Tate Consulting spreads its Wings in Aviation

Yorkshire headquartered building services consultancy, Tate Consulting, is expanding further into the aviation industry after winning a string of high-profile contracts on major airport infrastructure upgrades.

The company has provided full mechanical and electrical design services on one of the world’s most advanced hangars, known as Domus III, which has just opened at Farnborough Airport. Tate Consulting was appointed by Farnborough Airport and architecture practice, Gebler Tooth, which designed the highly sustainable £55million, 175,000 sq ft building.

Features include translucent automated doors that run the entire building length optimising natural light, an intelligent lighting system, symphonic rainwater harvesting, eco-friendly heating and integrated building control and energy monitoring to ensure optimal energy usage.

This latest hangar project follows Tate Consulting working with Gebler Tooth on a 225,000 sq ft maintenance, repair and overhaul hanger for Gulfstream that can accommodate up to 13 aircraft. The facility, which is also at Farnborough Airport, opened in 2020.

In addition, Tate Consulting has also just completed work on a security screening investment at Farnborough Airport. This has seen the installation of two state-of-the-art cabin baggage screening lanes equipped with the latest C3 screening technology, along with advanced security scanners.

The technology means passengers no longer need to remove electronic items, such as laptops, tablets and phones from their cabin baggage during security checks. Passengers can also carry up to two litres of liquids through security without removing them from their bags.

After completing the project at Farnborough Airport, Tate Consulting has now been appointed to work on a similar security screening project at Newquay Airport, which will start this summer.

The company is also designing the building services for a new lounge at Farnborough Airport that will be operated by a luxury private jet company, with further future developments planned as part of the airport’s expansion plans.

Ray Cavanagh, director from Tate Consulting, said: “The C3 screening technology is the highest-rated aviation security equipment on the market and will significantly enhance the experience for passengers at Farnborough Airport. We’re now looking forward to using our experience on this project at Cornwall Airport Newquay.

“We’re also delighted to see work complete at Domus III, which has been another groundbreaking project for us to be involved with. Crucially, airport hangars come with their own unique design challenges, especially because they have vast doors that can be open for long periods of time, so this must be correlated with an effective and efficient heating system.

“We’ve also become very experienced working with specialist design items including aqueous film forming foam sprinkler systems that provide a high-level deluge, as well as adhering to Civil Aviation Authority and National Fire Protection Association design standards.

“Aviation is now a big growth area for us as we establish an impressive portfolio of pioneering projects in the sector, which we’re looking forward to building on further and we’re already discussing several other projects with architects and specifiers on airport projects throughout the UK and beyond.”

Tate Consulting is a leading building services consultancy, providing a full range of commercial engineering solutions from MEP concept design to project handover and post-occupancy evaluation, as well as building physics, fire engineering services, sustainability and building performance assessments and master planning. In addition to its work in the aviation industry, the company is currently working on numerous high-profile residential, distribution, industrial, retail and leisure projects throughout the UK, Europe and the USA.