Heathrow Terminal 3 refurbishment
Heathrow Airport, London, UK · 1987-1990 · £110 million (1990 prices)
The judgement call
Account-gated at launchThe refurbishment aimed to enhance passenger experience and operational efficiency within an aging terminal. - The forecourt redevelopment significantly improved access and public realm around the terminal.
Key engineering challenges
Carrying out significant refurbishment work within an operational terminal while minimizing disruption to passengers and airport operations. - Integrating new architectural elements, such as a fully glazed facade, into existing structures. - Realigning roads and creating a new forecourt to improve access and pedestrian flow.
Project facts
- Client / owner
- BAA (now Heathrow Airport Holdings)
- Lead contractor
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- Lead designers
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- Project type
- refurbishment
- Scale
- Improved light inside the terminal, increased check-in capacity, new four-lane drop-off area, large pedestrianised forecourt.
- Disciplines
- civil; structural; mechanical; electrical; architectural
- Standards & frameworks
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Sources: Wikipedia: Heathrow Terminal 3 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathrow_Terminal_3) - Buro Happold: Heathrow Terminal 3 (https://www.burohappold.com/projects/heathrow-terminal-3/) - HED: Terminal 3, Heathrow (https://www.heduk.com/projects/terminal-3-heathrow-london)