30.06.2009 Airport to the capital: As in the billions Schönefeld be installed
Hourly Workers produce 900 cubic meters of concrete - to BBI in 2011 the first aircraft lands
Whether the working title of Berlin Brandenburg International (BBI) stock will have is unclear. Sooner or later, will be decided. The official date, however, when the new, long-awaited capital's airport will go into operation, it is clear: On 30 October 2011, four years later than planned billion project aims to be passed. Six months earlier, according to the plan will begin the testing phase.No project in eastern Germany since reunification experiences of such attention. At the official start of construction on 5 September 2006 said Federal Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee (SPD) of a "project of great vision" and that the new airport in the capital region, the "League of the major competitors catapult" will. Even though by then some more time should pass the construction site in Schönefeld is now one of the largest in Europe. 2 200 workers are currently on a two-or three-layer system used there. End of the year, the number to rise to 3 000. Vast amounts of concrete are in the next few months are needed. Up to 900 cubic meters of the concrete produced at the construction site every hour. The operations on the runway in the northern part of the area to be of these things until the BBI-transfer is not affected.
After the opening launch and land the machine on the two parallel runways. Between these, the planners put the terminal in the hourly up to 6 500 passengers can be. The annual capacity is in the first phase of 22 to 25 million passengers. That the airport so that the enormous growth rates in Berlin soon again burst from the seams could include the airport company - even though as early as 2008 at the Berlin airports 21.4 million passengers were counted. Growing demand, contrary to the predictions further, the reception building with a "satellite" to be complemented. With a second "satellite" would increase the number of passengers at 40 to 45 million. More, however, is not it.
According to the planner, the BBI of the most modern airport in Europe. For all institutions, from the terminal up to the Tower, is the latest technology envisaged. "The big advantage will be that they are anywhere from beginning to recoveries," said Airport CEO Rainer Schwarz. "A check-in hall without service employees, however, there will still not exist." The large number of 112 check-in counters and 32 security controls, the waiting time of passengers low. The main terminal building promises to be a short way to be. Passengers will be equipped with elevators and escalators in just five minutes from the underground station in the three floors above departure hall arrive. This can only be achieved through the compact form of reach, even if the 32 meter high building with an expansion of 220 times 180 meters has considerable proportions. For almost ten kilometers long baggage conveyor system requirements are high: up to 10 000 cases and bags have to be sorted per hour and can be transported.
The aircraft additions are made directly from the terminal to reach. The 715 meters long Hauptpier has 15 passenger boarding bridges, one is for the widebody Airbus A380-planned. Another ten boarding bridges are located on the south pier of the reception building. The simple-designed pier at the north side of the aircraft is "Low-cost carriers' reserved - the low cost flights. There must be at the passengers getting on and off over short distances in the run-up to accept. For the terminal includes a large shopping mall, whose area is twice as high as in the present airports Tegel and Schönefeld together. Directly in front of the terminal is also the "Airport City" with land for businesses, restaurants and retailers.
Very demanding is the objective of the BBI planners that one out of every two passengers, the train will use. The conditions are favorable: The train station below the terminal receives six tracks, from the western side will not only give the S-Bahn in ten minutes retract, but first in the 30-minute distance from the Airport Express, which the Central Station for about half an hour is needed. Only good 20 minutes the train would need, he could take the train Anhalter the route on the Dresden railway use - but will not be ready before 2015.
Without problems to reach motorists BBI. The last piece of the A 113 motorway, which passes close to the terminal leads to the Berliner Ring, was announced in May 2008 handed over. If free ride need the car from the city to the airport less than 30 minutes.
According to estimates, the entire project up to four billion euros. The investment for the airport itself is according to official figures, to 2.2 billion euros. In addition, there are - in part driven by the federal government - the cost of rail link (636 million euros), the connecting road (74 million euros), and credit costs. In three to four months, the overall stand. So far, lack of the required loan amount of 1.4 billion euros. In the last week the EU had the wholly-owned credit guarantee by the shareholders approved the airport.
Whether the construction of a new airport in Schönefeld ever would, it was a long time uncertain. Other towns in Brandenburg, Sperenberg, among others, offered better conditions. But at the end of the federal government sat down with her and Berlin Schoenefeld by desire. The main argument used the proximity to Berlin and the alleged cost advantage.
Too close to the city and into a far too densely populated environment, planned, on the other hand, criticize the anti-Schönefeld, which up to 150 000 affected noise out. From only 40 000 subjects referred to the airport company. During the planning process brought residents' objections to 133 000 to pre-mainly against the site and feared the noise. The last word said on 16 March 2006 the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig. 4 000 residents and four surrounding communities were brought against the building permit for the BBI and filed for the biggest case before the court in care. Without success: For a single airport in Schönefeld is nothing wrong, announced the presiding judge Stefan Paetow after three weeks of negotiations. But the choice of location, ten years previously taken politically, should take revenge. Because the judge appealed not only significant noise conditions and the limited capacity of the airport on 360 000 aircraft movements a year. They also prescribed a broad ban on night flights between midnight and five clock morning. In addition, flights from 22 to 24 clock and 5-6 clock only be possible if they "made demonstrable reasons" not on the day can take place. "At least in the night must be calm," argued the judge Stefan Paetow.
From the village Diepensee to the BBI had soft, only one pond remains. 330 residents were in King Wusterhausen a new home. "New for old" was the motto, the most complete family house with garden and self neighbors brought. The parade Diepensee cost 82 million euros. These are on average more than 240 000 euros for each of the stakeholders, from baby to old man. Economic winners of the BBI is now the town Schoenefeld. Three or four times a week meets mayor Udo Haase (party) with potential investors from all over the world who seem to want nothing more urgent than at BBI to be there. 13 000 people lived 2008 in the six districts, 35 000 could be in some years. Schönefeld is probably for a long time to prosperous place in Brandenburg has become. From 19.5 to 36.1 million he raised in 2007, within one year of its revenue from the trade - such an increase may be no other municipality reported.
At the construction site in Schönefeld had up to ten-meter high hill and demolished five meters deep sinks are at backfilled with soil. By 2011, twelve million cubic meters of earth have been. The cables are 36 000 kilometers of empty relocated. The water and sanitation network covers 29 kilometers. The largest dimension of the sewage pipe, the rainwater from the runways away - 3.5 meters in diameter. An environmental condition stipulates that 80 percent of rainwater in the airport must percolate again. These were special garden in the southern area of the airport created.
The concrete work is expected to fall largely completed. Until the opening of the BBI, a total of 3.4 million cubic meters needed. The largest quantities of the builders need for the southern runway, the apron and the terminal.
