{"id":102133,"date":"2021-11-23T10:59:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T10:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=102133"},"modified":"2021-11-23T10:59:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T10:59:56","slug":"hs2-main-station-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/hs2-main-station-box\/102133\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction begins on main station box at HS2 Old Oak Common"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Work has begun on the 850m-long main station box at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs2.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HS2\u2019s<\/a> Old Oak Common station, as concrete frame and substructure specialist, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expandedltd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Expanded<\/a>, started on site<\/h2>\n<p>Expanded has been appointed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.balfourbeatty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Balfour Beatty<\/a>, VINCI SYSTRA joint venture (BBVS), HS2\u2019s Station Construction Partner responsible for the construction of the new HS2 Old Oak Common Station to deliver the main station box.<\/p>\n<h3>The Main Station Box<\/h3>\n<p>The station box is a reinforced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/shift-to-net-zero-concrete\/100286\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">concrete structure<\/a> that will form the frame and base for the HS2 station building.<\/p>\n<p>Once complete, Old Oak Common station is set to be the best connected and largest new railway station ever built in the UK in a single stage, becoming one of the country\u2019s most vital transport super hubs.<\/p>\n<p>Permanent construction for the station began in June 2021, as transport secretary Grant Shapps, gave the heads up to signal the start of works.<\/p>\n<p>The main construction of the 850m-long station box began on 27 October, and will excavate 20m below ground level, removing 690,000 cubic metres of clay, before placing 32,000 tonnes of steel and pouring 190,000 cubic tonnes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/construction-technology-news\/coins-grand-challenge-2\/101180\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reinforced concrete<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The form of excavation known as \u201ctop down\u201d construction allows the ground floor slab to be constructed initially with a series of mole holes allowing access for the large excavators to remove the earth from within.<\/p>\n<p>The construction of the box at the east of the site allows the tunnel boring machines (TBM) to be launched towards Euston.<\/p>\n<p>Work to build the station will provide 2,300 jobs, and act as a catalyst for the UK\u2019s largest regeneration project in the Old Oak and Park Royal area.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018A key milestone for Old Oak Common\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>HS2\u2019s deputy project client for Old Oak Common station, Rob Avery, said: \u201cThe start of work on the gigantic station box structure is a key milestone for the team at Old Oak Common.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWork is progressing well on site and we are pleased that Expanded have now joined us on site as the programme continues to move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once complete, Old Oak Common station will have 14 platforms and allow a mixture of six high speed and eight conventional service platforms.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018\u2019Utilising our modular bridges capabilities\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Expanded business unit leader, Peter Lyons also commented: \u201cThe award of this contract builds on our extensive experience in the rail sector, especially in London and will see us work on another HS2 project where we have previously delivered bridges utilising our modular bridges capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to be joining forces with the Balfour Beatty, VINCI, SYSTRA joint venture in delivering the main station box. We began pre-construction works in May and the team are pleased to have now started this mammoth task.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018State-of-the-art HS2 station building\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA Project Director Nigel Russell added: \u201cWe are pleased to be working with Expanded on the delivery of the station box, which represents an integral part of Old Oak Common Station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reinforced concrete box will form the frame and base for the new state-of-the-art HS2 station building as well as the six underground high-speed platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work has begun on the 850m-long main station box at HS2\u2019s Old Oak Common station, as concrete frame and substructure specialist, Expanded, started on site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[811,676,473,928],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-102133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-concrete","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-hs2","10":"tag-rail-network"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Construction begins on main station box at HS2 Old Oak Common<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Work has begun on the 850m-long main station box at HS2\u2019s Old Oak Common station, as concrete frame and substructure specialist, Expanded, started on site\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/hs2-main-station-box\/102133\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Construction begins on main station box at HS2 Old Oak Common\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Work has begun on the 850m-long main station box at HS2\u2019s Old Oak Common station, as concrete frame and substructure specialist, Expanded, started on site\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/hs2-main-station-box\/102133\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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