The MACE Dragados Joint Venture (MDJV), the contractor of the Curzon Street Station of the HS2, is preparing for a significant increase in construction activity in 2025. This is the beginning of a number of large contract prices for the Birmingham flagship station.
MPB Structures, a specialist for civil engineering based in Birmingham, has ensured the contract for the construction of the substructure foundation. This phase is followed by the ongoing grants of Keltbray, in which 2,000 concrete piles are installed to support the foundations of the station.
From January 2025, a team of approximately 140 MPB employees will start working on the complicated substructure. Her tasks include excavation of 65,000 cubic meters of earth, with around 17,000 cubic meters of concrete being used to install 417 pile caps and over 4,700 tons of reinforcement steel for the ground rays of the station are included.
In addition, the team will develop the new concrete structures waterproof, develop the drainage network inside and around the train station and build damping tissues to store rainwater that are recycled for use within the ward as soon as it becomes in operation.
Patrick Boyle, board director and business owner, said MPB Structures:
“We are pleased to have secured this prestigious contract about the Curzon Street station. Our business has a long and rich history that is about successfully delivering important projects for important customers in Birmingham and in the other West Midlands.
“We are obliged for this project and the opportunity to support and deliver a significant social promise of value for MDJV and HS2.”
“In addition to local employment, one of our main efforts is to create placements and unemployed jobs so that the locals build on other successes, which we in this arena with the ambition of West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker in connection with 20,000 jobs and possibilities within the mayor Build, build up. Region.”
Gerard Smith, skills and head of employment at MDJV, said:
“We want to offer the local opportunities to join the team while the work increases the station building program. In this work phase there will be two internships per month, including training courses that are offered for the duration of the nine -month contract. We will give successful placements per month to work on after completing employment. “
In the coming months, additional orders will be awarded for the construction of the construction of the Curzon Street Station. This phase comprises the construction of the floor slab, the staircase, the stairs and the pillars of the train station to support the viaducts, bring the trains to the train station. The viaducts are constructed using concrete bars before the case on site to optimize time and space on site.
A further order for the facade, walls and glazing of the station is then assigned. The design of the station will be completed next year and focuses on details such as the roof and the internal equipment.
The Curzon Street Station is ready to become a main goal and a lively departure point in the new high-speed railway network in Great Britain. It offers excellent connectivity to Eastside and Digbeth and promotes a broader regeneration by linking the learning and creative quarters, new living developments and the city center.
The station will offer seamless connections to the local transport network, including buses and Midland Metro, with a tram line next to and under the train station. In addition, new public spaces are created, including two squares and a promenade.
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