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Speed of construction on-site and innovative design by Terrapin were the key factors in the construction of BAA Southampton’s new car hire reception centre, which is expected to handle over half a million car rental transactions over five years.
Terrapin was on-site to begin erection of the 208 sq m building just five weeks from the order being placed, and the project team took only eight weeks to complete the whole project, including foundations, groundwork, services, decoration, cladding, installation of automatic doors and an aluminium canopy.
The open-plan, timber-frame building was constructed using panels manufactured at Terrapin’s Milton Keynes factory and erected on site. The building houses five car hire companies, and breaks from traditional car rental industry layout by replacing the more familiar high desks with oval ‘pods’, specially installed for Avis by Terrapin, increasing counter space and allowing staff to provide customers with a more personal service
Rapid construction was essential to minimise disruption to passenger movements – the new facility is ideally located between the airport terminal and the rental vehicle car park. All activity on site took place between 11pm and 5am to reduce further the impact on the airport’s operations.
BAA Project Manager Justin Wright commented, “Terrapin has delivered a building that the business is very happy with.”
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