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COM: Adelaide Airport Carpark & Pedestrian Plaza
Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 11:45 pm
by Will
I found this on the Hansen Yuncken website:
Airport Control Tower, SA
The Air Services Australia New Traffic Control Tower is being built by Hansen Yuncken Pty Ltd.
The new tower will be located immediately East of the runways adjacent to the old domestic terminal building site, which was demolished last year.
The new tower will be just under 50.000 meters above ground level and will incorporate a two storey concrete framed administration and services infrastructure building.
The tower will have a concrete framed tower which is proposed to be slip formed, the upper operation deck levels will be incorporated with a reinforced precast funnel structure with in-situ slabs and internallift & stair core. The upper levels will be accessed via a single lift and fire stair.
The on site construction activities are scheduled to commence late June 2010 with the Towers completion forecast for August 2011.
Re: #PRO - Adelaide Airport Control Tower - 50m - $16 millio
Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 7:38 am
by AtD
Cool, we're getting the LAX tower...
Re: #PRO - Adelaide Airport Control Tower - 50m - $16 millio
Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 2:17 pm
by ralmin
The new tower will be just under 50.000 meters above ground level
So they're saying the tower height must be between 49.999 and 50.000 m... MILLIMETRE precision
Re: #PRO - Adelaide Airport Control Tower - 50m - $16 millio
Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 3:14 pm
by crawf
Would this be the 2nd tallest structure in the suburbs?, first being Torrens Island Power Station.
Re: #PRO - Adelaide Airport Control Tower - 50m - $16 millio
Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 4:00 pm
by Omicron
AtD wrote:Cool, we're getting the LAX tower...
Fingers crossed for the Theme Building next!
Re: #PRO - Adelaide Airport Control Tower - 50m - $16 millio
Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 5:54 pm
by monotonehell
Omicron wrote:AtD wrote:Cool, we're getting the LAX tower...
Fingers crossed for the Theme Building next!
Mmmmmm Appletinis.....
Re: #PRO - Adelaide Airport Control Tower - 50m - $16 millio
Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 4:38 pm
by iTouch
I'm not trying to sound like an Adelaide City resident NIMBY but isn't 50m a tad too tall for an airport? It's just a question not a statement.
Re: #PRO - Adelaide Airport Control Tower - 50m - $16 millio
Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 4:53 pm
by Wayno
iTouch(myself) wrote:I'm not trying to sound like an Adelaide City resident NIMBY but isn't 50m a tad too tall for an airport? It's just a question not a statement.
Are you questioning whether such a tall structure will present as an flight path risk? if so, the answer is no because airplanes are typically on the ground at airports, so the building height does not overly matter.
Re: #PRO - Adelaide Airport Control Tower - 50m - $16 millio
Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 4:57 pm
by AG
iTouch(myself) wrote:I'm not trying to sound like an Adelaide City resident NIMBY but isn't 50m a tad too tall for an airport? It's just a question not a statement.
Control towers typically need to be substantially taller than other structures at the airport so that traffic control can see what is happening on the ground around all parts of the airport unobstructed. The one at Heathrow in London is 87m tall for this very purpose so it can see around all 5 airport terminals.
Re: #PRO - Adelaide Airport Control Tower - 50m - $16 millio
Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 10:42 pm
by iTouch
o ok, sorry if that sounded like a stupid question lol. I'm not the biggest airport expert
I'm more of a roadtrip man
Re: #PRO - Adelaide Airport Control Tower - 50m - $16 millio
Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 3:59 pm
by bm7500
AG wrote:iTouch(myself) wrote:I'm not trying to sound like an Adelaide City resident NIMBY but isn't 50m a tad too tall for an airport? It's just a question not a statement.
Control towers typically need to be substantially taller than other structures at the airport so that traffic control can see what is happening on the ground around all parts of the airport unobstructed. The one at Heathrow in London is 87m tall for this very purpose so it can see around all 5 airport terminals.
Correct
Further to that, Melbourne Airport is also getting a new ATC tower around the same time. Because of the reasons AG has mentioned above, theirs will be taller at 78m. The image below is of the soon to be constructed Melbourne tower, ours will more than likely just be a shortened version of the same.
Re: #PRO - Adelaide Airport Control Tower - 50m - $16 millio
Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 4:05 pm
by bm7500
As a comparison, the current ATC Tower here is a whopping 21m high. lol
Re: #PRO - Adelaide Airport Control Tower - 50m - $16 millio
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 8:47 pm
by Wayno
Apparently construction has started, well earth breaking so far...
Re: #PRO - Adelaide Airport Control Tower - 50m - $16 millio
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 4:55 pm
by bm7500
Further to this, the ATC Tower will come to a height of 44m and will cost $16.9 Million
ETC; late 2011, operational early 2012
Re: #PRO - Adelaide Airport Control Tower - 50m - $16 millio
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:28 pm
by Benski81
bm7500 wrote:As a comparison, the current ATC Tower here is a whopping 21m high. lol
Is that actually the current ATC tower?
