The second major airport in China’s capital is being built with the “Beijing Daxing International Airport”. The airport is expected to be completed and begin test operations in 2019 after just five years of construction. The new airport in the Daxing District is set to further develop airspace while relieving pressure from the heavily burdened “Beijing Capital International Airport”. If all goes to plan, 45 million passengers will initially pass through the airport every year in order to reach their destination. In the long term, the airport expects to process over 100 million passengers per year.

The airport also intends to improve connections between regions to the south of Beijing and national and international destinations, opening up new prospects for the economy. The airport is set to be a hub for traffic and transport in the Jing-Jin-Ji region. This large-scale project will see Beijing become the world’s largest metropolis through the incorporation of the city of Tianjin and the province of Hebei. The construction was designed by the late British star architect Zaha Hadid and the French airport developer ADP. From an aerial perspective the orange and yellow glimmering airport seems to portray a starfish. Five “arms” lead from the core area to the boarding gates through arrival and departure levels. The boarding gates are located at a maximum distance of 600 metres from the centre and can be reached quickly on foot. Five above-ground floors contain the airport’s entrance and exit as well as check-in desks, security control, baggage claim and other functional areas. High-speed trains and subways are located underground alongside facilities such as the rail tunnels’ smoke extraction, electromechanical control systems and luggage transport.

The main challenges of the construction project include the high level of difficulty of the construction and building site as well as the location, which is vulnerable to earthquakes. The applied fischer installation systems and fischer FZA undercut anchors proved to be suitable anchoring solutions following a multi-stage selection process. The systems are therefore being used in the entire reinforced concrete frame construction with a building surface of approximately 600,000 m² in order to install fire protection ducts, fire extinguishing pipes and ventilation ducts.

“Numerous media conduits and installations had to be coordinated for a project of such enormous dimensions”, Zong Jiang, managing director for fischer China, says to describe the situation. “A great challenge that requires reliable products and services”. The fischer team convinced the decision-makers with their professional competence and comprehensive support during technical implementation. The fischer experts continuously coordinate with all interfaces during construction in order to guarantee a smooth process. The fischer FUS channel system provides the basis to carry the load of numerous pipes, ventilation and cable ducts. The modular channel system contains connection and construction elements that can be combined with the channels to build constructions that are complex, highly load-resistant and easy to install, while being able to safely absorb the loads. Its simple installation is based on a clever slot system during which the channels are connected with the connection and construction elements by a compact push-through component using a 90° rotation. The channel system barely takes up any space and blends in with the overall aesthetic appearance.

The fischer FZA undercut anchor enables installation objects to be installed free of expansion pressure and with a tight fit.  It can therefore also be positioned with low axial and edge distances. The FZA anchor carries high loads at low depths and has a versatile range of applications.

fischer systems therefore guarantee quick construction progress at consistently high levels of quality and safety.

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