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AIRPORT
Feature!
innovative solution for the new facility, comprising a water
storage facility below a permeable pavement to store
rainwater for reuse on site. Drainage from the site was
reduced to low levels by spraying water onto the pavement
to allow it to evaporate. A new modern training rig was
designed and installed that uses both gas and oil fuel for
fires. This reduces the amount of smoke produced when in
use and allows the Airport Fire Fighting and Rescue Service
A new apron was designed the scheme also called for
to carry out essential safety training during airport
and the old apron excavated the installation of Fixed
operational hours. The facility was opened on programme
and replaced over a period Electrical Ground Power
and under budget.
of 8 months starting in late units to the aircraft parking
2006. All of the excavated stands to allow aircraft to
concrete was crushed and plug in to a power supply
screened on site and has and obviate the need to use
been recycled back into the noisy, polluting mobile diesel
works for the replacement generators. The contractor
apron, minimising the introduced innovative
amount of material exported working practises and the
from site. Drainage has works were completed on
been divided to allow clean programme and within
water draining from the budget.
building roof to be
discharged back into the South Apron
ground via soakaways. Works to the South Apron
Water draining from the have recently commenced
apron and taxiway is (September 2007) as a
collected and fed to a new continuation of the process
water treatment facility that of replacement of worn out
North Apron
comprised oil interceptors, and breaking up old
The North Apron is
aeration pond and reed beds concrete as found on the
the area of
to allow removal of oils and North Apron. These works
concrete for
any other potential are currently progressing
aircraft parking
contaminants prior to extremely well due to the
located on the
discharge off-site to the reasonably fair autumn
runway side of
surface watercourse. This weather and the first Phase
the passenger
project posed a considerable of the works has been
pier and
challenge in balancing the completed ahead of
terminal
need to keep the programme. Anticipated
buildings. This
construction work completion of these works is
area of
progressing, as well as late Spring/early Summer
concrete was
minimising the disruption to 2008.
at least 40 years
airport operations as much
old and was unsafe to use because of the
as possible. In addition to Cargo Taxiway
strength and break up of the surface.
the civil engineering works As part of the on-going
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