{"id":3711,"date":"2019-09-03T14:19:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T12:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/project\/t2-one-of-the-largest-construction-contracts-in-uk-history\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T11:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T09:59:07","slug":"t2-one-of-the-largest-construction-contracts-in-uk-history","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en\/business\/projects\/t2-one-of-the-largest-construction-contracts-in-uk-history\/","title":{"rendered":"T2, One of the Largest Construction Contracts in UK History"},"content":{"rendered":"    <m-hero type=\"detail\">\n            <c-breadcrumb label-text=\"Breadcrumb\" slot=\"breadcrumbs\" type='1' align='left left' wrap='wrapped wrapped' aria-label='You came from Projects'>\n                        <ol>\n\n                                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en\/\" title=\"Ferrovial\">Ferrovial<\/a><\/li>\n                             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                                  <\/ul>\n                                <\/article>\n        <\/section>\n    <\/m-hero>\n\n    \n\n    <m-project-detail pathfront=\"1\" pathback=\"2\" paginationseparator=\"of\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"dots\" slot=\"bg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/wp-content\/themes\/global\/front\/dist\/static\/img\/dots.svg\" alt=\"\">\n\n                        <c-icon slot=\"location\" icon=\"location\">\n                <\/c-icon>\n                <p slot=\"location\">\n                    London, United Kingdom                <\/p>\n                                    <p slot=\"tags\" text=\"Sustainability\">\n                    <\/p>\n                                    <ul slot=\"cypher\">\n                    \n                            <li>\n                                                                <div><div>+<\/div><span >210000<\/span><div>m\u00b2<\/div><\/div>\n                                                                    <p>Construction works<\/p>\n                                                            <\/li>\n                            \n                            <li>\n                                                                <div><div>+<\/div><span >3<\/span><div>B\u20ac<\/div><\/div>\n                                                                    <p>Invested<\/p>\n                                                            <\/li>\n                            \n                            <li>\n                                                                    <p><\/p>\n                                                                <div><span >5000<\/span><div>hours<\/div><\/div>\n                                                                    <p>Without an incident<\/p>\n                                                            <\/li>\n                            \n                            <li>\n                                                                    <p><\/p>\n                                                                <div><span >35000<\/span><\/div>\n                                                                    <p>Jobs<\/p>\n                                                            <\/li>\n                                            <\/ul>\n                                <c-icon slot=\"carouselIcon\" icon=\"airports\">\n                <\/c-icon>\n                    <\/m-project-detail>\n    \n\n\n<m-wysiwig class=\"wp-block-components-wysiwyg\"><div slot=\"maincontent\">    <p class=\"intro\">In 2014, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II opened London\u2019s Heathrow Terminal 2, the largest privately funded construction project in the history of the United Kingdom. Construction took place in the heart of Heathrow, between two runways and their taxiways. <\/p>\n    \n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> The New <em>Queen\u2019s Terminal<\/em> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2014, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II opened the new Terminal 2 of the London airport, also known as&nbsp;<em>The Queen\u2019s Terminal. <\/em><strong>Renovations totalled 3 million euros<\/strong>, making it one of the largest construction projects financed by a private company in the history of the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project \u2014 financed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/es\/f-aeropuertos\/\">Ferrovial Aeropuertos<\/a>&nbsp;and built by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en\/f-construction\/\" class=\"ek-link\">Ferrovial Construction<\/a> in a consortium with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laingorourke.com\/\">Laing O\u2019Rourke<\/a> \u2014 allowed for the creation of a terminal with a capacity for <strong>more than<\/strong> <strong>20 million passengers a year<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Terminal 2 expands over an area of<strong> 210,000 m<sup>2<\/sup> <\/strong>(equal to&nbsp;25 soccer fields). &nbsp;The construction replaced the old terminal that had been in operation since 1955. The project also included the construction of a&nbsp;<strong>satellite terminal<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>new access roads<\/strong>, a new&nbsp;<strong>aircraft parking<\/strong>&nbsp;area to house state-of-the-art airplanes and a renovated, higher-capacity&nbsp;<strong>train station<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When passengers arrive at Terminal 2, they see a large aluminum sculpture called&nbsp;<strong>Slipstream<\/strong>, designed by the renowned British artist Richard Wilson. The sculpture weighs&nbsp;<strong>77 tons and is 78 meters long<\/strong>. It recreates the path of a small aircraft performing aerial acrobatics and has been described as the largest permanent sculpture in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Improving the experience of our customers and employees <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since it opened, the terminal has been voted as the World\u2019s\nBest Airport Terminal by the Skytrax awards on multiple occasions. The terminal\nmost recently won this award in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The combination of technological and artistic elements at Terminal 2 make it one of the\u00a0<strong>most innovative<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>airport infrastructures in the world<\/strong>, which has improved the experience of passengers and employees who work at the London hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Construction Project <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The terminal was built by Ferrovial in consortium with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.laingorourke.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Laing O\u2019Rourke<\/a>. <strong>Luis Vidal + Architects <\/strong>were the concept and lead architects for Heathrow\u2019s Terminal 2 and were collaborating with <strong>Pascall + Watson<\/strong> during the fit out phase. <strong>Foster + Partners <\/strong>were the Heathrow Airport master planners and the East terminal building concept architects during the initial project phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project\u2019s execution was a huge success in terms of jobs \u2014 creating&nbsp;<strong>35,000 jobs<\/strong> \u2014 and in terms of safety \u2014 with a total of&nbsp;<strong>0 accidents in more than 5 million working hours<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ferrovial completed the project in five years and seven months: <strong>ahead of schedule<\/strong> and without disrupting airport operations. Over the six months preceding its opening, we ran more than<strong>&nbsp;180 million tests<\/strong> to ensure that the check-in process and other terminal processes worked perfectly. We also ran a series of simulations to see how the terminal worked for passengers. <strong>14,000 people took<br>part in these simulations<\/strong>, the largest of which involved more than 3,000 volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One of the Most Sustainable Terminals <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to being an excellent, modern facility that\nsimplifies the flow of passengers, luggage and aircrafts, it is also environmentally\nfriendly. Construction work was carried out in accordance with the highest sustainability\nstandards, making Terminal 2 the first facility of its kind to receive the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breeam.es\/\">BREEAM<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;(<em>Building Research Establishment Environmental\nAssessment Methodology<\/em>)&nbsp;<strong>environmental certification<\/strong>. In addition to recycling&nbsp;<strong>100% of the\nwaste from the demolition of the old terminal<\/strong>, the facility has an\nenergy-efficiency center that runs on renewable energy. This facility regulates\nair conditioning, which \u2014 together with the use of efficient construction\nmaterials and a roof that makes use of natural light \u2014 <strong>has reduced the CO<sub>2<\/sub><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>emissions by\nover 40%<\/strong> when compared with\nthe previous building.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/m-wysiwig>\n\n\n    <m-projects-distributor2 :translations='{\n        &quot;prev&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,\n        &quot;next&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,\n        &quot;paginationseparator&quot;:&quot;of&quot;\n    }'>\n                        <h2 slot=\"title\">\n                Related projects                <\/h2>\n                        <a slot='button' title='See more projects' href='https:\/\/www.ferrovial.com\/en\/business-lines\/projects\/'>\n            See more projects        <\/a>\n\n            <\/m-projects-distributor2>\n\n    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":69564,"menu_order":0,"template":"","nivel-1":[21,15],"nivel-2":[11594,560,496,10776,531,562,619,582],"nivel-3":[373],"nivel-4":[5833],"nivel-5":[227,7725,245],"class_list":["post-3711","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","nivel-1-airports","nivel-1-construction","nivel-2-aereo-en","nivel-2-airport-infrastructure","nivel-2-aviation","nivel-2-civil-works-en","nivel-2-energy-efficiency","nivel-2-infrastructures","nivel-2-sustainability","nivel-2-works","nivel-3-uk","nivel-4-london","nivel-5-ferrovial-airports","nivel-5-ferrovial-construction","nivel-5-heathrow-airport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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