Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands
Ensuring passenger safety at Schiphol Airport, with Pyroguard Protect
With thousands of people passing through international airports on a daily basis, ensuring their safety with passive fire protection products like fire safety glass is essential. During the expansion and upgrade of Schiphol Airport’s train station, Pyroguard’s toughened fire safety glass was chosen to combine the need for passenger safety with the creation of a more light and open space.
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport railway station is the fifth largest on the Dutch network, with daily footfall expected to increase from 109,000 to 130,000 over the next ten years. To support this increased demand, the multi-million-pound Multimodal Hub Schiphol project aims to redevelop the station and public transport facilities.
Designed to increase capacity, improve passenger flow and create more space, both on the platforms and in the Plaza above, the station upgrade included the renovation of its lifts, elevators and stairs, with the number of escalators set to be doubled.
As part of this and commissioned by BAM Infra Netherlands (Civic Region), in collaboration with Arcadis (from ProRail), Glasdesign was contracted to provide Schiphol Plaza with a new glass entrance to the underground station. As well as helping to create a brighter, open and more contemporary space when entering the station platforms, the glazed partitions also featured Pyroguard Protect fire safety glass to ensure the future safety and protection of rail passengers.
Pyroguard Protect is our range of toughened fire safety glass which provides integrity and heat insulation for 30 to 120 minutes (EW Classification) and 30 to 180 minutes (EI Classification). The solutions provide 1B1 impact classification offering high performing acoustic properties and UV stability.
Photography credit: David Rozemeyer
What the client said
We opted for Pyroguard Protect EI60/32-2 SWS, as this was the most suitable solution in terms of size, thickness and fire performance. Working with Pyroguard has been a smooth process from start to finish; their excellent technical support and great communication throughout were key to the project’s success.
Sander Pieters, CEO, Glasdesign