Ferrovial Agroman to build Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 2

Ferrovial Agroman has signed today a contract to build Heathrow Airport's new T2A Terminal. The project will cost 812 million pounds (close to 900 million euro). Ferrovial Agroman will execute the project with UK construction company Laing O'Rourke under a Design and Build contract.

The new building will replace the current Terminal 2 and the Queens Building, which date from the 1950s, and it is expected to be inaugurated in the first half of 2014. It will have the capacity to serve 20 million passengers each year and its innovative design will reduce CO2 emissions by 40%. Heathrow, which inaugurated its new Terminal 5 in 2008, is set to become one of Europe's most modern and sustainable airports.

The T2A project includes the design and construction of the new Terminal building, aircraft stands, the connection with the T2B satellite building, the access road, a new cooling plant and all related services.

Alejandro de la Joya, CEO of Ferrovial Agroman, highlighted the importance of this project: The T2 contract is strategic for Ferrovials international growth. It strengthens the outlook for presenting Ferrovial Agroman with further business opportunities in the near future in the key UK market.

BAA and the Star Alliance airlines, which will be based in the new terminal, will participate in the groundbreaking ceremony on 6 May.

This is Ferrovial Agroman's largest contract to date in the UK and is a major leap in the company's expansion abroad. Ferrovial Agroman has been operating in the British Isles since 2003 and has 1.715 billion euro in contracts there.

The company has been in charge of the entire development of the T2A project since mid-2007. It has wide-ranging experience in building airports, and Ferrovial Agroman's Engineering department headed the multidisciplinary team comprised of Spanish and English companies. Architectural teams at Foster + Partners and Luis Vidal y Asociados designed the new building.

The new T2A Terminal is part of the plan to develop and transform Heathrow Airport by 2020. BAA's capital expenditure programme will enable 70% of travellers to use the two new terminals in 2013, while the other 30% will use T1, T3 and T4, which are being completely renovated.