Kingspan Insulated Panels LLC - Birmingham Airport UK Flying High Thanks to Kingspan

The new 110,000ft2 Monarch Airlines hangar at Birmingham Airport, UK has achieved excellent structural standards thanks to Kingspan’s uniquely engineered Multibeam product. The state-of-the-art maintenance facility was designed by D5 Architects to hold multiple aircraft, enabling Monarch Airlines to repair not just its own fleet, but other planes too if required. The impressive building covers an area equivalent to four football pitches, and will provide working space for up to 300 airport employees.

The steelwork was designed, factory finished in white and erected by The Monk Bridge Construction Company based at Elvington, North Yorkshire, in conjunction with AMP Engineers of Darlington. 850 tonnes of hot-rolled steelwork was supplied and erected by Monk Bridge, along with 13,500m of Multibeam. The project also featured 1,100m of Multideck supplied and fixed by approved installers MSW (UK) Ltd. The Main Control truss weighed 80t and it was the heaviest lift Monk Bridge have undertaken since the family-run company was formed in 1922.

“Kingspan’s structural products are always our first choice” explained Richard Newsome, Managing Director of Monk Bridge since 1985. “We appreciate the simplicity of the system, which requires fewer components than others on the market. It is quicker, easier and safer to erect, with less time working at height.”