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Building China’s $12BN Mega Airport - YouTube

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China is no stranger to record-breaking

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infrastructure projects already home to

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the world's largest dam longest ocean

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crossing and most extensive high-speed

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rail network the country has now

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completed one of the largest airports

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ever conceived

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home to one of the world's largest

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economies the demand for air travel in

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and out of China is extreme as the

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nation's center of political power and

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as the second largest city in a country

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of more than 1.3 billion people the

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pressure on Beijing is particularly

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intense plans for a second International

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Airport were first proposed in 2008

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while the existing Beijing Capital

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International was undergoing a 3.5

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billion US dollar expansion ahead of the

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Summer Olympic Games despite these works

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forecasts predicted that even with its

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expansion to cater for 83 million

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passengers annually the airport would

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exceed its capacity within just a few

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years at the extension being completed

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sure enough the facility reached

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capacity in 2012 and by 2016 more than a

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hundred million passengers were

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travelling through the airport each year

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to alleviate pressure and safeguard

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Beijing's economic growth a new hub was

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conceived with initial proposals

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suggesting nine runways and capacity for

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200 million passengers each year the

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vast dashing International was

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originally intended to replace Beijing

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capital as the city's main airport

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however in 2014 the decision was taken

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to operate both facilities

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simultaneously and to scale back the new

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airport's design initially constructed

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with four runways and capacity for 72

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million passengers each year dashing

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international can be expanded to seven

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runways and could serve up to a hundred

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million passengers annually when fully

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developed plans for the new airport were

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released by Zaha Hadid Architects in

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early 2015

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collaborating with Airport specialists a

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dpi on the main terminal building Hadid

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moved away from the linear model of

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airport design which often created

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sprawling facilities and instead

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introduced a six-pointed star

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arrangement that puts passengers less

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than 600 meters around an eight minute

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walk from any departure gate

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while one arm of the building operates

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as an administrative center the

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remaining 5 accommodate the airport's 79

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departure gates dashing international

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incorporates a number of high speed rail

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and Metro links to Beijing and the

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surrounding provinces the airport will

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have a dedicated stop on the new Beijing

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jung-an intercity railway placing it

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just 20 minutes from Beijing

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while the intercity railway connector

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will provide a direct link to Beijing

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Capital International and neighbouring

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regions there will also be a link to the

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city's subway system

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while many airport links around the

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world deliver passengers to the

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outskirts of facilities the numerous

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connections to dashing international

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will arrive beneath the terminal

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enabling direct access to the departure

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levels in order to withstand the

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vibrations caused by high-speed trains

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that can travel up to 250 km/h beneath

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the terminal in an active seismic zone

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1000 anti-seismic isolation barriers

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were built into the terminals ground

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floor slab allowing the structure to

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withstand an earthquake with a magnitude

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of eight on the Richter scale with a

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hundred ninety seven thousand passengers

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expected to use the airport each day

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dashing international will operate a

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largely paperless system that features

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AI facial recognition at check-in

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self-service bag drop facilities and

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real-time that mobile baggage tracking

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it will also be the first airport in the

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world to operate vertically stacked dual

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departure and arrival flaws this

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approach enables faster check-in and

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security screenings while significantly

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reducing the distances that passengers

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travel between connecting flights

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extending for over a million square

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meters

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dashing internationals terminal building

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is one of the single largest structures

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ever built formed from over 1.6 million

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cubic meters of concrete and some 52,000

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tons of steel the building integrates

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photovoltaic panels and rainwater

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harvesting systems across its vast

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undulating roof reaching practical

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completion in 2018 the first flight

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inspections took place in January 2019

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while finishing touches were made to the

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terminal buildings interior

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while the airport offers many of the

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retail dining and entertainment options

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found in most hubs dashing International

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will also feature an interactive pet

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hotel childcare and nursery facilities

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and hybrid online retail and dining

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experiences for passengers

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meanwhile on the runways aircraft taking

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off and landing will be protected from

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birds or civilian drones by an Israeli

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AI software monitoring system the entire

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airport cost almost 12 billion US

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dollars to deliver while this makes it

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easily one of the world's largest

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construction projects it is notably less

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than the projected at 17 billion u.s.

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dollars required to construct a third

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runway at London Heathrow

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having now completed its operational

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testing dashing International is set to

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welcome its first flight on the 30th of

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September 2019 less than five years

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since construction works began if you

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