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Gulfstream MRO Hangar, Farnborough

VolkerFitzpatrick completed the construction of a purpose-built hangar to house up to 16 of Gulfstream’s private and commercial jets, as well as maintenance facilities

  • Design and build of a 220,060ft2 maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) hangar
  • Included offices, café and customer experience areas
  • Steel frame sitting on concrete pad foundations
  • Envelope consists of composite clad walls and standing seam roof
  • 67-metre-long trusses over the hangar doors
  • Demolished and rebuilt an external apron which ties into the taxiway
  • Coal tar discovered on site was encapsulated by cement stabilisation and formed the apron.

Facts and figures

  • Client
    Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
  • Project Value
    £34m
  • Programme
    59 weeks
  • Project categories
    Building
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