Heathrow Terminal 5

Project: T5 is Europe’s biggest construction project costing £4.2bn. When completed it will accommodate 30 million passengers annually.

Delivery: Omega is working on the main terminal building, which will be the largest single span building in the UK, and its two satellite buildings. Omega is designing and installing the Earthing protection system for T5’s main power source plus 40 smaller distribution substations across the site and the lightning protection system that covers 47 aircraft stands, 18 link bridges to aircraft, 18,000 metres of conveyor belt and three rail tunnels.

Organisation: The T5 contract is being delivered through Omega’s London regional office with technical and logistical support provided from its Nottingham head office. Omega is sub-contracted to, and working alongside, three of the major construction groups involved - AMEC, Crown House Technologies, and Laing O'Rourke.

Choose Omega: Omega was chosen to deliver the Earthing and Lightning Protection system because of its previous experience at airports and because it is big enough to resource a project of this size.

Timescale: Earthing and Lightning Protection system, 2003 – 2005

Construction of Terminal 5, 2001 – 2011

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