A project has commenced at Farnborough Airport to upgrade the facility with a new maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) aircraft hangar.

Work began on the scheme in May, with the new hangar due for completion in summer 2020.

VolkerFitzpatrick won a £34 million contract to build the hangar, which will house up to 16 of Gulfstream Aerospace's private jets as well as maintenance facilities. It will also include three floors of office space, customer experience areas and a café.

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The base structure will be composed of a steel frame, on top of concrete pad foundations, with 67m trusses over the hangar doors. The building's envelope will consist of composite clad walls and a standing seam roof.

Specialist services will be installed, as well as hangar doors, cranes and a deluge foam sprinkler system. External works will include a new car park, which will connect to the airport's perimeter road.

In addition, the project includes demolition and reconstruction of an external apron, which ties into the taxiway, along with associated lighting and service installation.

Stuart Deverill, managing director of VolkerFitzpatrick's Building division, said: "We are delighted to have been awarded this exciting project to deliver Gulfstream's first purpose-built MRO hangar facility in the UK. This is a fantastic opportunity and I look forward to our collaboration over the coming months."

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