Four-year work programme will more than double the airport鈥檚 capacity
Laing O鈥橰ourke has formally signed the contract to revamp Terminal 2 at Manchester Airport, as part of the airport鈥檚 拢1bn expansion plans.
The contractor by Manchester Airports Group (MAG) and has been carrying out advanced and enabling works in preparation for the award of the main contract.
Laing O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 four-year contract covers the majority of the work programme and involves the design and construction of an extension to the existing Terminal 2 building, more than doubling its current size.
The work includes two new security halls, a new international departure lounge and new business lounges, new baggage handling facilities and new airside piers.
Laing O鈥橰ourke will also build a new 3,800 space multi-storey car parks with direct links to the terminal building, a new access ramp linking the exit of the M56 onto an upgraded and extended forecourt around T2, and carry out a reconfiguration of access roads in and around the new terminal.
At peak, the project will employ some 1,500 people and Laing O鈥橰ourke has committed to creating 150 apprenticeships at the scheme.
When complete, the airport will be able to handle 45 million passengers a year, an increase of almost 20 million compared to today.
Liam Cummins, head of UK building at Laing O鈥橰ourke, said: 鈥淲e will be required to work sensitively in a live, high-intensity environment, drawing on our engineering expertise as well as our ability to deliver complex and challenging programmes.
鈥淟aing O鈥橰ourke combines its local knowledge of Manchester where we have recently delivered the extension to Manchester Metrolink, Two St Peter鈥檚 Square, the expansion of the Etihad Stadium and the transformation of the Manchester Town Hall Extension and Central Library, with experience of delivering major, complex projects in the aviation sector including Heathrow鈥檚 Terminals 2A and 5.鈥�
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