The £4.3bn Terminal 5 (T5) at Heathrow Airport represents a new age in airline travel and contemporary design. With its dramatic 40-m high waveform roof, the building, which is nearly a quarter of a mile long, includes the usual check-in and security features, alongside some cutting-edge retail design and interior elements. Architects Pascall + Watson chose Formica® High Pressure Laminate (HPL) for key areas in this state-of-the-art building, set to open in early 2008.

Working closely with both BAA and BA on the fit-out design to develop excellent office and welfare facilities for the combined staff in the terminal, Pascall + Watson selected Formica HPL in Plain Colours Beaujolais, Carnaval, Folkestone and Super White for the kitchen areas and on workbenches in the staff accommodation areas. Formica HPL was chosen because of its durability and hygienic properties, as well as its appearance. Additionally, the architects specified Black Formica ColorCore® for the main terminal check-in desks where there are exposed edges. With colour throughout its thickness, ColorCore® provides a seamless look.

Through the success of these installations on the project, Pascall + Watson went on to specify Formica® products in the 580 public washroom cubicles fitted throughout T5A and T5B. American Walnut Formica® Compact, ideally suited for high impact and high moisture environments, was chosen for cubicle doors and Antique White Formica HPL was used for the wall partitions.

“Formica laminate has been specified in this fixed furniture as it is a material that is very easy to care for,” commented Pascall + Watson, “as well as being available in an extensive range of colours and designs, and so met our requirements.”

British Airways will be the sole airline using T5 and all its operations will be transferred across in early 2008. The staff accommodation within the main terminal is therefore a main feature of this project.

T5 – some interesting facts and figures:

· The T5 site is located between Heathrow’s two runways, on land previously occupied by a sludge works.

· At 260ha it is equivalent in size to London’s Hyde Park.

· When fully complete Terminal 5 will enable Heathrow to accommodate an additional 30 million passengers annually.

· Construction started on this £4.3bn project in summer 2002 and is running on time and on budget.

· T5A measures 396m long by 176m wide and 40m high, making it the largest single-span structure in the UK.

· Terminal 5 is being constructed in two phases:

- Phase 1 will open in 2008 with the completion of the main terminal (T5A) and first satellite building (T5B).

- Phase 2 will open in 2011 with the construction of the second satellite building (T5C).

· The internal superstructure of the main terminal building will use 25,000 tonnes of steel which is equal to 148 Boeing 747s.

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