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Mechanical
The Plumbing section looks after a network of over 110 Km (66 Miles) of piping, ranging in types from copper, galvanized and black steel, UPVC, cast iron, GRP to ductile iron. Moreover, ranging in size from ¾" to 60".
We are running and maintaining a Utility Plant that includes four centrifugal chillers, five cooling towers, and all related auxiliaries. It has a capacity of 6,800 tons of refrigeration, which serves the Main Terminal, two Jetties, and four Annex Buildings. The total capacity of air handling units surpasses 1,290,000 cfm of treated air.
Two types of boarding bridges are employed, two and three-dimensional movement to serve the multitude of Aircraft types that visit BIA. A total of 23 boarding bridges are distributed along the east and west jetties of the Terminal Building.
The Baggage Handling Systems consist of four
Departure Lines, five Arrival Lines, and a
single Transit Line.
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The
fire fighting systems at BIA, employ in addition
to water sprinklers, FM-200 and CO2 suppression
systems. The total capacity of the fire fighting
pumping station is 9,000 gpm of water serving in
addition to the sprinkler systems a number of
fire hydrants that are located in the premises
and on the surrounding roads.
Building
Automation Control System (BACS): the system
monitors and controls all aspects of HVAC and
Lighting. Additionally the BACS monitors the
failures of some peripheral systems. The
monitoring and control are processed via a
network of controllers that are linked to
digital/analog input/output points. Three
operation rooms are set in order to monitor and
control a total of 4,800 input/output points
distributed all over the facilities.
The Ouzaii Under-Pass that goes under The West
Runway and West Taxiway employ CO detection &
Visibility sensors in conjunction with the BACS
to ventilate the two tunnels in order to help
the traffic that passes through.
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