Heathrow Premier Inn is ready for take-off

McAleer & Rushe has completed construction work on a 400-bedroom Premier Inn hotel at Heathrow Airport Terminal Five, handing the project over to developer Grove Developments three months ahead of schedule.

The new Premier Inn hotel designed by Belfast-based White Ink Architects is set over five storeys and totals 128,650 sq ft (11,950 sq m) in size. Practical completion of the project was achieved in 46 weeks, against a scheduled timeframe of 59 weeks.

The hotel, located to the north of the airport and accessed via the A4 Bath Road, takes on a ‘doughnut’ form. It is centred around an inner courtyard and designed to provide an acoustic ‘buffer zone’ for guests’ comfort. The on-airport location led to some unique challenges, with bespoke specifications employed to meet the scheme’s requirements. Premier In offers customers A Good Night’s Sleep, Guaranteed, so reducing or eliminating external noise was a key requirement for protecting this unique customer promise. Construction methods were devised to achieve the necessary acoustic quality, while careful consideration had to be given to landscaping, car parking and external lighting proposals.