At terminal velocity
13 September 2012
Construction of the new terminal building at Heathrow Airport is that rarity for a major building project – on time and on budget. Mark Whitehead explains how it works
The facts and figures alone for the new Terminal 5 at London’s Heathrow Airport are mind boggling. Vehicles serving its construction site (one of Europe’s biggest) come and go every 35 seconds. There will be about 6,000 people working on the site at the peak of the project.The terminal’s main building is a quarter of a mile long and you could fit 50 football pitches...