PORTER HANGAR

We are happy to announce the completion of an airline maintenance hangar for Porter Airlines in Ottawa Canada. This is an aviation building that consists of two side by side hangars with a total footprint of 146,423 square feet and an approximate still weight of 2,500 tons. Each hangar is capable of holding up to four large passenger planes and is equipped with fully mechanized doors that will fully open one side of each hangar bay. In these hangars, there are four trusses nearly 300 feet long and 35 feet tall. These trusses are the main support and allows a roof to not require any interior columns.

When finished, the building exceeded the current energy efficiency standards for heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, lighting, and electrical power systems. The hangar has also been constructed using materials with low carbon footprints, including 35% recycled steel which is eligible to be recycled at the end of its lifespan. These sustainability factors are helping to support the airport’s climate goals of achieving net-zero operation emissions by 2040 or before.

The building has also been constructed to accommodate the unique needs of the environment in which it’s built. To protect the hangar from fires, they are building a dual system that includes both a traditional sprinkler system as well as a foam deluge system in the maintenance and parking areas. The hangar also includes a stormwater management system that doesn’t rely on (and runs the risk of overwhelming) the city mains. There are two 173,000-liter tanks built underground to manage excess runoff from storms.