Project Update News

The construction of Chinatown Station is underway following the Sequential Excavation Method (SEM). The SEM structures are being constructed in bedrock of the Franciscan Complex (sandstone, shale and melange) and the Colma Formation (dense sand with interbedded stiff clay).

Bank Station Capacity Upgrade has now reached the point everyone has been working for – construction of the shaft and tunnel works using sprayed concrete lining (SCL).

As part of the design team selected by Transport for London to progress the design for the Holborn Station Capacity Upgrade, Dr. Sauer & Partners completed the Feasibility and Pre-Concept Study in early 2015.

Construction works for San Francisco’s Central Subway Project to create a modern light rail line has been under way since 2013. Dr. Sauer & Partners forms part of the SEM (Sequential Excavation Method) construction works for the Chinatown station which started in May this year.

As part of the Bank Station Capacity Upgrade (BSCU) Project Dr Sauer & Partners has been appointed to carry out the assessment of ground movements induced by the excavation of new underground works on the existing LU civil assets, tracks and lifts & escalators.

Since our update in October last year, the works for the Confederation line in Ottawa have moved on significantly. The project is on schedule for 2018 and apparently, unless you are living directly on top of it, the activity below ground could go unnoticed.

Start of SCL construction is imminent as Dr. Sauer & Partners submit Arthur Street Construction Shaft Design to LU for Compliance. In parallel DLR Sprayed Concrete Lining (SCL) temporary works designs have evolved.

Tunnelling works in Bond Street Station are now almost complete. The Southern tunnels were delivered in September 2015 and 30% of the Northern tunnels have already been handed over to the fit out team. 

After the completion of the Feasibility and Pre-Concept Study the project has now entered the Concept Design stage. Dr. Sauer & Partners is part of the design team selected by Transport for London to progress the design into the next stage.

As our work comes to an end on the Farringdon Crossrail project, some of our Partners: Gerald Skalla, Thomas Schwind and Christian Karner paid a visit to the construction site.