Successful infrastructure planning is essential to delivering a functional and appealing airport project. Buro Happold’s Infrastructure group provides advice and support on key factors including planning, transport, design management and people flow consultancy. Our extensive experience in working on airport projects allows us to tackle complex infrastructure challenges in order to achieve cost effective and innovative solutions.

One of the crucial elements of infrastructure design is the construction of roads and access to public transport and parking facilities. Transport systems are often the first experience a passenger has when arriving at an airport, and first impressions count. Our engineers work alongside architects and planners to deliver carefully planned outside spaces and facilities, including utilities provision, pedestrian access and parking. In addition to creating access to terminal buildings for passengers, our experts are also able to design infrastructure schemes for operational functions, including aircraft pavements, taxiways and runways.

Careful planning of infrastructure within terminal buildings is also a key element of airport design. With the increasingly high numbers of passengers moving through check-in facilities every day, it is essential that elements such as baggage handling facilities, baggage screening systems and crowd management strategies are highly effective.