Cairns Airport Redevelopment

Haden Engineering complete installation works at Cairns airport

The Cairns airport project was developed in three stages and involved the involved the redevelopment of the two level domestic terminal and new departures area with ticketing and baggage handling facilities and the Qantas lounge.

Haden provided the mechanical services for the Domestic Terminal Redevelopment including:

• additional plant upgrading in the Central Services Building
• chilled water air conditioning systems located in three separate plant rooms
• mechanical ventilation systems
• smoke spill systems
• air conditioning and ventilation to the “fixed links” to the aeroplanes
• interface with the Building Management System.

All of the equipment used in this job was selected for its ability to improve energy efficiency.

The tropical weather of far north Queensland presented a challenge for Haden as the channels and ground works for installing the 150m of underground mains to pipe the chilled water to the domestic terminal kept filling up with water and delaying progress. However, the Haden team continued to meet their targets.

An added challenge presented to Haden was the security issues of working “airside” and the safety of people movement. Working in conjunction with Hansen Yuncken many tasks were undertaken over night with the terminal re-established to pristine condition for trading the following day.

Providing air conditioning in the tropics is of major importance and Haden had to ensure that the new air conditioning system was completed to the extent that comfortable conditions were maintained within the terminal, so the existing air conditioning could be made redundant to make way for further works.

Haden Engineering congratulate all those involved in Cairns Airport redevelopment..