capita symonds aviation capability
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Aviation capability
Introduction 1
Our projects 3
Our capability 4
Development 7
Design 17
Delivery 34
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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 ofairports acting as Designers, Project and Programme Managers. We havesuccessfully delivered a broad range of projects including airfield, runwayand terminal facilities.
Our experience is focussed upon understanding fully our clients needs and inmaintaining business continuity and operational use during projectsdeveloped working with some of the largest airport owners and operators inthe 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 ownor other teams in providing a broad range of services including developmentand aviation regulatory guidance, design and engineering including review,cost and risk management, procurement and contract negotiations.
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Our projects
Our capability
Develop
Design
Deliver
Through a balanced understanding of developmentpotential and operations, we provide consultancyservices from project inception and feasibility,through to design and delivery.
As one of the largest multidisciplinary consultanciesin the UK and Europe, Capita Symonds provides an indepth geographical and resource based servicecoupled with a strong technological focus thatmaintains Capita Symonds as a leading aviationconsultancy.
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Develop Design Deliver
Management consultancy
Feasibility planning
Masterplanning
Environmental
Due Diligence
Security
Terminal / building design
Infrastructure design
Civil & structural engineering
Pavement engineering
Airfield lighting design
IT systems / communications
Project management
Construction management
Supply chain solutions
Asset review
Network technology
Operational readiness
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Our experience enables us to understand key components central to anysuccessful project:
» A thorough understanding of the location and the specific issues uniqueto that location.
» Understanding the current basis of operation and what the constraintsmay 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 toachieve them.
» Be clear about the future trends and demands in the aviation market andensure that assumptions can be validated as much as possible.
» Be certain that there is a clear rationale of Airport business modeldeveloped and aligned to the master plan study.
Airport projects from design to completion
Development
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Katima Mulilo Airport, Namibia
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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 conjunctionwith the Director of Civil Aviation to undertake a Master planningstudy that can be used to develop economic and sustainableinfrastructure at the airport which supports all the airport stakeholdersas well as the region as a whole.
The study will highlight that the airport, which is owned by theNamibia Airports Company, is a catalyst for employment andeconomic growth and that it has a strategic potential in terms ofregional development and flood relief. It will also identify therequirement for a cross ministry steering group to assist the long termgrowth across local businesses, hotels, infrastructure and touristattractions.
In developing the study the team is being guided by Vision 2030 whichincludes the linking of the country’s regions, airport development andthe stimulation of tourism. National and Regional Development Plansin Namibia are also key inputs.
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 planningto the master plan and design and configuration advice for newbuildings that include an A380 hangar, 4 code E/F aircraft stands,2 helicopter maintenance hangars as well as 13 helicopter stands andaccommodation modules and apron space associated with the facilities.
Advising the Architect led design team and assisting the client withcomplex stakeholder briefing and negotiations, Capita Symonds hasestblaished the Client’s brief from a user, technical and operationalperspective including the integration with the the existing airport.
Our deliverables include:
• User Requirements Specifications for a number of speialist aviationrelated 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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Kuwait International Airport
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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 thatwon a limited international design competition for the new terminalbuilding at Kuwait International Airport.
The concept for the design is based on the approach, entrance andarrival sequence using three key Character Zones which includes apredominately native soft landscape and structural landform, passinginto transitional zone with both native and non native species, into thefinal zone at the building frontage of a formal 'oasis' where thevocabulary spans the external / internal arrival spaces.
We have developed a sustainable approach to the landscapemasterplan, working in partnership with local plant nurseries andspecialists (such as the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research) toutilise local desert species of soft planting to minimise the irrigationdemand and 'repair' the natural biodiversity of the area.
The design also seeks to maximise natural shade opportunities tocreate a more suitable microclimate for the visitor and to createshading for the infrastructure of the surrounding car park and arrival points.
Land Planning and Design
Client Signature Flight Support Ltd
Date 2007 – Current
Value Confidential
Services Development & Project Management, Engineering, BuildingServices, Cost Management, Planning, Transport Planning
Capita Symonds has been acting as development advisors to SignatureFlight 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 identifiesthe 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 planaligned 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 andconstruction.
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Luton Airport
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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 tothe Lenders and the Design Construction Consortium bidding for thedesign, operations and maintenance of the existing Nantes-Atlantiqueand Saint-Nazaire airports and the design, construction, financing andoperation and maintenance of the new Notre-Dame des LandesAirport.
The scope reviewed project documentation and carried out riskanalysis covering:
• Design and engineering• Construction• Capital expenditure, operating & lifecycle costs• Environment issues• Contracts & permits.
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 MasterPlan and Design Vision for the redevelopment of the North Terminalcomplex at Gatwick Airport.
Gatwick Airport is the UK’s second busiest airport and is the world’smost productive single runway operation with over 100 airlines serving250 plus destinations. The North Terminal was expected to grow to24mppa by 2012 from a current design capacity of 14mppa. Thisgrowth was based upon the expansion of the easyJet low cost carrierfleet at Gatwick and the movement of airlines from the South Terminalwhich 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 reviewand potential cost of disposal scenario’s and proofing.
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Jersey Airport
2020 Strategic Masterplan Study
Client States of Jersey
Date 2006
Services Masterplanning
Capita Symonds undertook a study to review the proposed Masterplanand Capital Expenditure (CapEx) programme for the period up to 2020.The airport, owned and operated by the States of Jersey, was sufferinga downturn in traffic aligned to tourism which led to an intenseanalysis of the airport and its requirements.
The 2020 plan was instigated to review the potential of the airport inthe long term and assist with balancing the requirements to maintainthe airport as a strategic island asset, whilst operating on acommercial basis.
The master plan study included a review of the current market,existing infrastructure and predicted future demand. Key decisionpoints were the replacement of the main control tower and operationsbuilding, originally constructed in 1937, along with a new commercialhanger and the extension and refurbishment of the freight terminal.
Long term projects included a new primary radar, new baggagehandling system and resurfacing of the runway. The CapEx programmecalled for a balance of airport assets with the longer term safeguardingof the potential expansion of the airport.
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 growingregional airport in the UK and had ambitious plans to continue togrow. Current demand was at 4 million passengers per annum and thiswas projected to rise to over 6 million by 2007. Hence this would be achallenge for the current terminal building that opened in 2000 andwhich was already operating at design capacity.
Capita Symonds was appointed overall Programme Managers at theairport in 2002 and in September 2004 was asked to lead theMasterplan study and the new terminal extension programme.
The airport’s expansion programme was a £17m phased developmentproviding additional capacity in:
• Terminal Check-in, and Departures• A new Western Pier• Additional aircraft stand capacity• Baggage reclaim• Arrivals capacity.
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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 increasethe 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 andcatering outlets. The works were undertaken under a Public PrivatePartnership (PPP), between Luton Borough Council and a constructionand operating consortium comprising:- Barclays Bank, Airports GroupInternational and Bechtel Enterprises. The consortium formed a newoperating company called London Luton Airport Operations Ltd.
The first stage of the Capita Symonds commission consisted of atechnical due diligence exercise on behalf of the lending bank. Thisinvolved examining the design documents, programme, cost plan andform of contract. Capita Symonds used their own internal specialists tocover the following areas:
• Geotechnical• Environmental• Structural• Civils airside & landside• Mechanical & electrical services• Programme & cost• Procurement & Contract.
Design
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King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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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 designservices for new aircraft maintenance hangars and associated supplychain 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 heldworkshops 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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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 designteam to develop the design for the North Terminal expansion. TheNorth Terminal is expected to grow to 24mppa by 2012 from a currentdesign capacity of 14mppa.
The scope of the design will provide:
• Landside extension to North Terminal at all levels to provideadditional 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.
London Southend Airport
Runway extension
Client Stobart Developments Ltd
Date Current
Value £20m
Services Civil Engineering Design, Highway Design, Aircraft PavementDesign, AGL Layout Design, Technical Compliance, Contract Documentation, Geotechnical Engineering, Railway UTX support
Capita Symonds is delivering the civil engineering design of a 300mrunway extension and resurfacing of the remainder of the runway(utilising an un-grooved ‘BBA’ surface course for the first time in theUK), along with works required for the relocation of the runwaythresholds and associated AGL infrastructure. New approach lightingwill be provided at each end of the runway, with the lighting having toaccommodate a railway line just outside the airfield boundary.
The Capita Symonds’ rail team has also provided support for the designof the required services crossing under the railway, including liaisonwith 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 designcompliance and technical support to the Airport in the preparation ofthe documentation required by the CAA under CAP791.
The project has also included the diversion of a public road andassociated services to the south of the site. The road diversionincorporates two roundabouts, one being on an existing dualcarriageway highway, and with the main section of the roadconstructed in a cutting to avoid infringement of the new runwaytransitional surface.
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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 MoDDE and DE USVF and other agencies including A&AEE BoscombeDown, DRA, DERA and Quinetic as well as civilian airport operators atBristol, 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 andassociated infrastructure. Major new build RAF base projects include anew build hanger for VC10 servicing at RAF St Athan, new hangars,workshops, servicing facilities and offices at Boscombe Down, and newhelicopter maintenance hangar and workshops at REME Arborfield. Wehave 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' TermCommission with the MoD for Airfields and Airfield Pavements from1995 to the current date. We have also undertaken a number ofdiscrete project management appointments as well as several R&Dassignments covering hanger design, hanger upgrades, aircraft hardstandings, pavement inspection and evaluation, and specialist aircraftservicing requirements.
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 therefurbishment and upgrade of the main runway at Carlisle Airport.
The project comprised the design for the complete refurbishment ofthe existing runway to bring it up to a standard suitable for use bysmall commercial airliners up to Boeing 737 size, and includedsignificant reprofiling of the existing runway to bring it into compliancewith CAA and ICAO criteria.
The old runway was in a poor condition, and unusually incorporated alongitudinal drainage channel in the middle of the runway pavement.The design incorporated extensive recycling of the old runwayconstruction and optimisation of levels to minimise the associatedearthworks to the runway strip, together with design of new surfacewater drainage.
The wider project also included the design of a major distributioncentre (£15m project value) adjacent to the airport, for which CapitaSymonds provided all civil and structural engineering design.
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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 pedestrianelevated walkway serving nine new Pre Board Zones with futurepotential expansion safeguarded. The project included two elevatedbridge links to the terminal building which meant significantmodification to the existing terminal building. There were two furtherbridge links to deal with access roads from the airport with spans inthe order of 30+m.
Due to the complexity of the geology on the site; (verticallyoutcropping limestone with numerous dissolution features) wedeveloped a raft type complex foundation solution. The walkway routealso passes over an existing major services corridor which providesessential feeds to the control tower. In a very constrained site, a designwas developed to divert services from under the walkway whilstmaintaining 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 theinfrastructure modifications.
The final design was developed to maximise speed of construction andto minimise temporary works, and was carried out over a two monthperiod to allow for tendering and to meet the constructionprogramme.
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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-bayEurofighter Typhoon Maintenance hangar that was delivered in 67weeks on time and budget. Built on a disused Greenfield site, it enablesspecialist ‘deep maintenance’ of the aircraft which are serviced bymoving through bays spanning the full length of the building in twostreams. Each bay has been completed with mechanical, compressedair, hydraulic and electrical services.
The hangar covers approximately 11,640sqm and comprises of anannexe 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 workshopsare designed to provide personnel with excellent working conditionswith large windows allowing the hangar to be seen from the offices.The new facility can withstand robust usage with the flexibility toaccommodate future expansion. The project achieved a ‘Very Good’BREEM rating and is also fully DDA compliant.
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 anairside maintenance hangar with landside staff training facilities, andwas constructed by Kier Eastern as a D&B project. In line withRyanair's business philosophy, the architecture is simple and low costwhilst still providing for robust construction and finishes which willstand up to heavy use. The building's form was shaped by theminimum size required for the housing of large commercial aircraft,with suitable working clearance for maintenance staff. The buildingenvelope is comprised of cost effective profiled sheet metal compositecladding, in Ryanair's chosen colours.
The hangar is capable of accommodating five Boeing 737's, accessedthrough a 125m wide door, which is supposedly the widest clear dooropening in Europe. A cavernous interior was created by incorporating a10m deep, single spanning truss structure, which received a UK StructuralSteel Design Award in 2009. The Award Judge summarised the buildingas 'a fine example of an optimised long-span structure, at minimumcost, with fast erection. A text book example of the direct approach'.
Three storey training facilities were provided, with a landside car parkand new road links. These facilities included two Flight SimulatorModules, and an aeroplane fuselage section for cabin crew training.There are also reception areas, offices, training and other ancillary rooms.
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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 theDAA to identify an unused basement area as a new check-in zone.
The concept used innovative lighting techniques and materialsnormally used externally, such as terracotta panels, to give theimpression of natural daylight, as if above ground.
The fast-track programme forced us to investigate pre-fabrication andsystems that could be installed quickly. This extended to theceiling/lighting units, check-in desks and wall finishes.
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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 forthe new Pier D connector from the existing Terminal 1.
Working in conjunction with a local consultant partner, our team ofengineers undertook the detailed design of this unique structure whichcurves through 90 degrees on plan.
The structural solution was designed to minimise the impact on theexisting surrounding structure with the cable stayed mast supportsallowing a maximum span potential to be utilised.
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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 atHeathrow Airport. The concept was developed by Richard Rogers in2004 and was deliberately set to one side with the intention ofresuming design development in 2007.
Capita Symonds Architecture was engaged by BAA mid 2007 toundertake a peer review of the concept and guide it through schemedesign stage.
Concourse C is a high quality, cost effective satellite pier. Its wave-form roof and glazed facades are consistent with the design andquality of the other buildings in the T5 family.
The 53,000 sqm building consists of four levels above ground, and abasement structure, housing a station for the Tracked Transit System.
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 inTerminal 3 at Heathrow, became fully operational in 2006. Shortlyafter the Pier opened it hosted the inaugural trial visit of the A380 tothe airport.
Capita Symonds was appointed to complete the design and detailingof the pier fit-out along with ramp level accommodation.
This £100m project involved the demolition of part of the existingPier 6 and provision of a new segregated building incorporatingflexible, open gate lounges to serve four A380 stands.
The Pier 6 project utilised our experience from recently completedprojects, such as the Pier 5 Segregation project and our team was ableto work closely with the contractor and suppliers to deliver a first-ratefacility.
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Terminal 3, Pier 5 Segregation
Client BAA
Date 2003 – 2005
Value £90m
Services Architecture
The segregation of arriving and departing passengers at Pier 5Terminal 3 was the first of its kind at Heathrow following a DfTdirective in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US.
The innovative solution included a series of new vertical circulationcores (VCC’s) connecting to a new arrivals level sited on the roof of theexisting pier. Corridor sections were pre-assembled off-site at a remotefacility and installed during night working periods.
We were appointed to provide detailed design for the fit-out of allareas and design fixed links and connectors (also assembled off-site).
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 thereconstruction of the North and South Aprons at Jersey Airport.
The works consisted of the demolition of the old aircraft parkingaprons on the surrounding of the passenger pier, and the constructionof new concrete pavements designed to accommodate all current andproposed aircraft types likely to use the airport. The old concretepaving was crushed and recycled for use in the new construction, sominimising both the import of fresh aggregates and the off-sitedisposal of waste.
Also included was substantial surface water drainage infrastructure,including pollution control measures: a fuel interceptor, aeration pondand reed beds were provided to manage and treat discharges from theairfield. The aeration pond included an innovative lightweight nettedcover to deter birds. Additionally, the project included aeronauticalground lighting, and a new fixed electrical ground power distributionand metering system, with outlets at each of the new stands.
Capita Symonds undertook the detailed design of the new aircraftpavements, aeronautical ground lighting, and surface water drainage.
Under a separate appointment, Capita Symonds provided ProjectManagement services through to successful completion of the works.
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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 tomaster plan and design in detail a new international airport for therecently established autonomous Kurdish region in Northern Iraq.
The master plan defined a new airport with a capacity to handle aninitial 1.5mppa rising to a potential 6.5mppa in the future.
The new facilities included a 4km runway with all associated airfieldinfrastructure, a main passenger terminal and a VIP terminal, allancillary buildings and critically the development of the landsideaccess road to the airport site.
Our architects developed the concept and detailed design for the mainpassenger terminal, VIP terminal and administrative building.
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, geotechnicaland highways engineering services to Peel Airports for the new £80mRobin Hood Airport, built on the site of the former RAF FinningleyAirport in Yorkshire. Services delivered stemmed from initial schemedesigns through planning approval to detailed design and constructionof the final project.
We were responsible for the airport landside civil and structural works,together with highways works for access roads, car parks and localroad and junction improvements.
Our specialist Geo-environmental team carried out extensive desktopand intrusive investigations for all areas where new works wereproposed to establish design parameters.
Construction work started in February 2004 and the airfield washanded over in January 2005 to receive light aircraft and to allow ATCtraining before the first commercial flight took off on 28 April 2005, anoverall period of just over 14 months.
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Delivery
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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 civilconflict Capita Symonds was undertaking the Project Management andSite Supervision of the development of Benina Benghazi InternationalAirport on behalf of the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA).
Capita Symonds also undertook an Independent Design Check of theADPi design for the new terminal building and airside infrastructuremasterplan.
The development of the airport at the time included:
• New passenger terminal building with an initial capacity of5 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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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 forthe Runway Resurfacing and Associated Works contract at JerseyAirport that was constructed by Volker Fitzpatrick. This was a majorstrategic project critical for the continued safe operation of the airport.The existing runway surface had exceeded its original design life of15 years and following a CAA audit in 2007, a number of operationalchanges were needed to be made to comply with the CAA/ICAOguidance, as well as to replace the running surface to improve drainageand 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 June2009 on time and within budget.
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 therunway and taxiways at Bristol Airport in 2006-07.
At the time of the project the airport was a busy and rapidly growingregional airport handling approximately 7 million passengers and over85,000 commercial aircraft movements per year. Capita Symondssupported the airport by providing Project and Contract Administrationservices for the scheme design, tendering and construction processes.
The project had to be planned and implemented to a very demandingtimescale to suit the airport's commercial requirements, meaning thatthe runway works were carried out at night and over the winter period.
The electrical works involved the complete re-cabling of the runwayand taxiway lighting, provision of new illuminated signage,modification of the AGL Control System, and the upgrade of theassociated sub-stations. For the first time under a project of this type,CAT III runway lighting was maintained virtually throughout theconstruction period, through careful programming and management ofthe works.
Despite the difficulties encountered, the works were successfullycompleted on time and within budget.
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Airport Expansion Programme
Client Bristol Airport
Date Completed 2005
Value £8m
Services Project Management
Bristol Airport's existing terminal building was opened in March 2000with a design capacity of 3 million passengers per year which wasprojected to rise to over 6 million by 2007. The airport's expansionprogramme was a £17m phased development over four years toprovide additional capacity in Check-in, Departure Gates, AirsidePassenger Terminal to Aircraft transfer and Baggage Reclaim. The initialphase was a fast-track £8m extension to provide 16 additional Check-in desks, with dedicated state of the art baggage handling andscreening facilities, an extended and updated Arrivals Reclaim Hall andassociated service upgrades and airside infrastructure.
Capita Symonds was appointed overall Project Manager in September2004 with the daunting task of delivering project completion by May2005 against an uncertain, but fixed, budget and with only a conceptdesign. Proactive design team management, coupled with the adoptionof a truly integrated, risk managed, 2-stage traditional procurementprocess, but with early contractor involvement and package selectionensured a timely start on site.
The project was completed on time and within budget in early May2005 therefore allowing the airport to commence international flightsto US.
