Harsco Infrastructure

Air

The role of aviation in maintaining the global economy, not only through leisure and business travel, but through the support of high-value trade and services, is critical.

Maintaining and developing facilities to cope with such volumes of activity is imposing increasing demands on airport owners and their contractors. Environmental impacts are a major issue, with low-carbon construction and site waste recycling setting new parameters for both project planning and budgets. There are also ongoing problems to contain on the ground, including security, noise, vehicle traffic and potential disruptions to service while new facilities are built, or existing ones improved.

Preserving passenger confidence requires whatever works are being carried out to remain firmly behind the scenes. Processing travellers, luggage and freight should continue as if they were already moving through the ‘ideal’ airport. This poses yet another challenge to the contractor. Combine this with the lack of storage and work space, restricted access and vehicle movements and the stringent security requirements for project personnel, and the logistics become a challenge before the work has even begun.

Successful contractors have to be lean, ‘green’ and keenly intelligent in the solutions they propose. They use innovative techniques and technologies, and choose experienced partners who do the same.

Harsco Infrastructure specialises in providing experienced support for contractors and sub-contractors on airside projects. Our history with airports throughout the world has given us invaluable insight into the requirements of airside working and the particular needs of the airport operator. We understand the massive costs of down time for operators, with the knock-on effects for contractors, and are committed to delivering solutions that work to budget and to schedule. Our track record in innovating access and support systems that achieve this includes specially designed access structures as well as conventional systems, aluminium towers and powered access equipment.