I was told by someone who works for a large facility maintenance company there were major structural / engineering issues uncovered, and it was closed due to safety concerns. They weren’t working on the project, so not sure if it’s true but does make sense when you consider it closed quickly and without warnings.
Either way, there isn’t much if any work happening on it, and I am at the airport a couple of times a month.
A quick search with Google reveals the following news from SydneyAirport's website:
"Sydney Airport has today (16 Feb 2023) announced that it will demolish and redevelop its P1 domestic car park which, at 54-years-old, has reached the end of its useful life.
The demolition of P1 is expected to be complete by mid-2024, with work underway on development plans for the P1 site. Sydney Airport will use the redevelopment of the P1 site as a catalyst for improving the experience for customers and operators in the precinct."
Last editedby Phil Young at Sep 18, 2023, 08:32 AM.
I heard from the rental car shuttle driver that they had to shut down the building due to concrete cancer on the building. They apparently didn't have a redevelopment plan in place when they had to shut the building.
Last editedby Forever_red at Sep 18, 2023, 01:36 PM.
Sort of thing you expect when someone has a very comfortable and entrenched monopoly. No incentive to invest, let infrastructure degrade. An indifference to the customer experience.
This goes so far at Sydney Airport it often feels like an outright hostility to passengers, as anyone who’s tried to pick up a friend or family member can attest.
I suspect the cabbies are pretty happy about this, but the car rental companies would be furious. This is massively inconveniencing them, adding to their costs, and driving their customers away. I’m much more likely to get a cab to and from airport on a work trip now, as the shuttle bus adventure is just too time consuming and unpredictable if I’m in on a tight schedule (which I nearly always am on work trips).
And for family and leisure trips it even makes me somewhat less likely to choose Sydney as a destination in the first place. I say this as someone who spent the first 27 years of my life there and whose extended family are mostly all still there.
I heard from the rental car shuttle driver that they had to shut down the building due to concrete cancer on the building. They apparently didn't have a redevelopment plan in place when they had to shut the building.
Last editedby Forever_red at Sep 18, 2023, 01:36 PM.
It's this. Detected concrete cancer and it was shut down soon after. And they hadn't had any approved redevelopment plans, so they basically have to start from scratch.
FlyAway
FlyAway
Member since 24 Apr 2019
Total posts 18
Hi Forum,
Does anyone know why P1 was suddenly closed last year and it looks like limited if any work has taken place since?
Seems strange for such a critical piece of infrastructure?
Thanks
Ff84
Ff84
QFF
Member since 03 Apr 2016
Total posts 12
I was told by someone who works for a large facility maintenance company there were major structural / engineering issues uncovered, and it was closed due to safety concerns. They weren’t working on the project, so not sure if it’s true but does make sense when you consider it closed quickly and without warnings.
Either way, there isn’t much if any work happening on it, and I am at the airport a couple of times a month.
Phil Young
Phil Young
Qantas
Member since 22 Oct 2012
Total posts 253
A quick search with Google reveals the following news from SydneyAirport's website:
"Sydney Airport has today (16 Feb 2023) announced that it will demolish and redevelop its P1 domestic car park which, at 54-years-old, has reached the end of its useful life.
The demolition of P1 is expected to be complete by mid-2024, with work underway on development plans for the P1 site. Sydney Airport will use the redevelopment of the P1 site as a catalyst for improving the experience for customers and operators in the precinct."
Forever_red
Forever_red
Member since 15 Dec 2017
Total posts 5
I heard from the rental car shuttle driver that they had to shut down the building due to concrete cancer on the building. They apparently didn't have a redevelopment plan in place when they had to shut the building.
thelongroad
thelongroad
Member since 14 Nov 2015
Total posts 54
Sort of thing you expect when someone has a very comfortable and entrenched monopoly. No incentive to invest, let infrastructure degrade. An indifference to the customer experience.
This goes so far at Sydney Airport it often feels like an outright hostility to passengers, as anyone who’s tried to pick up a friend or family member can attest.
I suspect the cabbies are pretty happy about this, but the car rental companies would be furious. This is massively inconveniencing them, adding to their costs, and driving their customers away. I’m much more likely to get a cab to and from airport on a work trip now, as the shuttle bus adventure is just too time consuming and unpredictable if I’m in on a tight schedule (which I nearly always am on work trips).
And for family and leisure trips it even makes me somewhat less likely to choose Sydney as a destination in the first place. I say this as someone who spent the first 27 years of my life there and whose extended family are mostly all still there.
PCHammond
PCHammond
Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
Member since 24 Aug 2017
Total posts 22
Originally Posted by Forever_red
I heard from the rental car shuttle driver that they had to shut down the building due to concrete cancer on the building. They apparently didn't have a redevelopment plan in place when they had to shut the building.
FlyAway
FlyAway
Member since 24 Apr 2019
Total posts 18
Thanks everyone - seems like it’s going be sometime before we see a re-opening