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Overview >> Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - from groundbreaking ceremony to key handover

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Key event: Accompanied by Brandenburg’s Minister President Matthias Platzeck (on the left), Messe Berlin CEO Raimund Hosch (in the middle) hands BDLI CEO Dietmar Schrick (on the right) the symbolic key to open ExpoCenter Airport Berlin Brandenburg. From 11 to 16 September the German Aerospace Industries Association, the first customer on the new grounds, will hold ILA 2012 (3 July 2012) (No. 254)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - key handover: Messe Berlin CEO Raimund Hosch (3 July 2012) (No. 252)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - key handover: Dietmar Schrick, President of BDLI (3. Juli 2012) (No. 250)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Messe Berlin- CEO Raimund Hosch (right), warmly welcomes Brandenburgs Prime Minister Matthias Platzeck (left) at the new exhibition grounds (3 July 2012) (No. 248)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport- Raimund Hosch, CEO Messe Berlin GmbH, Interview with RBB television (3 July 2012) (No. 246)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport- Wolfgang Reineck, an artist from neighbouring Waltersdorf, decorating the facade of ILA Hall 6 with images of the adjacent village of Selchow (3 July 2012) (No. 244)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – The press and conference centre for the ILA 2012 is being constructed on this site (25.6.2012) (No. 241)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – View inside Hall 4 (25.6.2012) (No. 239)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – A road is all that separates the exhibitors’ and press parking area from the exhibition grounds (25.6.2012) (No. 237)

The two executive officers of ExpoCenter Airport GmbH, Katrin Balensiefer and Dr. Rolf Strittmatter, during a site inspection (30 May 2012) (No. 230)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – View inside ILA Hall 4 with so-called sub-floor tanks for electricity, water and telecommunications (30 May 2012) (No. 224)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – View inside ILA Hall 4 with floor made of steel fibre concrete (30 May 2012) (No. 222)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – Brandenburg’s Minister of Economics Ralf Christoffers (yellow helmet) visits the construction site (2 May 2012) (No. 219)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Media interest in the progress of the construction work (2 May 2012) (No. 217)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Asphalt partially laid in front of Hall 2 (2 May 2012) (No. 215)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – Stormwater tank in front of Hall 4 (2 May 2012) (No. 213)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – Filming of the asphalt being laid on the site (2 May 2012) (No. 211)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – Asphalting work in front of Hall 2.2, on which the cladding work is almost complete (2 May 2012) (No. 209)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Floor tiles being laid in the sanitary area of Hall 6 (19 April 2012) (No. 204)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Sanitary installations at the head of Hall 6 (19 April 2012) (No. 202)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Shell of Hall 2 (19 April 2012) (No. 200)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – Head of Hall 6 (19 April 2012) (No. 198)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Spring on the construction site with view from the eastern side, looking towards permanent halls 2, 4 and 6 (19. April 2012) (No. 195)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - View from the eastern side of the site, looking towards permanent halls 2, 4 and 6 (19. April 2012) (No. 193)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - View of the inside of Hall 4 (19 April 2012) (No. 190)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - View of the inside of Hall 2 and of the static display area (19. April 2012) (No. 186)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Rolling the freshly laid asphalt (19 April 2012) (No. 174)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Construction site sign (19 April 2012) (No. 172)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - – Laying of asphalt to form roadways on outdoor display area (19 April 2012) (No. 170)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - External cladding of Hall 2 (19 April 2012) (No. 168)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Spreading of asphalt on outdoor display area (19 April 2012) (No. 166)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Delivery of crushed stone surfacing in front of Hall 2 (19 April 2012) (No. 164)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Delivery and laying of hot asphalt (19 April 2012) (No. 161)

At this point the Berlin ExpoCenter Airport arises (6 June 2011) (No. 154)

tree implemantation for the prospective Berlin ExpoCenter Airport (10 Aug 2011) (No. 152)

A joint effort was made by all at the symbolic groundbreaking ceremony on 18 August 2011, marking the beginning of construction of the new exhibition grounds at Berlin ExpoCenter Airport. From left to right: Dietmar Schrick, Chief Executive of the German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI); Raimund Hosch, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Messeimmobilien Selchow GmbH (MIS); Matthias Platzeck, Minister President of the Federal State of Brandenburg; Harald Wolf, Mayor of Berlin and Senator for Economics, Technology and Women’s Affairs. The new grounds directly adjacent to BER, the capital's new airport, are due to open in summer 2012 and among other events will host the International Aerospace Exhibition ILA. (18 Aug 2011) (No. 150)

Raimund Hosch, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Messeimmobilien Selchow GmbH (MIS), (18 Aug 2011) (No. 148)

Harald Wolf, Mayor of Berlin and Senator for Economics, Technology and Women’s Affairs (18 Aug 2011) (No. 146)

Currently still a “sandy desert”, this will soon be the 50,000 square-metre Static Display Area at ILA 2012. (25 Sep 2011) (No. 144)

Aerial view of Berlin ExpoCenter Airport (26 Aug. 2011) The silhouette of the new ILA grounds and its curving central boulevard, left in the foreground, are clearly visible. Levelling of the Static Display Area on the airport section is under way. In the background the BER construction site can be seen. Copyright: Günter Wicker / Ligatur (No. 142)

View inside ILA Hall 6. (20 February 2012) (No. 140)

Construction of the front building sections of ILA Hall 2. (20 Feb 2012) (No. 137)

The village of Selchow is screened from Berlin ExpoCenter Airport by a noise barrier on which climbing plants are growing. (24 February 2012) (No. 134)

The concrete foundations for the other halls have almost all been laid, well before the winter frost period begins, enabling erection of the reinforced concrete pillars to go ahead unaffected by the weather. (24 February 2012) (No. 132)

Planting creepers next to the noise barrier (19 December 2011) (No. 130)

Gravity-fed wastewater channel and duct (25 November 2011) (No. 128)

48,000 cubic metres of earth have already been shifted to create a level surface on the grounds. (25 November 2011) (No. 126)

Completed wastewater ducts (grey) and duct branches for drinking water (orange). (25 November 2011) (No. 124)

Construction of a sheeting wall behind which the ground level is lowered in the direction of the airport. (25 November 2011) (No. 122)

Construction measures preparing the ground for the new north bypass have already been completed. (25 November 2011) (No. 118)

Berlin ExpoCenter Aiport - key handover (from left to right): Prime Minister of Brandenburg Matthias Platzeck, Messe Berlin- CEO Raimund Hosch, BDLI President Dietmar Schrick (3 July 2012) (No. 253)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - key handover: Matthias Platzeck, Prime Minister of Brandenburg (3 July 2012) (No. 251)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - guests of honor (front row from left to right): Rainer Schwarz (BER Airport Manager), Dr. Christian Göke (COO Messe Berlin), Matthias Platzeck ( Prime Minister Brandenburg), Dietmar Schrick (President BDLI), Jörg Wichmann (Managing Director PANORAMA Berlin) (3 July 2012) (No. 249)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - from left to right: Dietmar Schrick (President of BDLI e. V.), Raimund Hosch (CEO Messe Berlin GmbH), Matthias Platzeck, (Prime Minister Brandenburg) (3 July 2012) (No. 247)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport: Photo opportunity at the the new exhibition grounds (3 July 2012) (No. 245)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – The artist Wolfgang Reineck decorating the façade of ILA Hall 6 (3 July 2012) (No. 243)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – The western entrance to the exhibition grounds is being constructed on this triangle of land (25.6.2012) (No. 240)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – View from the roof of Hall 6 at the ILA (25.6.2012) (No. 238)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – Laying a hard surface on the grounds (30 May 2012) (No. 231)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – Rainwater culverts (30 May 2012) (No. 229)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – Final stage of assembly work on front of ILA Hall 4 (30 May 2012) (No. 223)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Stormwater pond for supplying fire-fighting water (30 May 2012) (No. 220)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – Press photographers documenting the progress of the construction work (2 May 2012) (No. 218)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Installations in preparation for installation of the site fence (2 May 2012) (No. 216)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Stormwater gutter on the eastern side of the site (2 May 2012) (No. 214)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Installations for draining rainwater from the western part of the site (No. 212)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Asphalt has been laid on half of the western section of the site (2 May 2012) (No. 210)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport – Paving work in progress on the site (2 May 2012) (No. 208)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Partially asphalted open-air site on the western side of the exhibition grounds (19 April 2012) (No. 203)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Cooling system pipes in Hall 4 (19 April 2012) (No. 201)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Installation of ventilation pipes in Hall 4 (19 April 2012) (No. 199)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Information about the construction of the three permanent exhibition halls (19. April 2012) (No. 197)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Entrance area of Hall 4 (19 April 2012) (No. 194)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - partially asphalted outdoor display area, with permanent halls 2, 4, 6 in background (19 April 2012) (No. 192)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - View of the inside of Hall 6 (19 April 2012) (No. 188)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - View of the inside of Hall 2 and of the static display area (19. April 2012) (No. 182)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Attaching the ceiling lights in Hall 4 (19 April 2012) (No. 173)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Building work in progress on the western side of the exhibition grounds (19 April 2012) (No. 171)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - External cladding at the head of Hall 2 (19 April 2012) (No. 169)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Spreading of crushed stone surfacing (19 April 2012) (No. 167)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Laying of asphalt on outdoor display area (19 April 2012) (No. 165)

Berlin ExpoCenter Airport - Delivery of crushed stone surfacing (19 April 2012) (No. 163)

ILA 2012 - Berlin ExpoCenter Airport (19 March 2012) (No. 157)

tree implementation (10 Aug 2011) (No. 153)

A joint effort was made by all at the symbolic groundbreaking ceremony on 18 August 2011, marking the beginning of construction of the new exhibition grounds at Berlin ExpoCenter Airport. From left to right: Raimund Hosch, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Messeimmobilien Selchow GmbH (MIS); Matthias Platzeck, Minister President of the Federal State of Brandenburg; Dietmar Schrick, Chief Executive of the German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI). Harald Wolf, Mayor of Berlin and Senator for Economics, Technology and Women’s Affairs. The new grounds directly adjacent to BER, the capital's new airport, are due to open in summer 2012 and among other events will host the International Aerospace Exhibition ILA. (18 Aug 2011) (No. 151)

A cake modelled on the new ILA exhibition grounds makes everything worthwhile at the ceremony marking the beginning of construction at Berlin ExpoCenter Airport. From left to right.: Dietmar Schrick, Chief Executive of the German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI) Raimund Hosch, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Messeimmobilien Selchow GmbH (MIS); Harald Wolf, Mayor of Berlin and Senator for Economics, Technology and Women’s Affairs; Matthias Platzeck, Minister President of the Federal State of Brandenburg); Harald Siegle, Head of Real Estate Management, Berlin Flughäfen. The new grounds directly adjacent to BER, the capital's new airport, are due to open in the summer of 2012 and among other events will host the International Aerospace Exhibition ILA. (18 Aug 2011) (No. 149)

Matthias Platzeck, Minister President of the Federal State of Brandenburg (18 Aug 2011) (No. 147)

Dietmar Schrick, Chief Executive of the German Aerospace Industries Association (BDLI), (18 Aug 2011) (No. 145)

ILA Static Display Area: Moving drainage pipes. (25. Sep 2011) (No. 143)

A thaw in the weather at Berlin ExpoCenter Airport: one can already see the staggered arrangement of the permanent ILA Halls 2, 4 and 6.(20. February 2012) (No. 141)

View inside ILA Hall 4. (20 February 2012) (No. 139)

Water, electricity and communication lines on the future exhibition grounds at Berlin ExpoCenter Airport have already been laid down. (20 Feb 2012) (No. 136)

Construction of an exhibition hall at Berlin ExpoCenter Airport. In the foreground can be seen the connections for the rainwater drainage system, an above-ground hydrant and roadways made of recycled asphalt for the construction vehicles. (24 February 2012) (No. 133)

The first hall of Berlin ExpoCenter Airport is being constructed here: with some 80 reinforced concrete pillars surrounding an area of around 6,500 square metres. (24 February 2012) (No. 131)