Projects
Taxi Booking Office, Bristol Airport
A permanent modular airport building delivered from design to handover in under a month.
Project Overview
Client:
Bristol Airport
Location:
Bristol, UK
Sector:
Infrastructure
Solution:
Permanent Buildings
Application:
Office & Workplace
Scope:
two-bay modular building under a design-and-build contract
Requirement
Airport infrastructure | Modular office building | Rapid delivery | Design & build | Bespoke glazing
When Arrow Cars required a new taxi booking office at Bristol Airport, programme speed could not come at the expense of a professional customer-facing environment.
Thurston delivered a bespoke two-bay modular building under a design-and-build contract, taking the project from feasibility through manufacture and delivery in less than a month. Taxi Booking Office Bristol
The Challenge
The building had a simple purpose but a demanding setting.
As a customer-facing facility at a major transport hub, the taxi office needed to be practical, accessible and visually appropriate for its airport location while being delivered against a very short programme.
The client also continued to refine internal finishes and fittings during manufacture, meaning the design and production process needed enough flexibility to respond without losing programme control. Taxi Booking Office Bristol
The solution
Thurston's in-house design team worked with the client from feasibility stage, incorporating operational requirements before agreeing a formal design freeze.
Manufacture then progressed within a controlled factory environment while works on site could happen in parallel.
The two-bay building incorporated curtain walling across three elevations and automated doors, giving the relatively compact building a much more open, customer-facing character than a conventional modular office. Taxi Booking Office Bristol
The result
The building was manufactured and delivered in under a month, providing Arrow Cars with a purpose-designed booking office serving passengers at Bristol Airport.
It is a straightforward but useful example of Permanent Buildings capability: a small project where design responsiveness, manufacturing control and programme certainty mattered just as much as scale.
What this demonstrates
Infrastructure delivery
A permanent customer-facing facility designed for an active airport environment.
Rapid design and manufacture
The complete building was manufactured and delivered in less than one month.
Early design collaboration
Thurston worked with the client from feasibility through design freeze and manufacture.
Bespoke architectural treatment
Extensive glazing and automated access were integrated around the operational requirements of the building.
Flexibility during delivery
Changes to finishes and fittings were incorporated during manufacture to maintain alignment with the end user's requirements.
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