Elland Steel Structures Ltd has supplied the structural steelwork for a new aircraft maintenance hangarat Exeter International Airport. The building will be used for maintaining various aircraft for the airline FlyBe.com

The roof structure includes fabricated roof trusses which span 68 metres, are 5 metres in depth and weigh 44 tonnes each, the longest ever produced by the company. The lifting into position of the steel trusses had to be carefully engineered and pre-planned to ensure their safe erection and to adhere to the fast track on-site programme for this type of structure. Two 100 tonne Grove Cranes were used for the main truss lift with a 35 tonne Kato lifting the bracings to safely tie the trusses together