HEATHROW T5 is coming along very quickly as drivers on the nearby M25 motorway will testify as they sit in the inevitable jam. An addition to the skyline is a section of the roof structure 120 foot tall, a visible landmark signalling progress on Europe”s largest current construction project. It took a team of 12 specialist engineers 10 hours to lift the first 2,500 tonne section of the spectacular single-wave roof into place and will take five similar lifts between now and the end of the year to complete the construction of the 18,500 tonne roof. When complete, Terminal 5 will be the largest single span building in the UK, the total floor space equal to 50 football pitches. The T5 programme is over one-third complete and on schedule to open as planned in Spring 2008.
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