Farringdon Station Case Study
Complex Underpinning of Grade II listed 1865 London Underground Station
Following the design development and procurement process over two years, Abbey Pynford Foundation Systems were recently awarded the complex underpinning of the Grade II listed 1865 London Underground station buildings.
The works were undertaken to support the main Station Facade to Farringdon Station for Newtwork Rail as part of the Thameslink upgrade project.
Abbey Pynford's expert in house design team used cutting edge finite element techniques to analyse the structure
| Scope of works: | Complex structural support & underpinning of Grade II Listed LUL station buildings |
| Date & Duration of Project: | 11 months commencing Jan 2011 |
| Approx Value: | £0.9m |
| Main Contractor: | Joint Venture - Costain & Laing O'Rourke |
Much of the work took place only a few centimeters directly above the overhead power lines and over the live Thameslink railway.
One Large Pynford beam was installed just beneath the main station entrance used by 1.7 million passengers per year.
For Further Details and Full Case Study see the pdf below:
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| Farringdon Station Actual.pdf | 1.04 MB |
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