Air Traffic Control Tower, Visual Control Rooms & Radar Structures

Company ABP
Date 18.10.2012

Octagonal Visual Control Room with conventional style construction and eight roof support columns. A geodesic frame roof sculpture tops the VCR as an architectural feature in keeping with the airports historical theme.

Features include:

  • Floor Area 85m² (Internal)
  • Glazing 16.8mm thick annealed laminated glass with 6mm Parsol green, supported in thermally broken aluminium glazing frames
  • Floor Circular steel framed podium floor with anti static carpet and perimeter walkway access.
  • Ceiling Accoustic ceiling tile system tapered from cab centre up to glazing head
  • Roof Access via retractable ceiling ladder to roof void and marine style hatch to roof deck. Insulated GRP roof panels with eight galvanised steel handrail / antennae mounts
  • Access Via conventional staircase from tower below and also through dwarf wall hatch to external perimeter walkway
  • Sun Shades Six perimeter Solar control film binds electrically operated with remote control plus sixteen inset Lyverscreen electrically operated remote control blinds
  • Sculpture Seven metre high GRP geodesic framed sculpture

Contact

ABP
Unit 4, Kernel Court
Walnut Tree Close
Guildford
Surrey
United Kingdom
GU1 4UD
  • +44 (0) 1483 546 547