On CNN: inflatable hangars

Aviation infrastructure projects have very long planning and construction cycles…but, what if you could build them in a matter of hours?

Picture: Buildair

Buildair is a company based in Barcelona that specializes in large scale inflatable hangars. Some of them are so large that they can fit an Airbus A330 airliner inside, and the firm is already working on a model that could even accommodate an A380!

On this CNN article I explore this fascinating technology that provides a flexible and quick way to build new airport facilities pretty much on demand and how the same principles that make inflatable hangars possible have applications in other areas of civil engineering.

Check it out here: “How the world’s largest inflatable hangar was built”