As a result of ongoing expansion, with the ultimate goal to transform Lisbon Portela into a four runway airport capable of hosting over 40 million people a year, a new airport control centre was built. The centre houses a number of servers and computers that control most of the airport facilities, such as tracking lights, maintaining the gates, plane parking and the elevators. The previous control centre housed all of its computers and equipment in the same room. In addition, each machine had its own keyboard and mouse which presented ergonomic and efficiency challenges to the team as well as restrictions in operations. Therefore, one of the main requirements of the new control centre was for individual staff members to control this equipment remotely, using only one keyboard and/ or mouse with a choice in the number of monitors.

The new control room now features ergonomic workspaces with staff being able to efficiently control a number of different machines and systems from a single workstation with a single keyboard and mouse. The computers have been centrally located away from the operators improving environmental conditions and security.