London Luton Airport Car Park

Following a devastating fire at the previous facility, London Luton Airport’s rebuilt Multi-Storey Car Park now offers 1,900 vehicle spaces across four storeys including a new covered drop-off and pick-up zone. 
 
Another addition to our growing Multi Storey Car Park portfolio, B&K Hybrid Solutions delivered the steelwork, metal decking and pre-cast concrete package on behalf of BAM Construction for the project. 
 
This included 2400 tonnes of structural steelwork from our state-of-the art fabrication facility – achieving an incredible 83.75% of Electric Arc Furnace steelwork sections.  
 


Our Design Team worked collaboratively with Mason Navarro Pledge Structural Engineers for the rebuild of the new four-storey car park project. Our scope included the connection design for the 2400 tonnes of structural steelwork as well as ensuring the temporary stability throughout the installation works. 

Charles Hollingsworth, BKHS Design Manager:

“Throughout our design works, as with all BKHS projects, we took a holistic approach which takes into account numerous key parameters including material quantities and the most effective production methods during manufacture to align with a streamlined installation. BKHS’ aim throughout the design stages was to meet client  requirements while ensuring a safe and efficient onsite delivery. Our experienced Design Team collaborated with all stakeholders to ensure a smooth and seamless delivery and I am delighted with the success of the project.”

To help coordinate the works, strong collaboration throughout the BIM modelling phases for the metal decking and pre-cast cores enabled the models to be combined in one federated model. 

Liam Bradbury, BKHS Drawing Office Manager:

“For London Luton Airport Car Park, we collaborated closely with the project team to integrate the 3D models of our scope items, utilising BIM methods, to run clash checks on the steelwork model. This allowed us to work simultaneously on various aspects of the project while also achieving our detailing programme.”

BKHS worked in collaboration with Creagh to design, supply and install the four precast concrete cores, featuring columns up to UC356x406x634. A key challenge on site was fixing columns to the existing foundations which required careful consideration and coordination on site by our project team. 

Simultaneous erection phases were developed to ensure the efficiency of the precast core and steelwork installation, and to ensure the team met the stringent programme requirements. To avoid periods of heavy airport traffic, our site and project teams designed a carefully phased and lotted structure to ensure disruption was kept to a minimum.

 

London Luton Airport Car Park adds to our growing portfolio of MSCP projects, demonstrating BKHS’ capability to deliver large-scale steelwork projects with innovative design solutions.