Planned, Collapsed Terminals Featured at Peer Review

摘要

Missing reinforcing bar may have contributed to the May 23 collapse of a 30-m section of a new Paris airport concourse, a French official told airport professionals earlier this month in Buffalo. The 17-year-old peer review process gained an international flair as participants discussed evolving airport security developments, runway paving, new terminal construction and other issues. Marc Noyelle, executive director and chief development officer for Aeroports de Paris, briefed the group of about 30 U.S. and Canadian airport officials on the status of the Charles de Gaulle Airport concourse. The steel-ten-sioned arched concrete structure's collapsed portion supported three pedestrian bridges connecting the main building and concourse to a boarding area. Investigations and clean-up continue, Noyelle said.