Project Information

-Construction year:

 2004-2005

-Style: 

 Modern

-Function: 

 Airport tower

-Client: 

 BAA Edinburgh Airport

 Tenant National Air Traffic Services

-Ubication: 

 Edinburgh, Scotland

Aditional Information

Cost: £11 million

Build time: 15 months

Height: 57 metres equivalent to 12 double decker buses stacked on top of each other

Weight: 3,000 tonnes

Base circumference: 88 metres

Steps to the top: 324

No. of zinc tiles: 9,216

No. of staff employed in the tower: 50

Operational: 24 hours a day 365 days a year

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