Managing Heathrow

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is a £4.2 billion expansion of the busiest international airport in the world. Currently one of Europe's biggest construction programmes, Terminal 5 is a huge and complex project, with phase 1 alone consisting of 16 major interconnecting projects and 147 sub-projects.

Helping to keep this huge construction project on schedule are Lee-Dickens Sitewatch Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) used as part of a remote inventory management and supply chain logistics system to ensure the estimated 1.5 million m3 of cement necessary for the project is continuously available.

The Terminal 5 programme extends far beyond the construction of just a terminal building. It also includes a total of 60 aircraft stands, two satellite buildings (one in phase 2), a 4,000 space multi storey car park, a new control tower, the diversion of two rivers and an airport perimeter road, and over 13km of bored tunnel, including extensions to the Heathrow Express and Piccadilly Line underground services. Just over 3000 construction workers are currently employed on the project.