Contact: Maureen Gibson
Phone: (718)-430-4524
Fax: (718)-430-4510
E-Mail: mgibson@industrialacoustics.com
10 June 2004
IAC
CONTROLS NOISE AT HEATHROW TERMINAL 5
 IAC
has secured a large HVAC attenuation contract from the British Airports
Authority, for London Heathrow’s Terminal 5. From a starting value
of $400K, as the construction project progresses, the design and scope
of works are also increasing.
Europe's biggest construction project, the Terminal is
already well underway and will open in 2008. The terminal building has
been dubbed an engineering masterpiece worthy of history’s greatest,
and will be the largest single span building in the UK: with a roof 130
feet high and a total floor space equivalent to 50 soccer pitches! That
means a lot of air conditioning plant!
Thanks to IAC’s Gary Dawson, Mike Jackson and team,
BAA and airline staff and the millions of travelling passengers passing
through the terminal every year, will benefit from comfortable noise levels.
Gary Dawson, Business Manager Building Services, said:
“We’re supplying a range of noise attenuation solutions for
the new terminal: acoustic panels and louvres around the plant rooms,
and HVAC attenuators reducing noise from air conditioning systems throughout
the main concourses. A number of the HVAC plant rooms are 30m below ground
level in the basement while the ‘Concourse Chimneys’ positioned
throughout the large interior spaces, bring conditioned air to the main
public areas. When it’s finished the building is going to be an
engineering triumph and it’s great to be a part of that.”
Several factors were instrumental in IAC securing the
contract, primarily technical expertise and previous supply history with
the airport contractors working on Terminal 5.
Once operational Terminal 5 will bring Heathrow’s
total flights to 480,000 flights a year, and up to 90 million passengers
will be benefiting from IAC's noise control technology.
For further information
contact Nathan Klute nklute@industrialacoustics.com tel (718) 430 4523 fax (718) 863 1138
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