Gatwick selects partner for proposed second runway
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Gatwick Airport has announced a strategic partnership with Bechtel – the firm that project managed the Channel Tunnel, HS1 and which is currently providing programme management services for the completion of Crossrail – to deliver a second runway at Gatwick by 2025.
For the past two years Bechtel has been working with Gatwick Airport on developing a robust delivery programme, execution plan and logistics strategy to support the on-time delivery of a second runway and midfield terminal.
As part of this planning work, Bechtel has confirmed that expansion at Gatwick Airport is low risk and benefits from minimal critical interfaces with existing infrastructure – making it deliverable by 2025, with a government decision this year to expand Gatwick.
The new partnership will see Bechtel project manage Gatwick’s second runway programme should the Government give it the green light.
Renowned architect Sir Terry Farrell has also been working on shaping Gatwick’s vision of a new runway and terminal facility for a number of years – and will work with Bechtel to bring the project to fruition. Farrell led the design team for Incheon airport, which has been voted best airport in the world.
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