At the Port of Southampton, a new cruise terminal has been built by the British construction company Brymor Construction Limited. The impressive roof structure consists of 222 partially curved glulam beams which measure up to 37 m in length, 160 mm in width, and 1,400 mm in height. A key success factor for the overall sustainable and energy efficient approach all project participants held high was the high degree of off-site fabrication of timber components delivered to site as well as the holistic logistics approach with just-in-time deliveries to the construction site in Southampton. Especially the high degree of pre-construction works make this project work logistically as well as the preassembling of steel parts already at the factory in Kleinheubach, Germany has hugely benefited the quick and efficient assembly on site. Therefore, it has been possible to reduce time on site and take full advantage of the off-site approach building with timber offers.

From a HESS TIMBER point of view this project is another milestone in the UK project history of megastructures after the successful execution of the Waste to Energy Plant in Leeds back in 2015, which is with 42 m in height to date still one of the largest glulam projects in the UK.