Heathrow Terminal 5: tunnelled underground infrastructure

Williams, Ian

doi:10.1680/cien.2007.161.5.30

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“…These included product innovations in off-site fabrication such as the roof structure (Franklin and Hulme 2008), technological innovations such as the tunnelling process and equipment (Williams 2008), process innovations such as the two logistics centres (Potts 2008), and management innovations such as the insurance provisions and incentives built into the T5 Agreement, Deakin and Koukiadaki (2009) detail the industrial relations aspects of the project.…”

Section: Clients and Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovation, Procurement and Construction Industry Development

Valence¹

2010

CEB

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The implications for analysis of innovation in construction of theoretical developments in industrial organisation are considered in this research, as an attempt to outline a new approach to construction innovation incorporating the ideas found in knowledge based, technology centred models. The paper firstly summarises characteristics of the construction industry, focusing on their effects on innovation, before surveying some of the ideas about the sources of innovation and the expansion and application of knowledge. Construction can be seen as an industry with limited scope for knowledge externalities, where the procurement methods used by the industry"s clients do not pay for innovation. The following discussion uses recent developments in the research on the economics of innovation and industrial organization theory, such as research intensity and the endogenous sunk costs in competitive, fragmented, low research intensity industries. The effects on R&D of procurement methods and on industry structure are discussed, with a focus on the appropriability of innovations and the role of the client on the Heathrow Terminal 5 project. The paper concludes that the procurement methods used for building and construction projects appears to be a determining factor in the level of innovation in the construction industry.

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Innovation, Procurement and Construction Industry Development

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2010

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“…The remainder of the route is within a 5·675 m diameter bored tunnel of a length of 1·45 km down-line and 1·87 km upline. 2 An emergency access and egress shaft was built next to the future second satellite terminal T5C, and is combined with a similar facility for the adjacent Piccadilly line extension.…”

Section: Heathrow Express Extensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…6) was connected to the existing loop immediately to the east of the location where the existing single loop tunnel bifurcates through a step plate junction into two tunnels a few hundred metres to the west of the central terminal area. 2 Similar to the Heathrow Express extension, the Piccadilly line extension comprises two single-track bored tunnels with cut-and-cover structures on either side of the T5 station. Twin reversing sidings with a diamond crossover to the west of the station provide the required operational functionality and are also designed so as not to preclude a future extension to the west.…”

Section: Piccadilly Line Extensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Heathrow Terminal 5: rail transportation systems

Fugeman¹

2008

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engin

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Critical to opening the new £4·3 billion Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow airport was the availability of a public transport service on extensions to both the Heathrow Express and London Underground's Piccadilly line, not least as this was a key requirement of the planning permission. A sub-surface tracked transit system also needed to be operational to provide a passenger link between the two main terminal buildings. This paper describes the challenge of managing the design, delivery and integration of new railway systems into existing, occasionally old, public systems with continually evolving management structures and without impacting on existing rail services. This was greatly assisted by the application of a system engineering approach.

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Heathrow Terminal 5: building substructures and pavements

Dawson¹,

Lingham²,

Yenn³

et al. 2008

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engin

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This paper describes the design and construction of the vast piled basement structures for the three terminal buildings at London Heathrow's £4·3 billion Terminal 5 project, together with 1 million m2 of associated aircraft pavements. The basements are up to 20 m deep and involved the excavation and reuse of 6·5 million m3 of gravel and clay. The aircraft pavement involved a number of innovations including development of a new high-strength concrete, which delivered a thinner construction and resulted in programme and environmental benefits.

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Heathrow Terminal 5: tunnelled underground infrastructure

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