Airline & Airport Terminal Planning

British Airways plc

£360m (of £4.2 billion)

To determine British Airways operational and facility requirements for their occupation of London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 and to prepare a business case and brief.

To manage their integration with the airports (BAA) brief and design.

Development Management

Vector’s T5 project team provided British Airways with a full “concept-to-delivery” range of services throughout the development of this iconic, 30mppa/£5.0bn terminal.

Our core, up-stream work, included project organisation, innovating working practices, leading “optioneering studies and producing detailed User  Requirements, Facility and Operational Briefs and FM strategies including energy performance targets.  BA used Vectors specialist consultants to advise on preliminary IT terminal  design and to manage T5’s baggage design team.  Additionally, Vector advised on procurement strategy and continued to supply planning, project management and risk management resources throughout the construction phase.

Our active promotion of BA/BAA joint working, together with the application of a rigorous convergence process, facilitated the incorporation of BA’s requirements.

T5 was critical to BA’s future business success and Vector’s role assured the planning and design of T5 successfully incorporated BA’s key operational and facility requirements.