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WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF THE DESIGN AND BUILD APPROACH?

There are many advantages for airports in adopting a design and build approach to implementing their baggage handling systems. It will often lead to smaller systems and therefore a better utilisation of valuable airport real estate.

Article summary

A design‑and‑build approach allows airports to create baggage handling systems tailored to their buildings, ensuring better use of airport real estate and often resulting in smaller, more efficient systems.
Working collaboratively with system vendors from the earliest planning stages enables airports to leverage the unique features of specific equipment, helping to reduce the overall footprint and maximise space savings.
Involving designers and system providers early improves system integration and supports long‑term lifecycle cost reductions through better‑informed decisions and optimised layouts.
Early‑phase design alignment ensures airports can future‑proof their baggage handling systems while minimising long‑term operational and spatial constraints.

By BEUMER Group

By taking a design and build approach, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach, says Henrik Cort, Sales Director at BEUMER Group, “airports can design their BHS that better fits their buildings and that utilises the special features of the vendor’s specific equipment to save space”.

The key, says Cort, is to work collaboratively with the vendor and plan the system design at the very start of the programming phase or in initial planning. Involving designers who are familiar with how the BHS solutions work will also help airports reduce the overall lifecycle costs of the system.

Involving system providers as early in the design phase as possible will help minimise the footprint in the long run.