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Structure-ID: s0009234
Created on: 05/06/03
Modified on: 02/15/05


Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminal 2E

Aérogare 2E
Built: 1999 - 2004
Status: partially in service
Location: Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise (95), Ile de France, France
Charles de Gaulle Airport.<br>High-level access ramp under construction in front of nearly completed Terminal 2E.
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Structural Type:
Shell structure
Function / usage:
Airport terminal building
Part of: Charles de Gaulle Airport

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Initial construction (1999-2004)
Architect Paul Andreu
  Jean-Paul Beck isthme
  Anne Brison corps central
  Jean-Michel Fourcade
  Gilles Goix jetée

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Initial construction (1999-2004)
Owner Aéroports de Paris
Structural engineering Aéroports de Paris
  Sechaud et Bossuyt
Checking engineering Bureau Veritas
Construction Watson & Bredy roof corps central
Contractor BESIX parking garage
corps central
  HERVE jetée
  Léon Grosse isthme
Co-contractor Norelec
  SATELEC
Concrete construction GTM Construction jetée
Glass construction Eiffel Construction Metallique jetée
  Laubeuf SAS jetée
Subcontractor Demathieu et Bard parking garage
  Rabot Dutilleul parking garage
  sarl PRO . DK
Lifting MAMMOET Fostrans
Health & personal safety coordinator SOCOTEC
Demolition (2006-2007)
Demolition contractor Brunel jetée
  Grenier-Deforge jetée
  Mills jetée
Reconstruction (2006-2008)
Owner Aéroports de Paris
Client Aéroports de Paris
Checking engineering SOCOTEC
Contractor Delair Navarra
  Eiffage TP
  Eiffel Construction Metallique
Steel construction Castel & Fromaget Constructions Métalliques jetée
Wood construction Finnforest Deutschland GmbH
Glass construction Laubeuf SAS jetée

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Dimensions
  number of floors (above ground) 4
  number of floors (below ground) 4
corps central   width 70 m
  length 450 m
isthme   width 70 m
  length 270 m
jetée   width 30 m
  length 650 m
Cost
  cost of construction € 750 000 000

Chronology
25 June 2003
The first half of the terminal is put into service with a week's delay due to security concerns.
23 May 2004, 07:00
A roughly 30 meter long section of the concrete roof collapses falling onto a boarding footway. Just as security forces were evacuating the area after having discoverd cracking in the concrete. The passage then collapses onto service vehicles below. Apparently 4 persons are killed and 3 injured in the incident. The terminal is then evacuated and a number of flights are routed to Orly.
24 May 2004
In the morning judicial and technical probes have been launched to determine the cause and responsibility of the collapse. However by the afternoon, due to the discovery of cracks in the still standing part of the structure, the building is evacuated of all rescue and technical personnel. Technical experts are to determine as quickly as possible wether the entire structure is at risk of collapse.
6 July 2004
Preliminary findings for the administrative inquiry (independent to the legal inquiry) into the cause of the collapse on May 24, 2004 are published by the government.
2004
The second half is scheduled to enter service.
15 February 2005
The report of the administrative inquiry into the collapse is published.
2006- 2007
Possible addition of another satellite.

Relevant Web Sites
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External LinkAirwiseNews: New Cracks At Paris Air Terminal (24.05.2004) English
External LinkBBC News: 'Fresh cracks' at Paris airport (24.05.2004) English
External LinkBBC News: Paris airport roof collapse kills six (23.05.2004) English
External LinkBBC News: Paris collapse 'due to structure' (15.02.2005) English
External LinkBBC News: Press recriminations over airport collapse (24.05.2004) English
External LinkBBC: Probe into Paris airport collapse (24.05.2004) English
External LinkBois construction: Référentiel: Passerelle boulevard urbain Est French
External LinkENR: Airport Roof Failure Blamed on Process (21.02.2005) English
External LinkENR: Focus on Construction of Columns at Airport (31.05.2004) English
External LinkENR: Investigators Probe Collapse of Paris Airport Concourse (24.05.2004) English
External LinkENR: Planned, Collapsed Terminals Featured at Peer Review (27.09.2004) English
External LinkENR: Questions Raised Over Steel Roof Struts (12.07.2004) English
External LinkInternational Herald Tribune: New theory on collapse of airport terminal (05.06.2004) English
External LinkLafarge: Terminal 2E de l'aéroport de Roissy Charles de Gaulle: précisions apportées par le Groupe Lafarge (08.07.2004) French
External LinkMinistère de l'Equipement: 15 février 2005 - Accident du terminal 2E French
External LinkMinistère de l'Equipement: Accident du terminal 2E French
External LinkMinistère du Développement durable: Aéroport Charles de Gaulle - Jetée du terminal 2E. Commission administrative French
External LinkNouvel Observateur: L'effondrement du terminal 2E de Roissy (07.02.2005) French

Relevant Literature
* A Roissy, le terminal 2E se coiffe de sa nouvelle voûte en acier, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 21 December 2007, n. 5430 .
* Après l'effondrement de la Jetée d'embarquement, le terminal de Roissy 2E partiellement rouvert, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 2 July 2004, n. 5249 .
* Les conclusions du rapport d'étape, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 9 July 2004, n. 5250 .
* Déconstruction de la voûte béton du terminal 2E, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 1 December 2006, n. 5375 .
* Cividino, H.   Les apports techniques du béton aux conceptions architecturales contemporaines, presented at First fib Congress, 13-19.10.2002, Osaka, Japan.
* Errard, Dominique   Roissy 2E, une structure trop fragile. Rapport Berthier. Le scénario de la catastrophe, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 18 February 2005, n. 5282 .
* Errard, Dominique   Roissy 2E. Un effondrement aux causes très complexes, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 11 February 2005, n. 5281 .
* Errard, Dominique   Roissy 2E: La structure acier béton est montrée du doigt, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 9 July 2004, n. 5250 .
* Errard, Dominique   Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle Terminal 2E, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 27 May 2005, n. 5296 .
* Errard, Dominique   Terminal 2E. Les hypothèses de l'effondrement, in "Le Moniteur des Travaux Publics et du Bâtiment", 28 May 2004, n. 5244 .
* Petri-Boddien, Luc   Terminal 2E des Flughafens Roissy, Paris, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", 2003, n. 4 v. 43 .

 
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