Ready for take off

Gatwick Airport is the second-busiest airport by total passenger traffic in the UK. With almost 50 million passengers passing through the airport annually, Inform by L.B. Foster is being used to provide up-to-the-minute passenger information inside and outside terminals.

David Swain, South Terminal Operations Manager, London Gatwick Airport says:

“We are always looking for new ways to improve the passenger journey The flexibility of L.B. Foster’s Inform totem delivers a dynamic and innovative way of displaying varied information, such as assisting passenger airport wayfinding during disruption, or during the implementation of new projects.

“The team at L.B. Foster made trialling the unit stress-free, going above and beyond during a project, really showing us how quick it is to display information on a tight schedule.

“The totem is very user-friendly, with only a short presentation needed to train staff. The simplicity of deploying it has been a great advantage. In a short time, the trial has generated multiple enquiries from different projects around the business in passenger facing areas.”

Airport ready

Dagan Bradbury is L.B. Foster’s Project Manager. “New products specified for use in airports need to be tested to ensure they perform to the highest level under destructive forces.”

The Aviation Security In Airport Development (ASIAD) is a UK Government policy document guiding the planning, design and development of new airports and airport terminals, as well as those who have responsibility for management, maintenance and refurbishment of existing airport facilities.

Mike Crossley of Crossley Consult, a technical specialist in the design and use of structural glazing within the urban environment says: “Inform by L.B. Foster was tested and performed well to ASIAD 2017’s rigorous standards designed to keep airport infrastructure safe.”

Dagan Bradbury continues: “Getting the green light that Inform is suitable for use in airports is a real bonus. We knew that Inform’s mobility, combined with wifi and battery power, gave us a real USP in the market, but the fact it performed under ASIAD testing means we have stolen a lead on our competitors.”

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