Caunton’s erection department recently secured a night-time possession to erect a link bridge at East Midlands Airport – see photograph. Working over night meant the intrusion and inconvenience to passengers was minimal. The footbridge weighing over 16 tonnes required two mobile cranes –one 80te and one 65te capacity - and the whole operation starting at 7.30pm was complete by 4am next morning.

The bridge structure was in fact fabricated in two pieces and spliced on site prior to final erection. The bridge links the new International Departure Lounge and a new Western Terminal, thereby enhancing this thriving and expanding airport.

Both these facilities, the Lounge and the Terminal, are being constructed simultaneously with the link bridge, and also employing Caunton’s steelwork. In all nearly 200 tonnes of structural steelwork is being erected.