On March 18, 2008, the sliding door of A380 hangar project was completed, which was constructed by Shenyang Baotong Door Co., LTD. With almost the rapidest construction speed, Ameco A380 hangar set up series of construction records. Integrated lifting of roof truss 352.6 meters long and 114.5 meters wide only took 9 days, and the integrated lifting of 16 hangar door leafs which totally 350.2 meters wide and 27 meters high and with daylighting materials on them only took 5 days. As introduced by Shenyang Baotong Door Co., Ltd, the door constructor, Ameco A380 hangar door is the presently biggest steel sliding door in China, and world-advanced computer models of the door have been built up during the design stage to ensure the structure stability, all the materials have been fully prefabricated before delivered to site, thus only bolt connection are needed on site, which ensured the high-quality of the final product. Locates at north of new Terminal 3 of Beijing Airport, Ameco A380 hangar will accommodate all Boeing and Airbus series aircraft including A380, the present biggest aircraft in the world.
