in excess of 20 million passengers annually . The redevelopment works will provide crucial increased capacity to support airport growth and a significantly enhanced passenger experience .
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Alex Vaughan , chief executive officer , commented : “ The development at Gatwick will transform the existing station and provide a greatly enhanced experience for airport and passengers .
“ Costain ’ s extensive capability to deliver complex programmes , using leading edge smart technology , will ensure travellers are kept moving at every stage of the works , minimising disruption during this capacity-critical redevelopment .”
Sustainability is at the heart of the project and the whole team is passionate about delivering the Carbon Management Plan . A number of design efficiencies are being implemented to make carbon and cost savings .
LED lighting will be installed in all permanent installations . Each halogen bulb switched to a similarly bright LED bulb has saved 5kg of CO 2 emissions . Energy saving reduced speed technology will be implemented with the new station escalators . This means that the escalator will operate at a slow speed when empty then speed up automatically when passenger load is detected .
A hybrid heating and cooling system will be installed in the new Back of House building providing energy efficiencies and cost savings . Instant water heaters with longer life spans than traditional storage water heaters that use less energy and water will be installed .
The project uses low carbon concrete and has so far used just under 3,000cu m . This has saved more than 500 tonnes of CO 2 emissions over a standard concrete – the equivalent to driving
3,000,000 km in a diesel car , which is almost 75 trips round the circumference of the world .
Any leftover concrete ( which would normally end up as waste ) is used to create planters weighing around 70kg each – these are then donated to local schools and hospices . Over 120 planters have been donated so far . Normally the excess concrete would be put into a wash out skip to solidify and then be broken up and taken off site by our waste supplier .
Platforms 5 and 6 are now set to reopen to the public on Tuesday 3 January 2023 . The new concourse then opens later in 2023 .
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