The non-Schengen area at Gardermoen in Norway will gain a new building, with Cowi leading the engineering aspects and Aas Jacobsen and Per Rasmussen as subcontractors. The team members were all previously part of the project design group for Oslo’s Terminal 2. The work takes Cowi into its sixth year of work at Gardermoen.
“The cooperation between Cowi, Aas Jacobsen and Ing Per Rasmussen worked really well, and that is one of the reasons why we want to continue,” said Frode Fjeldstad, tendering and contract manager for Cowi. “We are an integrated team, and the client does not have to deal with three companies."
The expansion will take place at a time when capacity in the area is already used to the limit. One of the challenges in the assignment is to ensure that the building work is carried out without significant disruption to the existing operation of the facility, passenger flows or working conditions for the staff. The terminal is to be kept fully operational throughout the construction period.
The project is a natural extension of the T2 project but client Avinor stipulated that there should be much plainer areas with significantly lower building costs and more standardised solutions.
The non-Schengen part is to be constructed as a new building at the outer end of the former international arm, the Eastern Pier, which will be lengthened by 100m. The aircraft stands will also be rebuilt to accommodate larger aircraft. One of the stands to be established will have the capacity for the world’s largest passenger aircraft, the the 276-tonne Airbus A380.
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