Caunton worked at Birmingham International Airport on an extension to Terminal One’s Baggage Handling facility. The extension abuts the existing baggage hall and conveyor housing and the airport’s requirements for a column free zone adjacent to this meant the need for a large span storey height lattice girder, supporting first floor and roof – see photograph. The girder had to be erected in a tight time slot and therefore, to ensure no problems occurred, the workshop carried out trial assembly before sending it to site. The girder weighed some 11tonnes and spanned 14.5m. Because of this, everything went like clockwork on site and the truss was erected on programme.

Birmingham is the fifth largest airport in the UK in terms of passenger throughput and Terminal 1 handles two million passengers per year. The project included the provision of a new sortation carousel, expanded storage areas and a dedicated loading facility for recycled waste.