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Master's Technical Visit to T5, Heathrow

The Master led a party of 22 Liverymen and Friend to the Terminal 5, Heathrow site on a beautiful sunny day on 10th August 2005.  The party assembled at a reserved car park and were transferred by coach to Longford House where we met our Host and facilitator Rob Stewart, Head of Civils Delivery, BAA, who presented a very informative and  comprehensive overview of the history and progress to date of the largest project in the UK.

The party was then conducted around the compact site by coach, including a roof top stop to survey the complete site.  The scale of the project is immense with the main Terminal building, 2 satellite terminals, 4,000 space multi-storey car park, 600-bed hotel, concourse area providing 60 new aircraft stands (15 of which will accommodate the new A390 planes), new Control Tower for the whole of Heathrow, 13.3 Kms of bored tunnels for the rail & road extensions, and a new approach road from the M25.  All of this will provide capacity for an extra 30 million passengers and in an area which is the equivalent size of Hyde Park in between two of the busiest runways in the world.  With around 15 main contracts and 100 sub-contracts costing in total £4 billion, funded entirely by BAA, this is a massive project and is on target for an opening in March 2008.

Interest by our party was such that questions overran by almost an hour. 
One of the party, Neil Ashley, had been working on the site 40 years ago extending both runways to their present length and was amazed at the progress since.
Our final act being lunch in the nearby Oak & Avocado.  A thoroughly enjoyable and informative visit.  Our thanks to Rob Stewart for facilitating it.

Billy McCoubrey

New Control Tower

Obituary:  Norman Charles Nullis  1920 - 2005

Norman Charles Nullis died on the 28^th September 2005, aged 85.  Known to his friends as Nick, he was born and spent his youth in Southend-on-Sea.  He was a keen sportsman and played football for a local colt team.

He commenced his studies in Architecture in 1937 but at the outbreak of war joined the RAFVR, eventually gaining his "wing" as Observer in Bomber Command.  He saw action in the Western Desert, flying Blenheims with 45 Squadron.  Shot down with a full load of bombs, the crew were unhurt due to the skill of the pilot, and eventually returned to their Squadron.  The remainder of the war was spent in Kenya and the Middle East.

After the war, and qualifying as an Architect, he was joint founder of the practice of Stroud Nullis and Partners, retiring in 1990.  In retirement, at Clavering in Essex, he devoted his time to adding to his considerable library, and to the pursuits of music and the visual arts.

He left a widow who sadly died within a month of his funeral.  His friends will greatly miss this quiet and talented gentleman.                  Hedley Stroud

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