Kuwait International Airport (Terminal 2)
A new terminal building is currently being added to Kuwait International Airport. Werner Sobek is responsible for the structural engineering of the main structure, facade engineering and the Building Information Modelling, BIM, for this project.
The new terminal has an edge length of almost 1.2 km, a clear height of up to 25 m and a roof area of 320,000 m². In addition to its size, the new building is characterised above all by the complexity of its roof structure: Despite its large scale, the roof had to be planned without expansion joints. This had extensive effects on the dimensioning and calculation of all components.
BIM for Complex Mega Projects
A roof structure is a statically highly indeterminate system. The interaction between the different components is therefore very complex; any change in the stiffness of one element has a significant influence on the static load of other components. The demanding design by Foster + Partners could therefore only be realised with the help of complex digital methods and tools.
Current construction site pictures and project updates
Article about our planning ot the new Kuwait International Airport (in German)
Architecture
Foster + Partners, London/Great Britain
Planning time
2016 − 2020
Construction time
2017 − 2023
Services by Werner Sobek
- Structural engineering of the main structure
(including construction documents and
concrete shop drawings) - Facade engineering
- BIM specialist planning
(Demand planning; Variant studies; Visualisation; Analysis, simulation and verification; Derivation of drawings and documents; Quantity take off and cost analysis/estimation)
GFA
650,000 m²
Client
Ministry of Public Works, Kuwait
Contractor
Limak Holding, Ankara/Türkiye
Renderings
Foster + Partners, London/Great Britain
