Thousands of people are facing travel disruption after a huge power cut at Manchester Airport.
04.06.2024 - 12:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A two-storey link bridge weighing an impressive 216 tons has been installed at Manchester Airport’s Terminal Two as part of the £1.3billion programme to transform the terminal. The colossal bridge will connect the existing terminal building to a new ‘pier’ which is currently under construction and will offer extra aircraft gates, stands and seating.
More than 270 pieces of steel went into constructing the new bridge, comprised of metal decking and 150mm concrete slab flooring. The 90ft long, 33ft high bridge was pre-assembled on the airfield over the course of three months.
It was then installed at Terminal Two last week during a process which took eight hours using a giant Shelf-Propelled Motorised Unit. The bridge had to be put in place efficiently to ensure minimal disruption to the airport’s activities.
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The installation is part of the Manchester Airport Transformation Programme (‘MAN-TP’) which is scheduled for completion next year. It will see Terminal Two more than double in capacity with around three quarters of the airport’s passengers will use the new-look terminal when it is completed.
Firms working on the link bridge included Mace, which is overseeing the second phase of the MAN-TP project, and its supply chain partners, Martifer, Bethell, AMCO, LPL Construction Services and DGP. David Hanmer, Project Director, Mace said: “We have worked closely with the Manchester Airport team, design teams and contractors to ensure the move was delivered safely and to schedule. The window to move the bridge was very tight - to ensure the minimum amount of disruption to the airport and its passengers. As you would expect, it wasn’t an easy task,
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