A €27 million project to build a new Air Traffic Visual Control (ATVC) tower at Dublin Airport has significantly progressed, following the installation of a 106 tonne steel ring.

BAM Ireland completed the work by using a crane to hoist the ring into place on the 24-storey tower. A team of specialists secured it to the top of the tower, while the crane held it in place.

CEO of BAM Ireland Theo Cullinane said: "This was a very complex and vital stage of the building of the Air Traffic Visual Control tower. It involved the use of a crane hoisting the 106 tonne ring into the air and carefully lowering it as our team fixed it to the top of the tower. BAM has an incredible track record of perfecting structures of this complexity and once completed Dublin Airport will be getting a world class facility that will be to the benefit of Ireland. Well done Team BAM."

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The project is expected to be completed by February 2019 and will be handed over to IAA Technology and Operations for the installation, commissioning and testing of air traffic management equipment and systems.

It will be ready for single runway operation during the first half of 2020. Parallel runway operations should be in effect by 2021.

(CM)