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Bristol Airport fire station handed over

Mechanical and electrical engineering consultancy McCann and Partners have completed the MEP design for a £5m state of the art fire station at Bristol Airport, which has now been handed over.

Above: Bristol Airport Fire Station.

This is the latest in a series of developments that McCann and Partners have and will be undertaking at Bristol Airport, which has planning approvals in place to handle 10 million passengers per annum.

As well as the new fire station, which is located next to the runway and the existing fire training ground, the upcoming developments will include an immigration hall and new airline building, the first of which has recently commenced.

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Jeff Price, Mechanical Director at McCann and Partners, said: “Bristol Airport is going through such an exciting period of growth at the moment and we are delighted to have been involved in its expansion over the past few years.

“The airport team are continually investing in sustainable, low carbon systems and we’ve been working closely with them throughout 2018 to ensure that this building is extremely energy efficient.

“Working on this state of the art development has been a huge opportunity for us at McCann and Partners, and we look forward to expanding on this in the coming months.”

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Andrew Goodenough, Development Director at Bristol Airport, said: “We are currently completing a variety of development projects at the airport to meet the growth in passenger numbers. Sustainability and energy efficiencies are key factors and decision drivers for all projects and it is great to work with a business like McCann and Partners, who share the same approach in promoting state-of-the-art technology and design in development.”

McCann and Partners specialise in providing the full range of building services associated with mechanical, electrical and public health engineering systems.

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