Cousins wins major Heathrow contract

Cousins has been awarded the contract for the painting and decorating of Heathrow’s new Terminal 2 building.

The new building will replace the current Terminal 2 and the Queens Building, which date from the 1950s, and is expected to be inaugurated in the first half of 2014.

This new build, the largest construction job ever commissioned by the airport operator, has been awarded to a joint venture (JV) of HETCo – Ferrovial Agroman and Laing O’Rourke.

Under the contract the joint venture will excavate the site and build the 40,000 square metre main structure as well as constructing ten aircraft parking stands.

It will have the capacity to serve 20 million passengers each year and its innovative design will reduce CO2 emissions by 40%. Heathrow, which inaugurated its new Terminal 5 in 2008, is set to become one of Europe’s most modern and sustainable airports.