Siemens lands new design, supply and integration contract for London Heathrow

Siemens lands new design, supply and integration contract for London Heathrow
A design, supply and integration contract to produce a new integrated baggage traffic
system for Heathrow Airport Terminal 3 IB Project (T3 IB) has been awarded to Siemens
Postal, Parcel and Airport Logistics by the Heathrow Q6 Delivery Integrator, Mace
Group.

Known as the Traffic Indication System for T3, the scheme design will be used to
implement new detection and communications systems and a network of Traffic
Information Display Screens for the management of baggage information used by
baggage handlers and tug drivers. Using radar detection sensors and advanced LED
displays, the new system will provide live baggage information including the availability
and locations of all related arrivals, departures and transfers. Load and offload positions
together with data for directional, call forward and departures docks will be displayed
using green and red traffic light LED indicators.

The new Traffic Indication System for T3 produced by Siemens and selected by Mace
will improve the efficiency of baggage handling operations at Heathrow. Mace
Operations Director, John Newman, said: ‘Having previously demonstrated its contractor
capabilities at Heathrow and with extensive experience of baggage handling systems
and software solutions, Siemens has unrivalled technical and operational knowledge of
systems and support and the capacity to integrate and improve systems and
technology’.

Both Mace and Siemens have substantial experience and have previously worked
closely together on a number of projects for Heathrow, with Mace appointed as Principle
Contractor (PC) and Delivery Integrator (DI), and Siemens role as Baggage Integrator
(BI) to jointly manage, coordinate and delivery all DI and BI activities.

The advantages of this integrated interface approach for Heathrow filter down through
the project delivery teams, providing efficient baggage and building works schedules,
minimised peaks and troughs of suppliers’ work packages (due to the ability to contract
them across both DI and BI scope) and the valued benefits of having only one main
contractor management and overhead costs.

Other delivery and commissioning successes included managing the works in a live
operational environment, effective use of the reduced working window for night works
and providing the value that Siemens brought to the projects in understanding the
baggage operational requirements to most efficiently use the time available. Importantly,
the ability to learn from previous experience and ensure that the stages of
commissioning, testing, trialling was properly understood and allowed for in the
schedule.

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Siemens in the UK
Siemens was established in the United Kingdom 170 years ago and now employs 13,760 people in the UK. Last year’s revenues were £3.36 billion*. As the world’s largest engineering company, Siemens provides innovative solutions to help tackle the world’s major challenges across the key sectors of energy, industry, infrastructure & cities and healthcare. Siemens has offices and factories throughout the UK, with its headquarters in Frimley, Surrey. The company’s global headquarters is in Munich, Germany.

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* Data includes intercompany revenue. Data may not be comparable with revenue reported in annual or interim reports Siemens Postal, Parcel

Siemens Postal, Parcel and Airport Logistics
Siemens Postal, Parcel and Airport Logistics in the United Kingdom is headed by Dr. Thomas Bayer (Managing Director) and Steve Hayward (Finance Director). The company serves essentially two large groups of customers: airports/airlines and postal services. For airports and airlines, Siemens Postal, Parcel and Airport Logistics provides baggage and cargo handling lines. For postal, courier, express and parcel service providers, the company offers a range of letter and parcel sorting machines as well as address reading and coding solutions. The non-segment-specific software solutions as well as the comprehensive services provided by Siemens Postal, Parcel and Airport Logistics are equally attractive.​