Gatwick Airport has prioritised improving surface access and expanding terminal buildings in a £1.1bn five-year investment plan. The airport’s new five-year Capital Investment Programme (CIP) will see a significant expansion of both the international departure lounges in both the airport’s north and south terminals to create additional space for seating,…
Marseille Provence Airport developers have been forced to revise their expansion plans by France’s Environment Authority (AE).
The developers were judged by the AE to have underestimated the environmental impacts of proposed facilities that would handle up to 7.5M additional passengers per year from 2027. In addition, the AE ruled that…
Gatwick has published its final 15-year masterplan, which sets out the airport's intention to bring its standby runway into routine use.
As expected, the final masterplan includes a commitment by Gatwick to use new technology to build capacity and resilience on its main runway, to prepare a planning application to bring…
The engineers undertaking the expansion of Heathrow Airport are under pressure from all angles.
The site, 25km west of central London, is constrained by two major motorways, industry, housing and rivers, which means there is currently no room for a new 3.5km runway. The plan for the airport’s expansion, which would…
London City Airport has awarded its £17M civil works contract as part of the airport’s £500M development programme.
Newham-based construction and engineering firm Kilnbridge has been awarded the £17M contract and will complete the works. Kilnbridge’s specialist business units in demolition and concrete cutting, fabrication, fire protection and waste management, will…
Network Rail has appointed Costain to deliver the redevelopment of Gatwick Airport's rail station.
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 overcrowding. The renovation is needed to reduce train delays…
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…
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