Hulley and Kirkwood

H&K, in conjunction with Taylor Woodrow and Crownhouse, have successfully completed a major refurbishment of the South Terminal International Departures Lounge at Gatwick Airport. The project consisted of two main elements, the IDL Expansion Project and the IDL Refurbishment Project. The IDL Expansion primarily focused on expanding the level of duty-free retail provision and was achieved by relocating the landside/airside boundary to increase available space in the airside area. The Refurbishment Project focused on a full refurbishment of the remaining concourse areas after completion of the expansion works. The operational nature of the areas involved and the importance of retail to the profitability of the airport, required that the design and construction operations were tuned to avoid any loss of operations within the terminal building. This was achieved by detailed out of hours surveys to understand the building services systems and the implications of their modification on continued operations.