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The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) is to build a €50m extension to the existing Terminal building at Dublin Airport.
The 7,500 square metre extension, which will be built at the north-western corner of the terminal, will provide additional space for passengers, check-in desks, and additional retail space. The new facility will be delivered on a phased basis and the first elements of the new extension will be available for use in the spring of 2008.
The extension to Terminal One is part of a €2bn capital development programme to transform Dublin Airport over the next 10 years. The programme also includes the construction of T2, the provision of a new runway, and a host of other upgrades and improvements to the entire airport campus.
DAA chief executive Declan Collier said the €50m extension to Terminal One “will provide much needed extra space for customers and help improve the passenger experience at Dublin Airport”.
He added that in tandem with the T2 project, the DAA is also working on a broad range of improvements that will benefit the users of Terminal One by delivering additional capacity and refurbishments on a phased basis. “This €50m investment in Terminal One is one of a number of projects that we are working on to radically improve the customer experience for all passengers using Dublin Airport,” he said. “Over the next five years we will be investing about €450m in Terminal One related projects. This spend includes the T1 extension, the construction of Pier D, new apron works, a major roads and kerbs upgrade and a large number of internal refurbishments and upgrades.”
A planning application for the Terminal One extension was lodged today (Thursday Dec 7th) with Fingal County Council. Subject to planning, building work is due to begin next year and the Terminal One extension will be completed in the autumn of 2008.
The northern end of Terminal One is being expanded to help cope with the huge growth in passengers departing from Pier A and the new Pier D, which will open in the autumn of next year. More than 12 million passengers are expected to use Piers A and D during 2008, a 40% increase on the current passenger volumes in this area
The new triangular-shaped extension is a two-storey building with a mezzanine that will expand the existing terminal at the departures level, the arrivals level and the mezzanine level. The extension will sit on a number of concrete columns above ground level so that the apron area below the building can be retained for use by ground handlers and other aviation related services.
At departures level, the new extension will provide space for a reconfigured check-in area that will have 20 check-in desks with significant additional space for passengers. Beyond the passenger security area, the project will create a larger circulation area for passengers en route to Pier A and Pier D. The new extension will also provide an enhanced airside retail and food and beverage offering. Passengers will enter this new area from the Pier A end of the existing retail ‘Street’, where a new café style outlet will be located.
The extension to Terminal One has been designed by a consortium headed by ADPi, working in conjunction with the DAA’s internal capital projects team. ADPi, which is a subsidiary of Aeroports de Paris, is one of the world’s leading designers of passenger terminals.
Meanwhile work is almost complete on a new lower ground floor check-in area in Terminal One that will be available at the end of the year. This will provide 25 extra check-in desks capable of handling four million passengers per year and should help mitigate the impact of congestion at Dublin Airport during peak travel periods, while T2 is being built.
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For further information contact:
Vincent Wall, Communications Director,
DAA
Tel 01 8144107, 0876860727
Paul O’Kane, Communications Manager, Airport Development Programme,
DAA
Tel 01 8141897, 086 6090221
Editor’s Note
The DAA plans to invest €2bn to transform Dublin Airport over the next decade. The largest element of the programme is T2, a new passenger terminal for Dublin that is due to open in the autumn of 2009. The new terminal will cost €395m while the overall T2 project, which includes Pier E, apron works, campus road upgrades and a major utilities upgrade will cost just over €600m.
Pier D, a new €120m departures area, is currently under construction and will open next autumn. It will be the first major piece of infrastructure delivered under the DAA’s plan to transform Dublin Airport.
ADPi, a subsidiary of Aeroports de Paris is one of the world’s leading airport designers and the lead architect for the T1 Extension. The consortium also includes RPS, CH2M Hill, Bruce Shaw Partnership, Broadway Malyan, and KMD architects.
The main facade of the new T1 extension
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