Millcroft has successfully won the second phase of a £multi million contract to provide temporary works infrastructure, acoustic and public protection screens, and all required access and containment solutions to support Skanska in delivering the enabling works at London Euston; to facilitate the construction of the new HS2 Euston Station.
We were chosen by main contractor, Skanska, after the success of our work on phase one, which will be completed over the next few months. The complex and competitive tender process, based on technical and qualitative questions and commercial scoring, saw us succeed against strong competition from multi-regional and nationwide competitors.
The enabling works, which will take place within the current Euston station, include platform containment screens that will run the length of three platforms at a height of 8m. The screens will be clad with system modular acoustic panels, and have been designed for optimum crowd loadings to provide a safety barrier between public areas and the work site. The temporary screens will be secured at their head to permanent steel beams and weighted using kentledge and bolted embedment options.
Our team will also erect large birdcage structures over the live site offices, and protection decks over the back-room areas to ensure day-to-day ‘business as usual’ running of the station can take place during the removal of the roof structure.
Scaffold will be installed to accommodate other contractors on site at the occupied station, which is the sixth busiest in the UK. This will require a meticulously planned scheme of works to ensure the installation can be carried out safely 24-hour hours a day, and within organised block possessions. Millcroft will adhere to stringent protocols once the scaffold protection is in place to ensure safe and effective enabling works can be carried out above live platforms.
Our skilled scaffold operatives will not only be working to deploy the scaffold, but we will also have a dedicated managerial team and backroom staff on site throughout the works. On the encapsulation screens, we have opted for a solid scaffold system containment panel, manufactured by Layher, ensuring no single use plastic materials will be used, as part of their commitment to sustainability.
Billy Jones, Managing Director at Millcroft said: “We are delighted to have won the second phase in what is such a prestigious project. The rail industry is one of the specialist sectors where we can build on our core discipline of expertise in infrastructure-based works. Our experience in rail means we are equipped to answer the specific requirements as we work collaboratively with the client to offer a robust and specialist installation.
“This project strengthens our HS2 division, with the works being designed by our in-house technical team. This two-year programme will deliver core elements of one of the highest profile rail projects the UK has ever embarked upon.”
