Future Infrastructure Developments

[HX3]

Thanks for the update YorkshireLad

 

[Finger66]

Short of stands and 3 are out of action. Is this part of what LBA are saying when they can make more available (exc LS baggage on stand 2). I am sure there are reasons for what has been done but on the face of it it doesn’t seem to make much logical sense to me, but then I don’t know enough about it all

 

[EX9]

Space is and always has been a premium for anything at LBA. In order to improve one side of the operation it was feasible to loose the stands previously.

Given the cost of creating a stand, it appears management have seen the light and are making sensible decisions to use them for their intended purpose when parking space is becoming an issue.
Albeit some time before we see a terminal extension, this will cater for some of the facilities they are looking to move from structures built on stands.

 

[oldendays]

If we want to see TUI make LBA a summer base, we need at least one more stand. Yesterday.

 

[twevsmiff]

Good news - Apha Taxiway from Alpha 1 is now re-opened

 

[Finger66]

Bravo!

 

[EX9]

The left hand side of Hall A is nearing completion.

 

[White Heather]

I took photos today too.

 

[Aviador]

Can I be cheeky and ask for a wide angle view

Lovin' the neon strips.

 

[LBA4EVER]

Are they seriously having no ceiling with all the pipes and ventilation visible!! It looks absolutely awful like the workmen aint finished the job off. It works in a building with a high ceiling but no way in our terminal, no no!
1970s style wood finish, modern bag drop tech and an unfinished roof, whatever next!

 

[Kevin Farnell]

1970s style wood finish, modern bag drop tech and an unfinished roof, whatever next!

Wood is the most beautiful building material ever (although I may be a little biased, as my Dad was a Carpenter), timeless!

 

[louis_walton]

Are they seriously having no ceiling with all the pipes and ventilation visible!! It looks absolutely awful like the workmen aint finished the job off. It works in a building with a high ceiling but no way in our terminal, no no!
1970s style wood finish, modern bag drop tech and an unfinished roof, whatever next!

It’s actually a rather modern approach in my opinion. Also visible pipes and ventilation is common in most venues I visit. Personally I think it’s a vast improvement and I like the new look.

 

[LBA4EVER]

Wood is the most beautiful building material ever (although I may be a little biased, as my Dad was a Carpenter), timeless!

Wood is beautiful yes if used correctly and not next to a load of ventilation pipes!

 

[White Heather]

Wood is beautiful yes if used correctly and not next to a load of ventilation pipes!

No pleasing some folk. Ceiling in and it's a low and claustrophobic,
no ceiling means exposed ventilation which is quite common these days as a means of brightening it up. The wood finish is back in vogue again. Sorry but that's what your getting,, like it or not. The ventilation cannot be removed so it's one or the other.

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

Wood is beautiful yes if used correctly and not next to a load of ventilation pipes!

I like the industrial feel. Most people don't/won't look up.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

I like the industrial feel. Most people don't/won't look up.

Most buildings with exposed pipe work etc have been designed to be like this from scratch eg T5 at LHR and carry it off quite well. However they tend to be larger buildings where the exposed elements are quite a long way away so that all the accumulated dust can't been seen. I personally think a ceiling would have been better aesthetically and would have provided far fewer cleaning challenges. The wood is contemporary but given the lack of space and relatively little natural light I think a lighter decor would have been better. Having said that what we now have is better than before!

 

[Coathanger16]

I'd agree if a building is designed that way it can usually pull it off. In this instance, certainly with it all lit up, it feels unfinished IMHO.

Perhaps a better way to go, and it would match with the wood finish, would be to have a false ceiling like the picture below:

Still get some sense of openness, but looks a little more finished.

It is what it is however.

 

[Daviator]

Looks to me that the column cladding and the back wall are fitted with timber slats to give acoustic absorption. Slats are fixed to a perimeter frame with a stretched fleece, which is what you can see between them, and behind all that will be a Rockwool or similar to absorb sound energy. This may have been necessary due the removal of the ceiling. I may be wrong, but I think that's the reason for using timber!

 

[LBAYORKIE]

I'd agree if a building is designed that way it can usually pull it off. In this instance, certainly with it all lit up, it feels unfinished IMHO.

Perhaps a better way to go, and it would match with the wood finish, would be to have a false ceiling like the picture below:

Still get some sense of openness, but looks a little more finished.

It is what it is however.

Yes, I like that suggestion.

 

[dmrodgers]

I'd agree if a building is designed that way it can usually pull it off. In this instance, certainly with it all lit up, it feels unfinished IMHO.

Perhaps a better way to go, and it would match with the wood finish, would be to have a false ceiling like the picture below:

Still get some sense of openness, but looks a little more finished.

It is what it is however.

Much better option than the bland openess of pipework and other clutter. Use the same wood as used on the columns and it would finish to job off giving us a very smart check-in all.