Milan Linate Airport

DETAILS OF THE WORK

Milan Linate airport, named after Enrico Forlanini, was built at the behest of the mayor Marcello Visconti di Modrone, by the Bolognese architect Gianluigi Giordani, on a surface area of 3,000,000 square metres, with a single terminal and two runways, one for commercial traffic and one for general aviation.

Work on the construction of the main hangar began in 1936 – a single-span construction 235 meters wide and 64 meters deep – and continued throughout the following year until the inauguration day: 21 October 1937. In 1960 the The airport was significantly renovated and the runway was extended to the edge of the Lambro river.

Since 27 July 2019, the airport has been closed for three months to allow for extraordinary maintenance interventions to be carried out compulsorily every 15-20 years to maintain high safety standards. Specifically, the works involve the resurfacing of the take-off and landing runway, the replacement of the concrete heads with concrete ones, the restyling of the boarding area and the renewal of the system that receives the suitcases and prepares them for boarding in the holds of aircraft, with latest generation systems that will allow more accurate checks, shortening sorting times and increasing security levels.

The service carried out by ASACERT at Linate airport consists of technical control during construction for the construction of civil and plant works for the upgrading and reconfiguration of the “F” block at the passenger terminal.

SERVICE

The activity of the ASACERT Inspection Group, made up of technical experts with many years of experience in the field of inspections on the design and execution of works, with particular reference to the airport sector, has as its objective the verification of the stability and resistance requirements mechanics of structural elements, durability, maintainability and useful life of roof waterproofing.

Specifically, the inspection activities concern:

• the methods of carrying out the works both for the work relating to the excavation phases and for the implementation of the structural works, the conformity of the finished works with the project requirements
• the conformity of the stratigraphic-geotechnical characterization of the land with that envisaged in the project model
• the analysis of the physical, chemical, mechanical and geometric characteristics and consequent compliance with the design requirements
• the adequacy of the materials used
• the conformity of the works with the rules of good executive practice
• surveillance during testing operations

RESULT

At the end of the technical control service during construction, carried out by the multidisciplinary team made up of qualified and expert resources in the technical control sector, ASACERT will have verified the substantial compliance of the construction of the works with the project, with the current regulatory framework and with the rule of art, issuing the final technical inspection report valid for insurance purposes for the subscription of a posthumous ten-year policy.