Munich Airport Terminal 1 Expansion
- Company:
- Zeman & Co
- Client:
- Munich Airport Realisierungsgesellschaft mbH
- Investor, Builder:
- Munich Airport Realisierungsgesellschaft mbH
- Designer:
- SSF Ingenieure AG, Schüßler-Plan Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, sop Architekten GmbH, JSK Architekci Sp. z o.o., and Assmann Beraten + Planen GmbH
- Country, City:
- Germany, Munich
- Object category:
- Infrastructure
- Material:
- steel
- Services:
- Engineering, Assembly, Manufacturing, Supply
The Terminal 1 expansion at Munich Airport, carried out by Zeman & Co GmbH as the general contractor, exemplifies challenging engineering work. The project included constructing six passenger bridges, four connecting bridges, and a glass roof over the central atrium, all while maintaining airport operations. ...
The Terminal 1 expansion at Munich Airport, carried out by Zeman & Co GmbH as the general contractor, exemplifies challenging engineering work. The project included constructing six passenger bridges, four connecting bridges, and a glass roof over the central atrium, all while maintaining airport operations.
Approximately 900 tons of prefabricated and pre-coated steel components were distributed and pre-sorted on the construction site. Assembly occurred simultaneously on three bridges to meet the tight schedule. Each passenger bridge will span a 20-meter-wide service road and connect the terminal building to a reinforced concrete head structure in the future. Optimized steel beams and tubes formed four trusses, each 40 meters long and 10 meters high. After assembling the individual parts, a total of 3,600 welds had to be made in all weather conditions. The glass facades were attached to 140 threaded bolts welded in the factory with a positional tolerance of +/- 10mm. The roof was constructed as a warm roof on a trapezoidal sheet metal support shell, with 60mm thick multi-pane laminated glass installed.
Another challenge was assembling the four connecting bridges, which spanned the current service road during construction. This work was carried out exclusively at night to avoid disrupting operations. The steel components were delivered pre-coated with R90 fire protection.