Heathrow Terminal 5

EIWHS ‘Airports’ division are actively involved in the baggage handling system at the new Terminal 5 building at London Heathrow Airport.

“Seeing a key part of the automated baggage handling system up and running makes me feel a lot better. Name one other construction project in the UK costing over £1bn that is on time and on budget.”

Statement by Tony Douglas, Managing Director of the Terminal 5 project, after hand over of the ‘early bags store’, with the terminal already 74% complete and two years remaining before its opening in March 2008. EI.WHS are carrying out the installation of the baggage handling systems at Terminal 5 on behalf of equipment manufacturer Vanderlande of the Netherlands.

Project Team

Client - Vanderlande

Project - Baggage Handling System

Contract Value - £28M

Services - Mechanical, Electrical

Peak Labour - 300

Completed - March 2008