“Real World Infrastructure
at Real World Prices
delivered in Real Time”
at Real World Prices
delivered in Real Time”
Represented below is a diverse range of some of the Projects that we have delivered over the last few years.
The Challenge:
The Solution:
The Benefits:
The Island of Sao Nicolau is a remote Island off the West African coast which predominantly provides inter-island flights with a flight capacity requirement of up to 750,000 passengers per year. The challenge was to design, manufacture and deliver a Turnkey Solution to the Operator that was cost effective whilst utilising the latest technology where reliable infrastructure is occasionally a challenge in itself.
By exacting design processes and modular manufacturing, we achieved our challenge both on time and within the Clients budget. We designed the foundations and engaged a local Contractor to deliver them. With constant and close Project Management, from arrival on site, we delivered and handed over a fully operational facility in 6 weeks, despite its difficult and challenging location.
Where the facility is designed to provide a service to the local indigenous population, cost effectiveness is paramount. We were able to deliver a state of the art facility that will last for over 40 years for a fraction of the cost of a traditional design and build solution. This ultimately made the difference between being able to provide the facility and being unable to renew the existing tired Terminal.
The Challenge:
The Solution:
The Benefits:
Heathrow Airport is the 3rd busiest Airport in the World, and we were given the challenge of designing and building a Transfer Baggage Screening facility adjacent to Aircraft stand 407. This required us to identify and manage the risks associated with working within 15 Metres of arriving and departing Aircraft, without causing disruption to operations and within a very challenging timeframe.
Our design and modular manufacturing allowed us to pre-manufacture and assemble large parts of our solution so that site assembly and disruption could be kept to an absolute minimum. We achieved completion and handover of the facility ahead of schedule and without any material or product defects. We are proud to say that this facility has now been in Operation for over 3 years and we have not had to be recalled to rectify and defects.
The benefits of our approach allowed the Client to maintain a busy flight schedule, keep the Aircraft stand fully available. We were able to condense the time to build considerably by utilising our modular approach, whilst allowing the Client to realise all of the cost benefits of a condensed programme and off-site manufacturing.
The Challenge:
The Solution:
The Benefits:
Heathrow Terminal 3 Check-in Concourse was in need of modernisation and a refit. The challenge we were given was to design and provide a cost effective and rapid deployment solution that would allow the ticketing facilities for the many Airlines to be maintained during the works, without detriment to the live operation.
We recognised that our proposed solution would need to be able to be very quickly reconfigured to allow the various Airlines to retain their individual branding and systems, whilst being sited outside on the main Plaza outside the terminal. Our solution was erected in less than 5 days and included all of the HVAC systems, links to the Terminal life safety and PAVA systems, and was home to over 20 different Airlines within the 12 months it was in Operation.
The benefits to the Airport Operator and Airlines were immeasurable as it allowed a seamless transition from a live Operation, to temporary accommodation and back to a live Operation. The fact that the customers were unaware that they were in a Temporary facility allowed the stakeholders to maintain their excellent customer relations. Testimony of the quality of our facility was evident when the various Airlines asked if we could leave it there as a permanent facility for them!
The Challenge:
The Solution:
The Benefits:
The challenge was given to us after a meeting with the Brazilian Minister for Aviation, when he asked us if we would be prepared to run a workshop for Infraero around the benefits of Modular Airport Terminals and facilities as part of their considerations for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic games. The major challenge was that this would be held in Infraero’s HQ in Brasilia and would be delivered to a Portuguese speaking audience.
We designed and delivered a one-day workshop, which was presented in English with a professional Portuguese translator with headsets. All materials were provided in Portuguese and the session was attended by over 30 Brazilian Airport specialist, which included ANAC the Brazilian regulatory body and SAC the Brazilian Secretariat for Civil Aviation.
The major benefits of this workshop were that we were able to demonstrate the potential shortfall in capacity for the upcoming major events, whilst being able to offer a series of practical solutions that would enable Infraero the ability to address the potential problems in a cost effective and timely manner. This sparked a lively debate around the upcoming challenges and was very well received by all who attended.
In order to comply with the changing Hold Baggage Screening regulations for 2012, Heathrow Airport designed an aggressive asset replacement programme. Because of the Operational criticality of these machines, it was essential that they were soak tested and commissioned prior to installation to minimise any risk associated with new equipment.
We designed, provided and managed a test facility that would allow the machines to be soak tested and commissioned prior to being installed in a live Baggage Handling environment. The facility we designed would allow for 4 machines to be powered up, with test bags circulated through them for a minimum of 2 weeks before being installed in the live Operation. Each machine was inspected and the results carefully recorded so that an accurate account of each machines activity could be kept. We then carefully repackaged the machines and prepared them for shipping to the various installation areas.
By providing and managing this facility, it allowed any latent defects within the Machines to be discovered and rectified prior to installing in the main Baggage Handling line. This gave the Operation the confidence that the machines were in a fit state to be integrated and reduced the risk associated with a Project of this size and complexity. The main benefit was that there were no lost Operational hours as a result of new technology and machines being integrated into multiple existing Baggage Handling lines.
