New Terminal Sets Seismic Safety Record With 300 Isolators

11/04/2009

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Claimed as the world’s largest seismicly isolated building, Istanbul, Turkey’s new 200,000-sq-meter Sabiha Gökçen International Airport terminal opened at the end of October. Designed for a 7.5 to 8.0 moment magnitude quake and built in just 18 months, the roughly $600-million terminal sits on 300 isolators, according to lead designer Arup Group Ltd. Construction was by the locally based LIMAK–GMR Joint Venture.

New Terminal Sets Seismic Safety Record With 300 Isolators

Photo: Arup Group

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