Heathrow - Terminals 2, 3 and 5

Serving 30 million passengers a year, Heathrow Terminal
5 is the busiest of all BAA’s terminals. Terminal 5 is intended to reinforce Heathrow’s position as Europe’s principal intercontinental hub.

The client, British Airports Authority (BAA) and the major tenant, British Airways, required a new terminal build- ing and satellite on a site covering some 250 hectaresa complex capable of handling up to 36 million passengers a year. With over 50 WC facilities throughout the terminal, all needing to meet strict design, accessibility and durability criteria, a new approach to the washroom specification was required. T5’s accessibility strategy demanded that all washroom facilities should not only meet but surpass the current Part M Regulations and Design Disabilities Act. Unfortunately there was no product in the market place that met the requirements. Not willing to accept the usual approach adopted of “tacking on” an unsightly and unhygienic back box to the rear of a standard WC pan, BAA Design approached VitrA U.1. Ltd. in order to meet the 750 mm projection.