunction with Director of Civil Aviation)
Date Current
Value
Services Masterplanning, Feasibility Study
Capita Symonds has been appointed by the Ministry in conjunction
with the Director of Civil Aviation to undertake a Master planning
study that can be used to develop economic and sustainable
infrastructure at the airport which supports all the airport stakeholders
as well as the region as a whole.
The study will highlight that the airport, which is owned by the
Namibia Airports Company, is a catalyst for employment and
economic growth and that it has a strategic potential in terms of
regional development and flood relief. It will also identify the
requirement for a cross ministry steering group to assist the long term
growth across local businesses, hotels, infrastructure and tourist
attractions.
In developing the study the team is being guided by Vision 2030 which
includes the linking of the country’s regions, airport development and
the stimulation of tourism. National and Regional Development Plans
in Namibia are also key inputs.
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11. Middle Eastern Airport
Development of VIP facilities
Client Confidential
Date Current
Value
Services Airfield planning input to the Masterplan
Capita Symonds has been been appointed to provide airfield planning
to the master plan and design and configuration advice for new
buildings that include an A380 hangar, 4 code E/F aircraft stands,
2 helicopter maintenance hangars as well as 13 helicopter stands and
accommodation modules and apron space associated with the facilities.
Advising the Architect led design team and assisting the client with
complex stakeholder briefing and negotiations, Capita Symonds has
estblaished the Client’s brief from a user, technical and operational
perspective including the integration with the the existing airport.
Our deliverables include:
• User Requirements Specifications for a number of speialist aviation
related equipment and activity
• Masterplanning advice
• Security advice
• Integraion with the airport
• Compliance with ICAO and local CAA regulations and standards
• Assesment and requirement to model impact on the ILS to
determine the extent of work requireed to the Navaids systems
• Catering strategy
• AGL and signage design
• Specialist avaition advice on maintenance.
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12. Kuwait International Airport
Landscape Masterplan
Client Foster + Partners & Gulf Consult
Date Current
Value
Services Landscape Masterplan, Landscape Design
Capita Lovejoy is part of the Foster + Partners / Gulf Consult JV that
won a limited international design competition for the new terminal
building at Kuwait International Airport.
The concept for the design is based on the approach, entrance and
arrival sequence using three key Character Zones which includes a
predominately native soft landscape and structural landform, passing
into transitional zone with both native and non native species, into the
final zone at the building frontage of a formal 'oasis' where the
vocabulary spans the external / internal arrival spaces.
We have developed a sustainable approach to the landscape
masterplan, working in partnership with local plant nurseries and
specialists (such as the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research) to
utilise local desert species of soft planting to minimise the irrigation
demand and 'repair' the natural biodiversity of the area.
The design also seeks to maximise natural shade opportunities to
create a more suitable microclimate for the visitor and to create
shading for the infrastructure of the surrounding car park and
arrival points.
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13. Luton Airport
Land Planning and Design
Client Signature Flight Support Ltd
Date 2007 – Current
Value Confidential
Services Development & Project Management, Engineering, Building
Services, Cost Management, Planning, Transport Planning
Capita Symonds has been acting as development advisors to Signature
Flight Support Ltd (SFS) at London Luton International Airport (LLIA).
Working within the context of the overall Master Plan for the airport,
Capita Symonds has undertaken a development study which identifies
the growth and operational potential for SFS up to 2019.
The study has included:
• Review of current operations and accommodation
• Future business growth forecast
• Potential further revenue streams
• New business and operational model
• Masterplan for the site with a phased development plan
aligned to RevEx and CapEx
• A new flagship FBO Terminal building design
• New ramp and stand capacity
• Highways design.
The next stage is to take the preferred baseline option to planning and
construction.
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14. Notre-Dame des Landes Airport (Nantes), France
Notre-Dame des Landes Airport, (Nantes)
Client SNC Lavalin/Abertis Infrastructuras/Fayat
Date 2009 – 2010
Services Lenders Technical Advisers
Capita Symonds provided independent technical review and advice to
the Lenders and the Design Construction Consortium bidding for the
design, operations and maintenance of the existing Nantes-Atlantique
and Saint-Nazaire airports and the design, construction, financing and
operation and maintenance of the new Notre-Dame des Landes
Airport.
The scope reviewed project documentation and carried out risk
analysis covering:
• Design and engineering
• Construction
• Capital expenditure, operating & lifecycle costs
• Environment issues
• Contracts & permits.
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15. Gatwick Airport
North Terminal Strategic Development Study 2012
Client BAA
Date 2008
Services Masterplanning & Facilities Planning
Capita Symonds was appointed to provide BAA with a Strategic Master
Plan and Design Vision for the redevelopment of the North Terminal
complex at Gatwick Airport.
Gatwick Airport is the UK’s second busiest airport and is the world’s
most productive single runway operation with over 100 airlines serving
250 plus destinations. The North Terminal was expected to grow to
24mppa by 2012 from a current design capacity of 14mppa. This
growth was based upon the expansion of the easyJet low cost carrier
fleet at Gatwick and the movement of airlines from the South Terminal
which is operating beyond its design capacity.
The scope of the study addressed:
• Transport capacity and surface access
• Forecourt operations
• Multi-storey car parking developments
• Landside terminal capacity
• Revised check-in model to include CUSS and fast bag drop
• Landside and airside retail and commercial opportunities
• Conceptual and Preliminary design of a new midfield pier and
connection to terminal.
The study identified future expansion potential including asset review
and potential cost of disposal scenario’s and proofing.
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16. Jersey Airport
2020 Strategic Masterplan Study
Client States of Jersey
Date 2006
Services Masterplanning
Capita Symonds undertook a study to review the proposed Masterplan
and Capital Expenditure (CapEx) programme for the period up to 2020.
The airport, owned and operated by the States of Jersey, was suffering
a downturn in traffic aligned to tourism which led to an intense
analysis of the airport and its requirements.
The 2020 plan was instigated to review the potential of the airport in
the long term and assist with balancing the requirements to maintain
the airport as a strategic island asset, whilst operating on a
commercial basis.
The master plan study included a review of the current market,
existing infrastructure and predicted future demand. Key decision
points were the replacement of the main control tower and operations
building, originally constructed in 1937, along with a new commercial
hanger and the extension and refurbishment of the freight terminal.
Long term projects included a new primary radar, new baggage
handling system and resurfacing of the runway. The CapEx programme
called for a balance of airport assets with the longer term safeguarding
of the potential expansion of the airport.
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17. Bristol Airport
Masterplan and Terminal Extension Programme
Client Bristol Airport
Date 2004 – 2006
Services Project Management
At the time of the project, Bristol Airport was the fastest growing
regional airport in the UK and had ambitious plans to continue to
grow. Current demand was at 4 million passengers per annum and this
was projected to rise to over 6 million by 2007. Hence this would be a
challenge for the current terminal building that opened in 2000 and
which was already operating at design capacity.
Capita Symonds was appointed overall Programme Managers at the
airport in 2002 and in September 2004 was asked to lead the
Masterplan study and the new terminal extension programme.
The airport’s expansion programme was a £17m phased development
providing additional capacity in:
• Terminal Check-in, and Departures
• A new Western Pier
• Additional aircraft stand capacity
• Baggage reclaim
• Arrivals capacity.
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18. London Luton Airport
Phase 1 Development Works
Client London Luton Airport
Date 1995
Value £80m
Services Technical Advice & Contract Administration
The Phase 1 re-development at Luton Airport was required to increase
the capacity of the Airport from 3.4 to 5 million passengers per annum.
Part of the development works involved the construction of a new
£40m Terminal Building housing check-in desks and major retail and
catering outlets. The works were undertaken under a Public Private
Partnership (PPP), between Luton Borough Council and a construction
and operating consortium comprising:- Barclays Bank, Airports Group
International and Bechtel Enterprises. The consortium formed a new
operating company called London Luton Airport Operations Ltd.
The first stage of the Capita Symonds commission consisted of a
technical due diligence exercise on behalf of the lending bank. This
involved examining the design documents, programme, cost plan and
form of contract. Capita Symonds used their own internal specialists to
cover the following areas:
• Geotechnical
• Environmental
• Structural
• Civils airside & landside
• Mechanical & electrical services
• Programme & cost
• Procurement & Contract.
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19. Design
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20. King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
New Aircraft Maintenance Hangar Facilities
Client Confidential as bid is current
Date Current
Value £800m
Services Full Design Services
Capita Symonds is currently providing full multidisciplinary design
services for new aircraft maintenance hangars and associated supply
chain buildings, component engineering workshops, paint hangars,
wash hangars and infrastructure works for an international contractor.
Our range of Design Services cover:
• Architecture
• Structures
• Mechanical and Electrical
• Civil Engineering – Aprons, Pavement & Roads
• Geotechnical
• Fire Engineering
• Landscaping and Irrigation
• IT systems
• Security systems.
As part of our design delivery process, we identified and held
workshops with specialist equipment suppliers for items such as:
• Teleplatforms
• Docking systems
• Material storage racking systems
• Automated guided vehicle systems
• Hangar doors.
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21. Gatwick Airport
North Terminal Extension
Client Morgan Sindall
Date March 2008 – November 2011
Value £150m
Services Lead Consultant, Project Controls, Architecture, Interior Design,
Landscaping, Acoustics & Transport Planning
Capita Symonds is providing a multi disciplinary architect-led design
team to develop the design for the North Terminal expansion. The
North Terminal is expected to grow to 24mppa by 2012 from a current
design capacity of 14mppa.
The scope of the design will provide:
• Landside extension to North Terminal at all levels to provide
additional check-in capacity and baggage reclaim function
• The re-provision of the landside retail and commercial areas
• Redevelopment of the North Terminal ITTS station into a
passenger transport interchange
• New multi-storey car park
• Displacement and reprovision of drop off / pick up forecourt roads
• Compliance with Department for Transport ASIAD security
requirements.
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22. London Southend Airport
Runway extension
Client Stobart Developments Ltd
Date Current
Value £20m
Services Civil Engineering Design, Highway Design, Aircraft Pavement
Design, AGL Layout Design, Technical Compliance, Contract
Documentation, Geotechnical Engineering, Railway UTX support
Capita Symonds is delivering the civil engineering design of a 300m
runway extension and resurfacing of the remainder of the runway
(utilising an un-grooved ‘BBA’ surface course for the first time in the
UK), along with works required for the relocation of the runway
thresholds and associated AGL infrastructure. New approach lighting
will be provided at each end of the runway, with the lighting having to
accommodate a railway line just outside the airfield boundary.
The Capita Symonds’ rail team has also provided support for the design
of the required services crossing under the railway, including liaison
with Network Rail.
The project also includes a review of the whole of the airfield drainage,
and the development of a strategy to address the increased use of de-
icing chemicals on the airfield. We are also providing design
compliance and technical support to the Airport in the preparation of
the documentation required by the CAA under CAP791.
The project has also included the diversion of a public road and
associated services to the south of the site. The road diversion
incorporates two roundabouts, one being on an existing dual
carriageway highway, and with the main section of the road
constructed in a cutting to avoid infringement of the new runway
transitional surface.
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23. Hangars and Infrastructure
Aviation hangers and associated infrastructure
Client Various
Date Current
Value £0.5m – £46m
Services Achitecture, Civil & Structural Engineering
Capita Symonds has over 15 years experience of working with the MoD
DE and DE USVF and other agencies including A&AEE Boscombe
Down, DRA, DERA and Quinetic as well as civilian airport operators at
Bristol, Jersey, Cambridge, Heathrow and Gatwick.
Our experience has covered the complete range of new build,
refurbishment and remodelling of C Type, E Type, J Type, hangars and
associated infrastructure. Major new build RAF base projects include a
new build hanger for VC10 servicing at RAF St Athan, new hangars,
workshops, servicing facilities and offices at Boscombe Down, and new
helicopter maintenance hangar and workshops at REME Arborfield. We
have also completed a large number of refurbishment projects(re-
clading, re-roofing and service upgrades) at other RAF bases.
In addition Capita Symonds has held a 'Specialist Advisory' Term
Commission with the MoD for Airfields and Airfield Pavements from
1995 to the current date. We have also undertaken a number of
discrete project management appointments as well as several R&D
assignments covering hanger design, hanger upgrades, aircraft hard
standings, pavement inspection and evaluation, and specialist aircraft
servicing requirements.
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24. Carlisle Airport
Runway rehabilitation
Client Stobart Developments Ltd
Date Completed 2010
Value £5m
Services Civil Engineering Design, Aircraft Pavement Design, AGL Layout
Design, Contract Documentation, Geotechnical Engineering
Capita Symonds provided the civil engineering design services for the
refurbishment and upgrade of the main runway at Carlisle Airport.
The project comprised the design for the complete refurbishment of
the existing runway to bring it up to a standard suitable for use by
small commercial airliners up to Boeing 737 size, and included
significant reprofiling of the existing runway to bring it into compliance
with CAA and ICAO criteria.
The old runway was in a poor condition, and unusually incorporated a
longitudinal drainage channel in the middle of the runway pavement.
The design incorporated extensive recycling of the old runway
construction and optimisation of levels to minimise the associated
earthworks to the runway strip, together with design of new surface
water drainage.
The wider project also included the design of a major distribution
centre (£15m project value) adjacent to the airport, for which Capita
Symonds provided all civil and structural engineering design.
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25. Bristol Airport
Western Airside Walkway
Client Bristol Airport
Date 2007 – 2009
Value £8m
Services Structural & Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering
Capita Symonds delivered design services of a 480m long pedestrian
elevated walkway serving nine new Pre Board Zones with future
potential expansion safeguarded. The project included two elevated
bridge links to the terminal building which meant significant
modification to the existing terminal building. There were two further
bridge links to deal with access roads from the airport with spans in
the order of 30+m.
Due to the complexity of the geology on the site; (vertically
outcropping limestone with numerous dissolution features) we
developed a raft type complex foundation solution. The walkway route
also passes over an existing major services corridor which provides
essential feeds to the control tower. In a very constrained site, a design
was developed to divert services from under the walkway whilst
maintaining all the airport operations.
Capita Symonds also designed the new access road to the apron
around the rear of the new building: this included dealing with the
infrastructure modifications.
The final design was developed to maximise speed of construction and
to minimise temporary works, and was carried out over a two month
period to allow for tendering and to meet the construction
programme.
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26. RAF Coningsby
Typhoon Maintenance Facility
Client Clarke Construction
Date Completed 2009
Value £17.5m
Services Lead Design Consultants
Capita Symonds was the Lead Design Consultant for a new ten-bay
Eurofighter Typhoon Maintenance hangar that was delivered in 67
weeks on time and budget. Built on a disused Greenfield site, it enables
specialist ‘deep maintenance’ of the aircraft which are serviced by
moving through bays spanning the full length of the building in two
streams. Each bay has been completed with mechanical, compressed
air, hydraulic and electrical services.
The hangar covers approximately 11,640sqm and comprises of an
annexe housing:
• Support workshops
• Hardened avionic regional centre for the development and
maintenance of electronic equipment used to control the aircraft
• Electrical and instrument workshop
• Structures workshop, windscreen and canopy bay and office
accommodation.
The building is complete with stores, messing areas, locker rooms,
showers, plant and a 300 space car park. The offices and workshops
are designed to provide personnel with excellent working conditions
with large windows allowing the hangar to be seen from the offices.
The new facility can withstand robust usage with the flexibility to
accommodate future expansion. The project achieved a ‘Very Good’
BREEM rating and is also fully DDA compliant.
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27. Stansted Airport
Ryanair Hangar
Client East Midlands Training (Ryanair)
Date Completed 2008
Value £8m
Services Architectural Design & Lead Consultant
Award UK Structural Steel Design Award 2009
Ryanair's new hangar at Stansted Airport combines the provision of an
airside maintenance hangar with landside staff training facilities, and
was constructed by Kier Eastern as a D&B project. In line with
Ryanair's business philosophy, the architecture is simple and low cost
whilst still providing for robust construction and finishes which will
stand up to heavy use. The building's form was shaped by the
minimum size required for the housing of large commercial aircraft,
with suitable working clearance for maintenance staff. The building
envelope is comprised of cost effective profiled sheet metal composite
cladding, in Ryanair's chosen colours.
The hangar is capable of accommodating five Boeing 737's, accessed
through a 125m wide door, which is supposedly the widest clear door
opening in Europe. A cavernous interior was created by incorporating a
10m deep, single spanning truss structure, which received a UK Structural
Steel Design Award in 2009. The Award Judge summarised the building
as 'a fine example of an optimised long-span structure, at minimum
cost, with fast erection. A text book example of the direct approach'.
Three storey training facilities were provided, with a landside car park
and new road links. These facilities included two Flight Simulator
Modules, and an aeroplane fuselage section for cabin crew training.
There are also reception areas, offices, training and other ancillary rooms.
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28. Dublin Airport
Terminal 1 - Check-in Area 14
Client Dublin Airport Authority (DAA)
Date 2006 – 2007
Value £10m
Services Lead Consultant & Architecture
The demand for additional check-in facilities at Dublin Airport led the
DAA to identify an unused basement area as a new check-in zone.
The concept used innovative lighting techniques and materials
normally used externally, such as terracotta panels, to give the
impression of natural daylight, as if above ground.
The fast-track programme forced us to investigate pre-fabrication and
systems that could be installed quickly. This extended to the
ceiling/lighting units, check-in desks and wall finishes.
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29. Terminal 1 - Pier D Connection
Client Dublin Airport Authority (Formally Aer Rianta)
Date 2004 – 2007
Services Structural Engineering
Capita Symonds provided the expert structural engineering design for
the new Pier D connector from the existing Terminal 1.
Working in conjunction with a local consultant partner, our team of
engineers undertook the detailed design of this unique structure which
curves through 90 degrees on plan.
The structural solution was designed to minimise the impact on the
existing surrounding structure with the cable stayed mast supports
allowing a maximum span potential to be utilised.
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30. Heathrow Airport
Terminal 5, Concourse C
Client BAA
Date 2007
Value £305m
Services Lead Consultant & Architecture
Concourse C was the final phase of the Terminal 5 development at
Heathrow Airport. The concept was developed by Richard Rogers in
2004 and was deliberately set to one side with the intention of
resuming design development in 2007.
Capita Symonds Architecture was engaged by BAA mid 2007 to
undertake a peer review of the concept and guide it through scheme
design stage.
Concourse C is a high quality, cost effective satellite pier. Its wave-
form roof and glazed facades are consistent with the design and
quality of the other buildings in the T5 family.
The 53,000 sqm building consists of four levels above ground, and a
basement structure, housing a station for the Tracked Transit System.
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31. Terminal 3, Pier 6
Client BAA
Date 2005 – 2006
Value £100m
Services Architecture & Interior Design
BAA’s first new dedicated facility for the A380 aircraft at Pier 6 in
Terminal 3 at Heathrow, became fully operational in 2006. Shortly
after the Pier opened it hosted the inaugural trial visit of the A380 to
the airport.
Capita Symonds was appointed to complete the design and detailing
of the pier fit-out along with ramp level accommodation.
This £100m project involved the demolition of part of the existing
Pier 6 and provision of a new segregated building incorporating
flexible, open gate lounges to serve four A380 stands.
The Pier 6 project utilised our experience from recently completed
projects, such as the Pier 5 Segregation project and our team was able
to work closely with the contractor and suppliers to deliver a first-rate
facility.
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32. Terminal 3, Pier 5 Segregation
Client BAA
Date 2003 – 2005
Value £90m
Services Architecture
The segregation of arriving and departing passengers at Pier 5
Terminal 3 was the first of its kind at Heathrow following a DfT
directive in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US.
The innovative solution included a series of new vertical circulation
cores (VCC’s) connecting to a new arrivals level sited on the roof of the
existing pier. Corridor sections were pre-assembled off-site at a remote
facility and installed during night working periods.
We were appointed to provide detailed design for the fit-out of all
areas and design fixed links and connectors (also assembled off-site).
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33. Jersey Airport
North & South Apron Reconstruction
Client Jersey Airport
Date July 2006 – June 2007
Value £12m
Services Civil Engineering Design & Project Management
Capita Symonds was the Project Manager and Lead Designer for the
reconstruction of the North and South Aprons at Jersey Airport.
The works consisted of the demolition of the old aircraft parking
aprons on the surrounding of the passenger pier, and the construction
of new concrete pavements designed to accommodate all current and
proposed aircraft types likely to use the airport. The old concrete
paving was crushed and recycled for use in the new construction, so
minimising both the import of fresh aggregates and the off-site
disposal of waste.
Also included was substantial surface water drainage infrastructure,
including pollution control measures: a fuel interceptor, aeration pond
and reed beds were provided to manage and treat discharges from the
airfield. The aeration pond included an innovative lightweight netted
cover to deter birds. Additionally, the project included aeronautical
ground lighting, and a new fixed electrical ground power distribution
and metering system, with outlets at each of the new stands.
Capita Symonds undertook the detailed design of the new aircraft
pavements, aeronautical ground lighting, and surface water drainage.
Under a separate appointment, Capita Symonds provided Project
Management services through to successful completion of the works.
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34. Hawler International Airport
New Terminal & VIP Terminal
Client Kurdish Autonomous Government
Date 2003 – 2005
Value £450m
Services Architecture & Facilities Planning
Capita Symonds was part of a multi disciplinary team appointed to
master plan and design in detail a new international airport for the
recently established autonomous Kurdish region in Northern Iraq.
The master plan defined a new airport with a capacity to handle an
initial 1.5mppa rising to a potential 6.5mppa in the future.
The new facilities included a 4km runway with all associated airfield
infrastructure, a main passenger terminal and a VIP terminal, all
ancillary buildings and critically the development of the landside
access road to the airport site.
Our architects developed the concept and detailed design for the main
passenger terminal, VIP terminal and administrative building.
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35. Robin Hood Airport
Robin Hood Airport, Doncaster
Client Peel Airports
Date 2004 – 2005
Value £80m
Services Civil & Structural Engineering
Capita Symonds Structures provided full civil, structural, geotechnical
and highways engineering services to Peel Airports for the new £80m
Robin Hood Airport, built on the site of the former RAF Finningley
Airport in Yorkshire. Services delivered stemmed from initial scheme
designs through planning approval to detailed design and construction
of the final project.
We were responsible for the airport landside civil and structural works,
together with highways works for access roads, car parks and local
road and junction improvements.
Our specialist Geo-environmental team carried out extensive desktop
and intrusive investigations for all areas where new works were
proposed to establish design parameters.
Construction work started in February 2004 and the airfield was
handed over in January 2005 to receive light aircraft and to allow ATC
training before the first commercial flight took off on 28 April 2005, an
overall period of just over 14 months.
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37. Benina Benghazi Airport
Benina Benghazi Airport, Benghazi, Libya
Client Libyan Civil Aviation Authority
Date 2009 – Current
Value £300m
Services Independent Design Check, Project Management,
Contract Negotiation, Construction Supervision
Until February 2011 when the contract was suspended due to civil
conflict Capita Symonds was undertaking the Project Management and
Site Supervision of the development of Benina Benghazi International
Airport on behalf of the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA).
Capita Symonds also undertook an Independent Design Check of the
ADPi design for the new terminal building and airside infrastructure
masterplan.
The development of the airport at the time included:
• New passenger terminal building with an initial capacity of
5 million passengers per annum to IATA Service Standard A
• Aircraft parking aprons and taxiway system
• New air traffic control tower
• Sewage treatment plant
• Utilities
• Access roads.
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38. Jersey Airport
Runway Reprofiling and Resurfacing
Client Jersey Airport
Date February 2007 – July 2009
Value £15m
Services Project Management & Civil Engineering
Capita Symonds was appointed as Project Managers and Designers for
the Runway Resurfacing and Associated Works contract at Jersey
Airport that was constructed by Volker Fitzpatrick. This was a major
strategic project critical for the continued safe operation of the airport.
The existing runway surface had exceeded its original design life of
15 years and following a CAA audit in 2007, a number of operational
changes were needed to be made to comply with the CAA/ICAO
guidance, as well as to replace the running surface to improve drainage
and friction characteristics.
Work on the runway included:
• Replacement of the existing running surface
• Geometric changes to the runway profile to reduce the vertical and
transverse curves to improve running
• Upgrade of the Aeronautical Ground Lighting (AGL) to meet the
latest ICAO/CAA guidance
• Replacement of the AGL control system
• Improvements to the drainage network and outfalls
• Strengthening works to the main runway and taxiway links at
Delta, Echo and Golf
• Cleaning, re-sealing of joints and improvements to surface texture
of the concrete at the eastern end of the runway.
The works commenced in September 2008 and were completed June
2009 on time and within budget.
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39. Bristol Airport
Runway Resurfacing
Client Bristol International Airport
Date September 2006 – April 2007
Value £13m
Services Project Management
Capita Symonds was the Project Manager for the resurfacing of the
runway and taxiways at Bristol Airport in 2006-07.
At the time of the project the airport was a busy and rapidly growing
regional airport handling approximately 7 million passengers and over
85,000 commercial aircraft movements per year. Capita Symonds
supported the airport by providing Project and Contract Administration
services for the scheme design, tendering and construction processes.
The project had to be planned and implemented to a very demanding
timescale to suit the airport's commercial requirements, meaning that
the runway works were carried out at night and over the winter period.
The electrical works involved the complete re-cabling of the runway
and taxiway lighting, provision of new illuminated signage,
modification of the AGL Control System, and the upgrade of the
associated sub-stations. For the first time under a project of this type,
CAT III runway lighting was maintained virtually throughout the
construction period, through careful programming and management of
the works.
Despite the difficulties encountered, the works were successfully
completed on time and within budget.
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40. Airport Expansion Programme
Client Bristol Airport
Date Completed 2005
Value £8m
Services Project Management
Bristol Airport's existing terminal building was opened in March 2000
with a design capacity of 3 million passengers per year which was
projected to rise to over 6 million by 2007. The airport's expansion
programme was a £17m phased development over four years to
provide additional capacity in Check-in, Departure Gates, Airside
Passenger Terminal to Aircraft transfer and Baggage Reclaim. The initial
phase was a fast-track £8m extension to provide 16 additional Check-
in desks, with dedicated state of the art baggage handling and
screening facilities, an extended and updated Arrivals Reclaim Hall and
associated service upgrades and airside infrastructure.
Capita Symonds was appointed overall Project Manager in September
2004 with the daunting task of delivering project completion by May
2005 against an uncertain, but fixed, budget and with only a concept
design. Proactive design team management, coupled with the adoption
of a truly integrated, risk managed, 2-stage traditional procurement
process, but with early contractor involvement and package selection
ensured a timely start on site.
The project was completed on time and within budget in early May
2005 therefore allowing the airport to commence international flights
to US.
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