In late October 2019 Ryebridge was awarded the construction of a new Goods in Waste Away area at London Luton Airport. The award was by competitive tender and was valued at just over £1m.
Ryebridge has been the Framework Contractor for London Luton Airport for 8 years and their Maintenance Contractor for 10 years. The fundamental principles and objectives of these works were to design and construct a new centralised large capacity Goods in Waste Away area adjacent to the main terminal. The works were carried out in a busy environment while keeping the exiting waste away area live.
In addition to this the area pre-development could not handle large lorries and had a waste away facility that was aged and in need of repair and upgrading.
Project Works and Key Quantities
The works were detailed and complex and required extensive collaboration with key stakeholders, such as airport operations, existing waste away area which needed to be kept live and the bus pick up area close to site.
Scope of works included:
· Install Hostile Vehicle bollards
· Construct retaining wall to separate passengers from work area
· Demolition and removal of old substation room
· Reprofile surrounding pavements
· Install new drainage, services inclusive of street lighting data and CCTV
· New water supply
· New concrete hard standing area 4,000sq. metres
· New kerns and PCC edgings
· Install new screen fence
· Install new access control barrier system with an airlock system
· Rising bollards
· New signage, line marking
Innovation and Best Practice
Experience of working in airside environments and managing a significant volume of subcontractors is essential. In addition to this, gaining such knowledge over time spent completing these works has reinforced our ability to plan for things that would not be expected. Ryebridge is solution focused, adaptable and client centric.
On this project as it developed it was clear that working alongside the busy bus station was going to be difficult. All works in that area were moved to nights. This ensures that works did not impact on airport operations and pedestrians.
In order to ensure that the waste area could stay live for the full duration of the works we relocated it to a temporary area. This ensured that the service could be maintained, and staff could work unhindered. This included welfare for all staff.