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ALCO installs a forklift in the new southern terminus of the airport of Barcelona
03/12/2008
December 3, 2008
The third runway project, the construction of the new southern terminus in the space between the two existing runways is the most emblematic project of expansion of the airport of Barcelona. To speed up the development of the work, FCC has entrusted to Alco providing two freight elevators and twelve lighting towers.
The two elevators have a capacity of 1,500 kilos and they are mounted with the cabin size XL 3.4 x 1.5 metres) at an altitude of 9 meters. Both are being used to supply materials to the area in which the Terminal stores are being built. For its part the twelve towers, lighting, 4 kW of power and 9 metres in height, are essential to work to the shortage of daylight which is told in the winter schedule.
The new terminal building is a tremendous logistical and technical complexity. For him, it will take more than 100,000 passengers per day and it will work more than 15,000 people. More than half of the surface of the new complex is reserved for spaces that will not be accessible to the passengers.
The result will be a complex which will be structured around three major elements: a building processor (billing, collection of luggage and shopping area); a second element consisting of two side ditches and longitudinal one dedicated to the boarding of passengers; and finally an intermodal lobby, which will be the hub of the supply of transport services. All these elements will be reported under a single roof, at the same level and without having to cross traffic routes.
The two elevators have a capacity of 1,500 kg and they are mounted with the cabin size XL (3.4 x 1.5 m) at a height of 9 m.
