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PROJECT NEWS | NASC YEARBOOK 2012
CRASH DECKS AND ACCESS FOR SCOTTISH STATION
Waverley Station, Edinburgh NASC member: ThyssenKrupp Palmers Ltd Main contractor: Balfour Beatty
waverley station, edinburgh’s main railroad station, is used by over 23m passengers each year. ThyssenKrupp Palmers Ltd is providing several crash decks and scaffolding access solutions to facilitate the refurbishment works for the Edinburgh Waverley Station Phase 2 Renewals project. The station renewal is broken
into various work packages including all utilities and electrical provisions, aesthetic refurbishment and building fabric upgrades. The station was first opened in 1846 and was rebuilt between
1892 and 1902. The station is in central Edinburgh, adjacent to the internationally-famous Princes Street and Edinburgh Castle.
One of the key tasks for principal contractor Balfour Beatty is the installation of 28,000 panes of glass, replacing the old wired glass as part of the process to re-admit daylight to the station. The work is being performed in several stages over a period of three years and also involves the renovation of the entrances, the entrance hall and building facades of the station.
NIGHT TIME ERECTION ESSENTIAL TO SPEEDY RESULT
South Kensington Underground Station,
London NASC member: Pro Access Scaffolding Ltd Main contractor: Murphy Ltd
the scaffold was erected for Murphy Ltd at South Kensington Station as part of the Power Upgrade of the London Underground Circle, District and Metropolitan lines. It was erected during night time track possessions, giving a window of three hours a night to erect the scaffold. The requirement was to supply a hoarding to screen the works being carried out adjacent to the westbound line heading into South Kensington Station.
Due to the close proximity of the track, London Underground had raised concerns about falling debris and people working close to the track distracting the train drivers. ProAccess was asked to submit a proposal and came up with the idea of using a system scaffold to speed up the process at night. The company showed the customer the Layher Protect System and put forward a proposal to use the system
ThyssenKrupp Palmers Ltd is
working with Balfour Beatty to design and develop innovative access solutions. The scaffold team, led by David Crabtree of ThyssenKrupp Palmers Ltd, is providing scaffolding structures that are technically challenging – covering approximately 30,000m2
on plan and enabling
this large-scale project to be executed above busy public areas which has a throughput in
excess of 64,000 passengers a day. ThyssenKrupp Palmers Ltd has provided complex access solutions for similar projects at Paddington, St Pancras and Waterloo Stations, demonstrating that innovation is a key factor when executing large-scale projects in busy public areas with minimum interference to the day-to-day workings of the stations.
to create a narrow-width scaffold. The protect panels had to be painted London Underground Blue to stop glare from the panels distracting the drivers and to comply with LU hoardings criteria. The scaffold is supported at high level with 450mm deep
beams spanning from the screen across to the station building. The beams are then fixed to the building using resin anchors. The customer is very pleased with the screen, leading to ProAccess winning further work with Murphy Ltd on other London Underground sites.
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