Bilbao airport inaugurates its new technical block
Bilbao airport inaugurates the new office building, called the “technical block” in airport slang, in which the work spaces of various organizations and companies will be centralized. Thus, a large part of Aena’s employees, security forces and bodies, private surveillance and handling agents, will occupy the new offices located to the west of the terminal building.
The inauguration of the new building was attended by the Government delegate in the Basque Country, Denis Itxaso, and the director of the Biscayan airport, Iván Grande, who visited the new construction, which has a total area of 7,729.6 square meters. , distributed over 5 floors, which also incorporates a car park for workers that will allow passengers to have more than two hundred additional spaces in the main car park in front of the terminal.
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The building now put into operation is made up of two volumes at two different levels joined by a vertical communication module. The building adapts to the terrain and the movement of earth and the environmental impact are minimized. The cost of the construction of the work has risen to 12.4 million euros and the execution has been carried out in a period of 36 months.
The new Data Processing Center (CPD) entails an investment of €1.7M
Thanks to the new technical block, an important space in the terminal building is freed up for passengers, since it intervenes, specifically, on an area of 2,200 square meters, which entails the use of an additional 1,500 square meters -already in service- for passenger boarding area.
Data processing center
Among the most noteworthy innovations for airport workers are the light and spaciousness of the new building, which, with open spaces, replaces the old offices scattered throughout the terminal building. In addition to an obvious improvement in the work spaces, the technical block, whose equipment and furniture has cost 0.785 million euros, will also accommodate a new Data Processing Center (DPC), which will become the main brain of the airport once it enters service. This CPD entails an investment of 1.7 million euros.
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The building, in line with Aena’s sustainable commitment, which foresees that all its airports will obtain the electricity necessary for their operation thanks to self-consumption in 2026, incorporates LED lighting with a centralized digital system and presence sensors. The air conditioning is obtained with a high energy efficiency aerothermal system, supported by solar thermal panels for the production of hot water.