Julian Sheppard, Director, BuroHappold Engineering, UK
Speaker Biograghy:
Julian’s thinking draws on his experience leading the transformation of three major live-environment passenger terminals at London’s Heathrow Airport. His elegant structural solutions embrace the passenger experience, and his ability to see the terminal through the eyes of passengers adds an extra dimension to his work. He is a sought-after consultant to aviation organisations needing creative, flexible thinking that reflects change both for current and future demands.
Day 3 - 22 March
Session:
Increasing Airport Capacity
10:35 - 11:05
- Challenges in building for increased airport capacity in the UK
Synopsis: The presentation will explore the considerations and challenges associated with planning, designing and constructing modern terminals linked to surface access at existing airports and infrastructure. Client needs and briefs will be discussed along with strategies for how to answer and address these, together with aviation security considerations, constructing around an operational airport, the challenges of existing infrastructure and the needs and techniques adopted for reducing the construction programme. The speaker has delivered the design of major regeneration projects at London Heathrow Terminals 3 and 4, the new passenger interchange project at Terminal 2 and the Manchester Airport Terminal 2 transformation project.
Audience will learn:
- Solutions and systems adopted by UK airports for surface access including air-rail links and the considerations necessary for design
- Construction risk assessment considerations while planning construction around existing airport infrastructure
- Design considerations when planning increased capacity such as departures and arrivals concourse and drop-off forecourts
- State-of-the-art airport landside car parking design including IT security installations for modern airports
- Design for manufacture and assembly and off-site manufacturing considerations, reducing airside and landside operational impact and increased construction programming