Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) has called on contractors to “express interest” in being involved in the airport’s expansion programme.
Ahead of its official procurement schedule, HAL has launched a “pre-procurement market engagement campaign” to asses the industry’s level of interest. In a Prior Information Notice (PIN) on the OJEU, HAL announced…
Gatwick Airport’s train station will undergo a £150M upgrade, after the Department for Transport (DfT) promised to free up cash for the project.
Planned upgrades will include doubling the size of the station concourse, adding five new lifts and eight escalators to improve passenger flow, and widening two platforms to reduce…
Surface access will prove “fundamental” to the government’s approach to regional airports in its aviation strategy, a Department for Transport aviation boss has claimed.
Ian Elston, the head of the airport policy & competition branch and the DfT’s aviation policy division, made the remarks as regional airports such as Bristol and…
Gatwick’s final masterplan will include all three expansion options that it outlined in its draft plan at the end of last year, New Civil Engineer can reveal.
Speaking exclusively to New Civil Engineer, the airport’s chief planning officer Tim Norwood said the final masterplan would not rule out any of the…
Uttlesford District Council is to review its decision to grant planning permission for the £600M expansion of Stansted Airport.
The decision was made at an extraordinary meeting of Uttlesford District Council on Friday. Members voted to return Manchester Airports Group's application to the council’s planning committee. Plans to expand the airport,…
The £7.25bn first phase of work on Beijing Daxing International Airport has been completed, and is scheduled to open on the eve of the Chinese government's 70th anniversary in power.
The airport is 46km south of Beijing and is designed to relieve pressure from the already overcrowded Beijing Capital International Airport.…
An effective case for expanding Gatwick before Heathrow could be made if the role of airports changes, a leading aviation expert has told New Civil Engineer's Engineers Collective podcast.
There is a strong economic case for allowing Gatwick to build a second runway before Heathrow builds its third under a future…
Heathrow surface access director Tony Caccavone has dismissed calls for a joined up rail network between London’s main airports.
Speaking at New Civil Engineer’s Future of Rail conference, Caccavone said that there was “no real demand” from passengers for a rail system between Heathrow and any other airport. Caccavone said that…
Jacksonville Aviation Authority has awarded Balfour Beatty the role of construction manager for its terminal expansion project at Jacksonville International Airport.
The project involves constructing a new concourse and six new gates. In addition, Balfour Beatty will work with the airport authority and a combined Jacobs and RS&H design team during…
The offsite revolution has huge potential in the airports sector, with design for manufacture and assembly concepts increasingly being adopted as a solution to traditional challenges in a sector which is subject to heavy health and safety regulations, limited space and restricted working hours. But does the supply chain need…
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