Airports>

For the past 25 years Atkins has been working with government bodies, local authorities, airport authorities and operators, financiers and construction companies helping them to deliver successful solutions across a wide range of airport and aviation projects.

We can help at any or every stage of airport development and design, drawing the expertise and experience of our global team.

Atkins has vast international experience of airport design and development from completely new airports to systems within them, from major developments to small alterations or system enhancements. We can help you at each stage in planning, designing and enabling the development of your airport or aviation business.

One of our major strengths comes from the fact that our staff undertake engineering and design work as well as consultancy, giving us a deep understanding of what is achievable in practical terms and what is financially viable. Equally, our ability to resource all disciplines without going outside the company is a substantial advantage to our clients.

Our approach is based on an in-depth knowledge of, and understanding of, airport and airline operations and their businesses and we apply our creativity to deliver cost effective and workable solutions in everything we do.

Shaping the future of airports >

Acoustics, noise & vibration•Aircraft collision risk assessments •Airfield maintenance•Airfield pavement design•Airport layout design•Airport masterplanning•Airport security systems •Airport systems•Airport terminal facilities•Air quality & emissions management•Airside infrastructure•Air traffic demand forecasts•Air transport policy review•Architectural design•Assurance of safety critical assets•Baggage handling systems design•Biometrics•

Our services >

Capital cost assessments•Carbon quantification•Climate change & emissions trading•Concession planning•Contaminated land investigation•Cost and contract management•Due diligence•Environmental auditing, policy & strategy•Fuel storage & distribution•Integrated transport studies•Landside infrastucture•Life cycle & whole life costing•PFI/PPP•Project & programme management•Surface access strategy & modelling•Teminal simulation modelling•

A selection of our clients >

Airport capabilities >

Atkins’ operational system security is currently servicing the needs of the defence, government, aviation, utility companies and transport industries on projects across the complete lifecycle.

We identify business threats, risks to data confidentiality and facility integrity. This ranges from business security studies and contingency planning into access control for assets and data e.g. SCADA systems.

Our detailed security infrastructure services include issues of computer security, public access and data protection; access control systems, hard and key point design.

Our solutions satisfy appropriate standards and practices such as BS7799, the Manual of Protective security, CESG Memoranda and JSP440 for the UK Ministry of Defence services.

Security >

The rapid growth of e-business requires that all organisations have comprehensive security policies to address all aspects of the business, ranging from staff access to on-line sales and commerce. We take full account of current and proposed legislation such as the Data Protection Act, Computer Misuse Act and the Human Rights Bill.

Our holistic approach to security is tailored to cover:

Complete security requirement analysis, •design and implementationAudit of practices and countermeasures•Identification of risks and avoidance •or mitigationSoftware security and data penetration.•

As one of the largest independent suppliers of aviation expertise, we have undertaken numerous assignments on behalf of clients throughout the world. These assignments have involved many major developments affecting air transport, such as deregulation, privatisation, security and the latest advances in design engineering.

Our expertise covers the following specialist areas:

Security threat assessment, analysis•Response measures•Access control•Control systems and centres•Protective barriers and •physical infrastructureCCTV, security lighting, •communicationsPA Systems•Security sensors, intruder detection •and alarmsBaggage and passenger •screening systemsInformation and systems survey •and securityTerrorist risks to the built environment•Personnel safety provision and training.•

As the focal point of any airport, the airport passenger terminal must be designed to accommodate a diverse array of requirements from different users. A good terminal design takes account of the various flows of passengers and baggage and serves distinct user groups including, passengers, airlines, airport, terminal management and operations.

In simple terms, an airport passenger terminal is a transport system interchange. However, the design of an inter-modal transport system can be far from simple.

Airport passenger terminal planning and design involves the use of forecasting, data analysis, strategic business and operations planning to develop the terminal requirements.

This process requires the co-ordination of a wide range of ranging from airspace capacity, air traffic control procedures, typical aircraft mix, runway, taxiway and apron capacity, land access and transport modal share, population catchment area and customer service expectations.

Atkins has the skill and experience to translate these planning issues into an airport passenger terminal design that satisfies all its users’ requirements and we have achieved a comprehensive record in the planning of airport facilities, both large and small, around the world.

Passenger terminals >

Atkins provides consultancy services to ensure the delivery of advanced baggage handling systems for several of the world’s major airports.

Baggage handling is one of the key challenges in airport terminal design and operations. Today’s airports and airlines must ensure that investments in baggage systems will provide exceptional value and that their businesses will be significantly enhanced as a result. For baggage handling, this requires systems that can deliver the highest levels of customer service and operational performance, at ever reducing cost.

Operationally these systems need to be highly flexible, reliable, maintainable and safe, whilst at the same time giving value for money and reducing lifecycle costs. However, the performance of control systems has always undermined the ability of baggage systems to deliver the intended level of service to users.

From our wide range experience at the biggest airports - from Heathrow to Chek Lap Kok - Atkins knows that it is vitally important for airports and airlines to be sure that baggage handling systems can be designed, built and commissioned both quickly and efficiently. More importantly, we know that it is essential from day one that the final system is an integral part of the business, and that it achieves the operational performance and reliability required.

Our services include:

Concept and feasibility studies•Scheme design•Tender specification and appraisal•Overall system design performance•Control systems schemes•Availability, reliability and maintainability analysis•Process simulation analysis•Communications and systems interfaces•Interface requirements•Requirements tracking•Compliance matrix•Management information systems.•

Baggage handling >

Atkins introduced the first integrated logistics baggage handling system at Heathrow Airport with its work on the Terminal 1 replacement system. Atkins approach to the design, development of performance specification and the project management implementation of these systems has been adopted throughout Heathrow and Gatwick, and in particular with 100% of Hold Baggage Screening System now considered standards throughout the industry.

Atkins is one of the largest and most successful environmental consultancies in the UK. Our capability covers all disciplines across the environmental media; water, air, solid waste, soil and noise. We can advise on legislation and regulations as they apply to airports and produce air and water quality audits. For noise, computer modelling is used to build a 3D virtual model noise map for all combinations of noise sources which for an airport could include aircraft, roads, railways and industrial processes.

Advice can also be given on waste management, a demanding process with larger aircraft. Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) can be produced for airport development at concept and detailed stages of development.

The air quality team has had an 8-year involvement in the Department for Transport Aviation Environment division, working on the South East Regional Airports Strategy, the UK Aviation White Paper, and the Project for Sustainable Development at Heathrow, including the Adding Capacity at Heathrow events.

This has involved advice and assistance on improving the understanding of emissions effects, modelling air quality impacts (from aircraft and groundbased vehicle fleet and surrounding major roads), and establishing the emissions consequences of a wide range of abatement options at one of the worlds busiest airports, within the suburbs of one of Europe’s largest capitals. The lessons learnt and improved methodologies developed from the technical panels are recognised by ICAO and CAEP. We worked closely with AEA, CERC, QinetiQ and ITS Leeds in this work.

Environmental management and sustainability studies >

Aviation safety >

Atkins offers a comprehensive service on all aspects of aviation safety ranging from research and development of standards to safety management, assessment and assurance. We work with regulators, ATM service providers, government departments and international agencies worldwide. Using our experience we find practical and effective solutions appropriate to the risk. We create tailored ‘best practice’ approaches to control existing risks, develop infrastructure, change operational practices and embrace new technologies in a safe, practical and cost-effective manner.

Our services include:

Risk assessments for airside operations•Aircraft collision risk assessments in •particular tall tower assessments Risk assessment of key •construction activities Identification and assurance •of safety critical assetsDevelopment and implementation •of Safety Management SystemsExpert witness and public inquiry •proof of evidence support.

Planning and forecasting are essential to the strategic development of any airport. The forecast establishes the need and potential of the airport, recognising economic and social requirements of the local environs and worldwide considerations of the aviation industry. Forecasts consider both the short and long-term development periods and are refined as the development progresses and potential users are identified.

Masterplanning >

The masterplan defines the form and structure required to meet the forecast. This can either be a new development, an extension or enhancement of an existing airport. The masterplan can also develop a land use plan for agreement with those controlling the strategic planning of the area, presenting a co-ordinated approach to infrastructure development that will ensure that key investment decisions will optimise developments.

Key issues to be considered include:

Air traffic demand forecasts•Airport layout design•Local and regional development plans•Financial planning•Socio-economic impacts•Environmental impacts.•

Additionally, the masterplan is a tool that can help identify potential future problems and opportunities, provide guidance on policy decisions, help secure financial assistance, generate local community interest and support, and serve as a basis for negotiations between the airport and its users.

Surface access >

Good surface access is vital to the efficient operation of modern airports. Without appropriate and adequate surface access routes for passengers, staff and goods the efficient operation of an airport is impossible. Indeed, as the demand for air transport increases, activities associated with airports will continue to grow rapidly and surface access must be integrated into local, regional and national transport strategies. A good surface access strategy will also help reduce the environmental impact of an airport.

The development and implementation of a successful surface access strategy requires a full and in-depth understanding by the airport owner of customers’ current and future needs in order to develop and meet the varied transport requirements. Atkins has extensive experience in the development of airport surface access strategies, and can provide solutions from conceptual planning through to commissioning and beyond. Experience ranges from an assessment of rail-based park and ride schemes for Heathrow Airport, access planning for Stansted Airport from the M11, and justification for the T5 Public Inquiry of the road scheme associated with Terminal 5 and the expanded Heathrow Airport.

Airport support functions and airside infrastructure >

The safe, efficient and cost effective movement of aircraft at airports is critical to their successful operation. Runways, taxiways and aprons take a large part of an airport’s budget, either in the construction of new pavements or the refurbishment and/or upgrade of existing pavements.

The design and construction of an economical and durable pavement system requires an understanding of a variety of factors in determining the type and optimum thickness of layers. Various design methods are available for the analysis of pavement structure, and the interpretation of results demands a high level of engineering knowledge and experience. Atkins has extensive background in airfield pavement design.

We have been involved in some of the world’s most prestigious airport projects, including the design of all of the runways, taxiways and aprons for Hong Kong’s Chek Lap Kok Airport and Manchester Airport’s second runway, the first new runway to be built in the UK for 20 years.

Support services such as emergency response teams, air traffic control and ground support equipment must be available at all times if airports are to avoid the risk of disrupting operations and compromising safety.

The component parts of an operational airport must be designed, operated and maintained with this critical role in mind. Atkins has experience in the design and implementation of the following airport support services:

Rescue and fire fighting•Air Traffic Control tower•Navigational aid • installationsAGL•Aircraft fuel storage and distribution•Hangers and • maintenance facilitiesEngine test cells•Ground support • equipment facilitiesCatering facilities•Utility infrastructure.•

Atkins is well known and respected for the range of services we provide in the PPP market. Our understanding of commercial structures and project finance is broadbased, drawing on experience in the international infrastructure arena, property finance and other cash flow financed projects. We bring detailed knowledge and understanding of the key drivers for equity providers and senior lenders.

Atkins has years of experience in sourcing, structuring and pricing of funding and has managed a number of funding competitions for debt and bond as well as for third party equity funding.

We have significant experience in risk assessment in projects worldwide and an understanding of the different dimensions and perceptions of risk depending on the context in which the customer is operating. We bring an insight into the commercial drivers of the parties gained through many years of experience in negotiating project agreements which are robust, offer adequate financial security, permit quality management and co-operation and which are sufficiently flexible to cope with a changing environment.

Finance and due diligence >

Cargo terminal and handling systems >

A cargo handling system forms a crucial part of a wider logistics chain, moving goods from a starting location to a delivery destination. An effective system must take into account the number of sources and destinations, delivery speeds, anticipated throughputs and delivery guarantees.

The logistics system’s toolkit contains a vast array of IT and mechanical equipment, trucks and tracks to move goods. Accurate item identification using laser bar code readers, radio tags and optical character recognition systems are essential components. The level of automation must be carefully balanced: with too little the costs and unreliability of manual labour make the business uncompetitive; with too much the system may take an unacceptably long period to bring into service.

Atkins has extensive skills and experience in the air cargo industry. This gives us the capability to design and construct air cargo facilities that comprehensively meet the demands of our clients.

Our capability includes:

Cargo feasibility studies•Cargo operations research•Cargo business appraisals•Cargo scheme design•Detailed design and construction.•

An airport’s operations management must have full monitoring, command and control capability for the multitude of systems and equipment required from normal operations to full-scale incident management.

The IT data provided by systems can be analysed to ensure that investments are made in the correct areas to sustain and develop the airport. Other information can alert operators to when essential maintenance is required and thus prevent breakdowns occurring at sensitive times.

Atkins has an in-depth understanding of airport IT systems and our engineers are skilled at resolving IT design and interface issues from specification to realisation of the most advanced control and communication IT systems.

Our work at Heathrow, Gatwick, Dublin, Manchester and Chek Lap Kok airports with respect to the integration of the business and operational systems makes Atkins leaders in the delivery of vital information technology of operational systems.

Our airport systems integration experience includes:

Baggage handling interface•Management information•Network management•Airport wide CCTV coverage•Airport operational databases•Flight information systems•Security and access control systems•Public address systems•Fire alarms and zone alarm systems•Access control•Building management and •SCADA systems.

Our services for airport systems include:

Specification and design•Planning•Tender preparation and selection•Contractor supervision•Commissioning•Acceptance testing•Trials co-ordination.•

Information, Communication & Technology (ICT) >

Case studies>

World Cargo Centre Heathrow, UK >

Atkins provided full multi-disciplinary design services for a major new Cargo Freight Centre (300m x 90m x 37m high) and Corporate Headquarters adjacent to Runway 2 at Heathrow. A key issue was to ensure that the building was invisible to radar to enable planes to take off and land. Atkins’ innovative solution employed ‘stealth’ bomber technology on one building face with raked reflective panelling on the other. Both systems have subsequently been patented.

Interfaces were established with all stakeholders including departmental support groups, specialist cargo handling and transportation departments. A root and branch review of the process with the handlers resulted in a new ‘state of the art’ cargo handling facility that expanded throughput from 400,000 tons to over a million tons per year. The designers responded to access needs by supporting the front elevation on 30m span plate girders to enable lorry movements beneath.

The initial design work involved carrying out a workstyle strategy project “a journey into the future”. This involved transforming ways of working and questioning how something has been done in the past and how it will be done in the future.

Ultimately, the design enabled BA to construct their £275m Cargo Centre in the preferred location, with the Corporate Headquarters, bringing together a diverse group of existing support facilities into a single office building. A single central atrium design provided a light and airy open plan office building with retreat and meeting spaces. The building now provides close visual and departmental links increasing efficiency, uniting the users and promoting the clients corporate identity.

Client BAA, UK

Type Cargo Terminals and Cargo Systems

Status Complete

Atkins has provided long term support at London City Airport, contributing hugely to the airport’s recent growth.

Projects include:

Runway Reconfiguration, (2002):• In order to operate a charter service on business jets and improve payload potential, Atkins was appointed Prime Contractor, completing detailed design and appointing contractors, for moving the existing runway 28 threshold 136m to the eastOperational Improvement Project •(2003): Atkins undertook a review of operations and future demand, identifying three new facilities to accommodate passenger growth; a three aircraft hold point for runway 28, an apron extension including five aircraft stands and a new taxiway linkMasterplanning, Engineering •Services (2006): Atkins were key members of the masterplanning team, helping to define the form and structure required to meet growth forecasts. Work included airfield planning and design, capacity analysis and airfield services design

Jet Centre Expansion (2008):• Opened in 2002 the Jet Centre is a dedicated corporate facility at the western end of the airfield that required expansion. Atkins provided scheme design, a cost plan, project and risk management and contract administration / supervisionEast Apron and Pier Project •(ongoing): In 2006 Atkins were awarded the design and project management role for the most ambitious scheme LCY had undertaken. The £30million marine and airport engineering project was entirely built over the King George V Dock adjacent to the existing apron and terminal allowing larger aircraft types to operate and provide passengers with comfortable facilities. Atkins designed, supervised, controlled and delivered the complex project successfully; under budget and without disruption to airport operations.

London City Airport London, UK >

Client London City Airport, UK

Type Airport Facilities

Masterplanning•Airport Runway•Taxiway & Apron Pavement•Airport Operations Analysis•Facilities Management •& Maintenance

StatusOngoing

Major design package commissions considered the northern and southern runway, taxiway system and aprons at this new airport built on the island of Chek Lap Kok by land reclamation. Our design services included the co-ordination of all utilities and services in the apron area including fuel supply, fixed ground power, high mast lighting, SCADA and drainage including an oil separation system.

The pavement designs used value engineering derived solutions which optimised the use of locally available aggregates to form unbound base courses for the runway and taxiways’ construction. This saved the cost of an expensive binder such as bitumen and provided a pavement that would be unaffected by settlement of the reclaimed airport platform.

Major challenges were:

NGLA;• without specifications of future generation aircraft dimensions we made first principle assumptions regarding pavement width and the geometry of fillets and standsAirbridges;• we had to delineate stand markings for a range of required aircraft whilst accounting for settlement at some stands to ensure that the slopes did not exceed operating normsDrainage;• to obviate reclamation of excessive amounts of material, the airport platform was kept as low as possible consistent with expected tidal and wave parameters; this led to exceedingly flat runs of drainage which in turn necessitated out designing innovative solutions to effect positive drainage at all times allowing interception of all oil spills and first flush runoff.

Chek Lap Kok Airport Hong Kong >

ClientProvisional Airport Authority of Hong Kong (PAA) and Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK)

Type Runway, Pavement and Apron Design

Status Complete

Atkins was appointed to undertake concept and preliminary design to provide a tender brief for D&B contractors for a fast-track provision of a hangar for A380 maintenance. The hangar, at 21,000 sqm is one of the largest of its kind in the Middle East. We were retained by the client to provide tender evaluation and site supervision services. Specific challenges and mitigation measures were the:

Load carrying capacity of existing •pavement; a thorough design check was carried out to establish as-built conditions, repetitions of load endured and estimate of residual lifeMethod of procurement; a major •challenge was the fast track time frame stipulated by the client, leading to time pressure on design, tendering and construction cycles and the need to undertake a procurement method that was unfamiliar to the client

Type of construction; it was clear that •the time frame imposed could not be met by the provision of ‘normal’ hangar construction techniques and a stressed arch option had to be considered with all attendant risks understoodSelection of D&B contractor; the type •of construction limited the number of competent contractors that could be approached to provide tenders. To ensure complete and compliant tenders were returned extensive briefing meetings were requiredSite risks; due to the risks inherent with •stressed arch construction, the selected contractor’s method statements had to be carefully reviewed and agreed prior to work commencing.

Good relationships were established at all stages with the major stakeholders, enabling the project to be completed on time and to budget.

Client Qatar Airways, Qatar

Type Aircraft Hangars and MRO facilities

StatusComplete

Amiri Hangar Doha, Qatar >

The London 2012 Olympic Games will take place between 27 July and 12 August and the Paralympic Games between 29 August and 9 September 2012. Visitors attending the Games will include members of the ‘Games Family’, forecast to be some 100,000 athletes, officials, VIPs, media and sponsors, as well as spectators and tourists. The DfT has commissioned Atkins to examine the demand alongside the available airport capacity in the South East.

Atkins is leading cross industry consultations in its work to prepare:

2012 passenger and aircraft demand •forecasts; leading to the production of a future 2012 flight schedule for the whole of the South East of EnglandAn assessment of airport capacity in •the South East of England and it’s ability to accommodate the normal peak summer traffic and the additional demand generated by the GamesAn investigation into likely demand for •helicopter operations and likely location of temporary helicopter landing sitesRecommendations on how best to •plan for and manage the unique aviation challenges presented by being the hosts for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Capacity studies related to Olympic & Paralympic Games South-East England Airfields, UK >

Client Department for Transport

TypeFeasibility studies

StatusOngoing

Taiyuan Wuxu airport is located to the southeast of Taiyuan which is the capital city of Shanxi Province and its political, economic and cultural centre. Its history is long. In ancient times, Taiyuan was an important military town but it is now one of China’s most important centres of heavy industry, using more than half the nation’s coal output.

Fundamental to the planning for this new terminal was maintaining the efficient relationship between the terminal and the flight area. Also, the terminal zone had to satisfy the demands of both short term and long term operation.

A building form angled at 45 degrees is used to develop the character of the site. By joining the new main building and its gate piers to the existing terminal, it makes it a visual as well as a functional part of the entire complex.

The existing building and the new extension merge around three courtyards that are evocative of traditional Shanxi courtyards. The courtyards are open internal spaces bringing welcoming light and air into the centre of the plan where they can be appreciated by the domestic and international passengers which they separate.

Taiyuan Wuxu International Airport Taiyuan, China >

Client Shanxi Province Civilian Airport Group

Area55,000m²

TypeAirport Design

Status Complete

Date Complete

In tandem with China’s economic expansion there has been exponential growth in air travel. Cities that were caught up in the first wave of growth are rapidly being overhauled. So-called ‘second tier cities’ are now building airports. It is predicted that more than 1000 new airports will be built in China in a relatively short time span.

Won in a limited competition, the design of the new domestic terminal building for Yinchuan in China’s western province of Ningxai reflects the Islamic influence of the minority groups in this, the most important Muslim port of China.

The 53-metre clear span roof is a light and airy space while the structural frame of the terminal buildings is manifestly a representation of the pointed arches of Muslim architecture. The structure also suggests ‘flight’ with the upward sweep of its aerofoil shaped roof.

Yinchuan Airport Yinchuan, China >

Client Yinchuan He dong Airport Expansion Project Headquarters

Area33,000m2

TypeAirport Masterplanning & Terminal 2 Design

Status Complete

Date Complete

Yinchuan Airport: Yinchuan, China

Atkins’ airport team:

Mike Pearson•

Sue Pearson•

Bob Haywood•

Steve Tasker•

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