Tony Meadows Associates
Tony Meadows Associates provides architectural design and technical development services to support the emergence and delivery of transport infrastructure tma
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Tony Meadows Associates provides architectural design and technical development services to support the emergence and delivery of transport infrastructure. We have been exclusively committed to the design of transport infrastructure since 1986, and are the only architectural design practice with this pedigree.
We are based in Central London with ready access to our clients, our sub-consultants, the services we require to operate and the authorities that approve our work.
We comprise architects and planners with unparalleled experience in the development of transport infrastructure, with skills in construction planning and design management, and with proven reliability in the transport industry’s approvals processes.
We have a long-term relationship with our sub-consultant supply chain and the major engineering companies in the sector, allowing us to rapidly compile and deliver a bespoke multi-disciplinary service to transport infrastructure projects.
We are currently rolling out several transport projects as design team leaders and coordinators in the emerging world of Building Information Management, having been at the forefront of computing in design since our inception.
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Services
Design Services Delivery Services
Scope Development and Peer Reviews Design Team Appointment & Leadership Design Strategies & Programming Multi-Disciplinary Design Management Feasibility Studies Reference Design and Reviews Multi-Disciplinary Concept Development Project BIM Data Optioneering and Benefits Analysis Detail Design Documentation Building Information Management Environmental Sustainability Risk Assessments & Mitigation Maintenance Strategies Value Engineering Approvals Documentation Operational Strategies & Planning Assurance Management User Simulation Studies Production Documentation Construction Methodologies Scheduling & Specification Project Cost Estimation and Control Construction Programming Sector Compliance & Approvals Construction Tender Support Third Party Consultation Site Support Visualisations & Animations Specialist Sub-Contractor Interface Reporting & Presentation As-Built Data
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Clients
Airports UK London Borough of Islington British Airports Authority London Borough of Lewisham Balfour Beatty London Buses Berkeley Homes London Underground Birse Metro Metronet British Airports Services Limited Mott Macdonald British Rail Network SouthEast Network Rail British Rail Property Board Network SouthEast British Rail Southern Region Railtrack plc British Rail Thameslink Railtrack Property Canary Wharf Group Railtrack Southern Zone Canary Wharf Contractors Regional Railways Centro • West Midlands PTE Scott Wilson Connex South Central South West Trains Cross London Rail Links Strategic Rail Authority Docklands Light Railway Taylor Woodrow Construction East Coast Mainline Tesco Developments/Spenhill Go-Ahead Thameslink 2000 Heathrow Airport Limited Transport for London: Interchanges Kier Group plc Transport for London: London Rail Kings Cross Hub Transport for London: Major Projects London Borough of Greenwich Tube Lines London Borough of Haringey Volker Fitzpatrick
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Dalston ISLINGTON Junction CAMDEN Hackney
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Crossrail 2 Programme
Crossrail 2 (Current, £20Bn)
A Mott MacDonald Tony Meadows Associates team is developing The detail of the project is developing from lessons being learned proposals for a new rail scheme crossing beneath London from on the current Crossrail programme. The tunnelling form is similar the South West to North East, with interchange and dispersal at and yet twice as long, and there are twelve underground stations, the main rail termini. compared with Crossrail’s eight.
Previously referred to as the Chelsea Hackney Line, the proposed TMA has developed designs for the new stations based on a tunnel alignment now runs from Wimbledon to New Southgate common station layout that includes two platform tunnels with a and Tottemham Hale, with major interchange stations at Clapham central concourse and shafts at each end to house station services. Junction, Victoria, Tottenham Court Road and Euston St Pancras. A layout of a generic station has been prepared and adapted for each station, while the interchange requirements make each The project is being delivered by Transport for London and station unique in its final form. Network Rail, and initially compared two options; a Metro Scheme - similar to the Victoria Line - and a Regional Scheme similar in TMA has recently presented preliminary designs for the stations function to the current Crossrail programme. to all London Boroughs that benefit from the proposal and, with public consultation now underway, the updated safeguarding The Regional Scheme has since been identified as the favoured provisions are about to be presented by the Secretary of State. option, with onward connections employing Network Rail infrastructure and providing main line capacity at Waterloo and Liverpool Street.
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Crossrail 1 Programme
Old Oak Common Depot (2013) Crossrail Outer Stations (Current, £100M)
Working as part of the Siemens/Volker Fitzpatrick joint venture Achieving a common look and feel throughout the Crossrail bid team, TMA provided lead design co-ordination for the Crossrail network is fundamental to passengers’ perception of the quality of depot and sidings. service provided by the new service. TMA is developing proposals for Rail for London to ensure the outlying stations are in keeping Canary Wharf (2009, £500M) with the high standard to be set by the new central stations, and
TMA were appointed by Canary Wharf to value engineer the CLRL to achieve a strong brand presence throughout. reference design and to develop an architecture that reflects the high quality environment for which Canary Wharf is renowned. The outer stations include Romford, Seven Kings, Forest Gate, Manor Park, Maryland, Brentwood, Gidea Park, Goodmayes,
Woolwich (2009, £112M) Hanwell, Harold Wood, Iver, Taplow, West Drayton, Langley, Hayes and Harlington, Burnham, Chadwell Heath, Ilford and Southall. As an adjunct to our work at Canary Wharf, TMA assisted London Borough of Greenwich in persuading the government to include Each station is being appraised to determine the scope of Woolwich station in the hybrid bill submission. We provided enhancements required, from the provision of step-free access, station planning expertise to develop a cost effective solution fully ticket hall enhancements, platform works, new signage and integrated with an over-site development and the private funding secondary revenue. stream this enabled.
Bond Street (2004, £220M)
TMA and Mott Macdonald value engineered earlier schemes to minimise cost and construction complexity while introducing current best-practice station design and planning.
Watford (2004)
The potential for Crossrail to link with the main line services at Watford Junction. Working with the rail engineers at Scott Wilson, TMA investigated the required change at each of the stations on route, including the design of a multi-level interchange at Willesden Junction.
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Bakerloo Line Extension
In the 1930s powers were granted to extend the Bakerloo line With the omission of Honor Oak Park, the four remaining tunnel south to Camberwell Green. The planned works never came to route options selected for study connected Elephant & Castle fruition and the only use made of these powers was to extend the station with Catford Bridge via the following new Section 12 sidings at Elephant & Castle. stations;
Although the plans were revived in the 1950s, no work was carried Route 1 - Old Kent Road : New Cross Gate : Lewisham out on the grounds of cost. Another attempt to revive the plans Route 2 - Camberwell : Peckham Rye : New Cross Gate : Lewisham was made in the 1970s, this time proposing an extension to Peck- Route 3 - Camberwell : Peckham Rye : Brockley : Lewisham ham Rye, but again the proposals were not progressed. Route 4 - Camberwell : Peckham Rye : Brockley
The Mott MacDonald Tony Meadows Associates Feasibility Study The four running tunnel alignments are such that the same station of 2007 considers an extension of the Bakerloo line from Elephant orientation and configuration at each site accommodates all four & Castle to two termini at Beckenham Junction and Hayes (Kent). route options. Each station has a different internal configuration Trains are planned to serve both termini. and all six have been developed in outline to establish the spatial requirements. Route Development
At the start of the review four route options were identified, Station Location & Design connecting new stations at Burgess Park, Old Kent Road, Peckham The Bakerloo South London Corridor requires three types of Rye, New Cross, Lewisham, Brockley, Honor Oak Park, Ladywell station design: and Catford. • potential enhancements to existing Bakerloo line stations to accommodate the increased flows; An early examination of the local urban centres, the available sites, • adaptations to existing Network Rail stations on the the tunnel alignments and the interchange potential adjusted overground sections to accommodate the rolling stock and this list to include Camberwell in place of Burgess Park and New LUL station and systems standards; Cross Gate in place of New Cross. Honor Oak Park was omitted • new Section 12 stations along the new tunnelled sections. due to the consequent difficulty of alignment at Catford. Ladywell was not developed, partly due to the absence of available sites The Mott MacDonald Tony Meadows Associates preliminary and partly to the selection of Lewisham as the preferred portal design concentrates on defining the location and layout of the location. new Section 12 stations, to assist in defining the best route options to take forward to the next stage of development.
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Sydney Metro Programme
Sydney Metro (2010, $8Bn)
The Sydney Metro project is to deliver a new underground In advance of the IMO contract tender, a Reference Scheme had metro system from Rozelle to Central Station beneath Sydney’s been developed that included a design and specification to define Central Business District. The Sydney Metro Authority required the level of quality and functionality anticipated from the bidding an Integrated Metro Operations (IMO) contract comprising the teams. Over the course of the 6-month bid period, the consortium design and construction of station fit-outs and systems, permanent developed the Reference Scheme, enhanced the proposed way, rolling stock and maintenance depot, plus operation and solutions for design and operations, and put forward a proposal maintenance of the system over a 35-year concession. for a world class design for the Metro, while fulfilling the Sydney Metro Authority aspiration for a high value, operationally robust In May 2009, TMA were invited to support the joint venture of and cost effective transport system. Laing O’Rourke, Bombardier and Serco, a team that was successful in being selected as one of only two tenderers to develop TMA led the design and planning of the seven Stations - Central, proposals and submit a bid for the IMO contract. Our role within Town Hall, Martin Place, Barangaroo Wynyard, Pyrmont, Rozelle the consortium was that of Station Architects and Planners, a role & White Bay - incorporating common design elements to achieve that incorporated inter-disciplinary coordination across the three an economy of scale and consistency of appearance that would main parties to the Met One joint venture. be legible to passengers. Many of the stations were connecting to existing rail assets, requiring a bespoke approach and design that would integrate seamlessly with the existing infrastructure.
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Thameslink 2000 Programme
Borough Viaduct (1995-2002, £35M) Cannon Street Curve (2000)
The Thameslink Programme relies on increased train paths Proceedings at Southward Cathedral are affected by the wheel through the historic Borough Market. Our new viaduct and bridge squeal of the trains into Cannon Street station. As part of the is noted by the TWA Inspector as ‘a dramatic, landmark structure Thameslink programme, TMA and Atkins developed a viaduct which, by its unique design, would add to the sense of place’. barrier that is acoustically effective and visually sympathetic.
Farringdon (1995-2002, £50M) Union Street Bridge (1997)
The Farringdon project provides longer platforms for the 12-car Prior to the works at New Cross, Borough Viaduct was to carry the Thameslink services, a new station building shared with Crossrail Thameslink service, requiring the Thameslink tracks to the west of and improved interchange facilities within the listed London Borough Market to cross the Charing Cross lines onto Blackfriars Underground station. bridge. Our Union Street viaduct and flyover calls for wholesale redevelopment of the light industrial zone between Union Street
Borough Market (1995-2001, £12M) and the existing Charing Cross viaduct.
Our masterplan informs reinstatement proposals for the Borough Study Tour (1992) Market Conservation area demolished as part of the viaduct construction works. Our urban design and architectural proposals At the outset of the Thameslink 2000 programme TMA was asked respond to the integrity and character of the Conservation Area to prepare a client presentation and study tour to examine recent and provide contemporary regenerative solutions that reflect the station design and procurement across Europe. The central focus qualities of the Grade II listed status of many of the buildings. of the study was functionality, ambience and the potential role of station facilities within traditional urban design concepts. Specific stations were selected for closer study in Holland, France, Switzerland and Italy.
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Network Rail Projects
Cambridge (2011) Doncaster Bridge (1999, Balfour Beatty Tender)
Support to the Go-Ahead bid for the East Anglia Franchise, with A new suspension bridge for the rail crossing including a new road station improvement works and enhanced secondary revenue. bypass to alleviate traffic congestion to the West of the city centre.
Hanwell (2011) Integrated Performance and Control Centre (1997, £11M)
The development of step-free access proposals for the London A new building type for Regional Railways with a form generated Borough of Ealing, now being taken forward in our role as by maximum operator ergonomics and flexibility. designers for Rail for London Crossrail projects. International Convention Centre station (1996)
Whitham (2010) A new station for Centro to service the recently completed Working with URS to deliver an upgrade to the station entrance, Convention Centre, including offsite structures lowered into the new passenger bridge and step-free access lifts. railway cutting.
Hackney Central (2009, £6M) St Albans (1996, £235K)
Bringing back into use the historic station building, with modern An extension and refurbishment, rationalising passenger flows insertions within the brick and timber of the triple height space. through the booking hall, improving the operational areas and enhancing the passenger facilities. Sittingbourne (2009)
The Tesco proposals for the regeneration of Sittingbourne include Wimbledon (1989, £235K) a new station, car parks and interchange square. A carefully programmed replacement of internal finishes and components throughout the station. Deptford (2007, £6M)
A new modern, lightweight station within a heritage context Surbiton (1989-99, £2.5M) marks the focus of a local regeneration project for LB Lewisham. Working with Kier to breathe new life into the modern cinema style architecture of the station, resulting in a Civic Trust Award. Brighton (1999, £2.5M)
Working with Connex to bring passenger and secondary revenue benefits to this Grade II listed station.
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London Underground Future Stations Programme
Elephant & Castle (Current, £110M) Victoria (2013, £70M)
Influenced by an area wide redevelopment, the project requires Our brief required provision of additional capacity and step-free the replacement of the lift only Northern Line ticket hall. The access for the District and Circle line station, with a new ticket hall proposals include a new ticket hall with escalators in a station box, connecting to the soon to be completed Victoria Station Upgrade with lifts providing step-free access. The project has since evolved works, mainline rail terminus and the future Crossrail 2 system. in response to the development of the adjacent shopping centre, The solution minimised impact on the operability of the station and TMA is currently developing new proposals that integrate the and initiated the opportunities for over site development. objectives of all parties. Embankment (2013, £260M)
Victoria & Holborn Over Site Development (2013) Connecting the Northern, Bakerloo, District and Circle lines, As an extension to our station improvement works, TMA has Embankment station suffers from over-crowding and passenger investigated options for maximising the over-station development congestion. TMA proposed a two phase approach to relieve potential, integrating the structures and facilities of a commercial congestion and provide step-free access through-out the highly development with the new station access and infrastructure. constrained station.
Holborn (2013, £150M) Waterloo (2012)
Serving both the Central and Piccadilly lines, Holborn station TMA were commissioned to evaluate proposals by developers presents unique challenges when providing additional passenger for amendments to the ticket hall that sits below the soon to be capacity and step-free access. The site is highly constrained, redeveloped Shell Centre. Acting as coordinator to LU Engineering with limited opportunities for independent site access. TMA has requirements, TMA developed space planning proposals and developed two schemes that relieve sub-surface congestion with construction methodologies, including plans to amend the upper minimum impact on the operating station and maximising over machine chamber as part of a new escalator installation. site development opportunities.
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Bank Station Programme
May 2003 • TMA appointed by LUL to develop a solution to the capacity impact of the Our involvement at Bank began in 2003 and continues, with DLR 3-Car project at Bank, in support of the DLR Transport & Works Act submission. TMA lead consultancy roles in DLR 3-Car enhancements, the Bank/ appoint sub-consultants Faber Maunsell and Corderoy. July 2003 • TMA commission extended to investigate the potential for completing the Monument Complex Masterplan, the Northern line expansion, proposed works by 2007, the anticipated start date for DLR 3-Car services. Consultation over-site development potential, the opening of a new adit for initiated with the Corporation of London to establish the availability of development/ construction sites and the implications of required road closures. DLR and proposals for enhancements to the DLR concourse and August 2003 • TMA appointed by LUL M&P to develop a Bank Masterplan Brief, to platform areas, and the new WCL Walbrook/Bloomberg station determine the primary areas of current and future congestion, and to identify initial mitigation opportunities. entrance. October 2003 • TMA appointed by LUL M&P to act as technical advisor and Corporation of London consultation interface for the Scott Wilson Bank Masterplan development.
TMA has provided station planning options, civil and services November 2003 • TMA appointed by LUL M&P to develop the DLR 3-Car 2007 construction programme to a greater level of detail and reduced risk. engineering solutions, construction methodology and July 2004 • TMA appointed by LUL to undertake an independent review of the Scott programming, cost appraisals, and consultation with the Wilson Masterplan Stage B Report.
Corporation of London and adjacent developers and owners. December 2004 • TMA appointed by Metronet Rail to undertake a Practicality Review of the Scott Wilson Masterplan proposals, and to develop new proposals during the review.
January 2005 • TMA appointed by LU to develop the Bank WCL Walbrook Entrance We have provided and coordinated full multidisciplinary design project, part of the TMA Masterplan Brief findings taken forward as a separate project. TMA appoint sub-consultants Benhaim (Scott Wilson, URS), Beveridge Associates and outputs, with the most recent focus being on the delivery of Corderoy. the first Bank station upgrade BIM development and delivery May 2005 • TMA appointed to work with LU and Metronet Rail to develop the strategy for the delivery of detailed LU Requirements for the next stage of the Bank Masterplan. programme. August 2005 • TMA appointed by Metronet Rail to undertake the next stage of the Bank station Masterplan. TMA appoint sub-consultants London Bridge Associates, Beveridge Associates and Corderoy. Our ongoing involvement at Bank places TMA in regular contact November 2005 • TMA appointed by LU/Metronet Rail to develop a passenger survey with a wide variety of station stakeholders and projects. Over the strategy and undertake a comprehensive passenger count and analysis throughout the years we have consulted extensively with the key stakeholders Bank/Monument station complex. to ensure the requirements of this complex station are carefully June 2007 • TMA appointed by LU to develop solutions for new Northern Line platforms adjacent to the existing infrastructure, with site access wholly from the River Thames. considered in the solutions developed for our projects. TMA appoint sub-consultants London Bridge Associates and Corderoy. October 2008 • TMA retained by LU to provide support to Jacobs Engineering in initiating the next stage of the Northern Line Congestion Relief and Step Free Access project.
July 2009 • TMA appointed by Docklands Light Railway to develop enhancement and capacity relief proposals for the DLR platforms and concourse. Initial capacity relief project completed January 2012.
January 2010 • TMA appointed by Mott MacDonald to the Bank Capacity Upgrade project Peer Review team.
September 2010 • TMA appointed by LU to develop outline proposals for a King William Street exit, and the potential configuration and massing of associated oversite development.
October 2010 • TMA appointed by LU to develop the Bank/Monument Station Operations Room concept in support of a Corporation of London funding application. Funding achieved.
January 2011 • TMA appointed by TfL/Mott MacDonald to support the Transport & Works Act justification documentation, focusing on the project development history.
April 2012 - June 2013 • TMA completes the final planning review of their ongoing Walbrook Entrance project, with a programme to completion of BIM construction documentation by Q3 2013.
February 2014 • TMA appointed by LU as Design Advisor to support the Bloomberg and Fit-Out construction periods.
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London Underground Station Upgrades
Tower Hill (Current, £6M) Shepherds Bush (2008, £60M)
The introduction of step-free access at Tower Hill station. The The development of three projects including the lead and work coincides with the redevelopment of a hotel adjacent to the coordination of three design teams at three stages of design station, with the developer contributing to the construction and development on behalf of three delivery organisations. cost of the scheme.
Waterloo - Tubelines (2008) Greenford (Current, £3M) A feasibility study for the provision of step-free access at The replacement of the last wooden escalator on the network Waterloo station employing inclined lifts for the first time in an with the first inclined lift, plus a new escalator and associated LU environment. stairs, all while keeping the station operational.
Victoria ESMW (2007) Knightsbridge (2014) The development of the scope and design for the modernisation The relocation of an entrance to Knightsbridge station plus the project associated with the VSU works, plus a congestion relief and provision of step free access to platform level as part of Chelsfield’s step free access proposal for the District and Circle Line facilities. development of the Sloane Street Block.
Warwick Avenue & Angel (2007) Notting Hill (2013, £12M) Back of house area and secondary revenue rationalisation projects. Options for the relocation of station entrances from the pavement to the inside of adjacent developments. Bond Street (2004-2006, £65M)
The congestion relief of the LU infrastructure, allied to our work Oxford Street Cooling the Tube (2012) with the adjacent Crossrail Bond Street. The project is currently Part of the Cooling the Tube programme, with fast-track delivery being constructed largely to our 2006 plans. for completion in advance of the 2012 Olympic games, including listed building consent for the enclosure of roof top equipment. 7-Car Upgrade (2005)
Station improvement works to extend platforms at three stations Bromley-by-Bow (2012, £6.5M) ahead of the introduction of 7-car trains. A station enhancement and step free access project, including the creation of an architectural icon to promote local regeneration. Seven Sisters (2004, £4.3M)
A station enhancement project sponsored jointly by the Local Authority and London Underground, and involving TfL Interchange, WAGN, London Buses and London Rail.
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London Underground Step-Free Access Programme
Amersham Greenford
Greenford Northolt
Newbury Park Perivale
West Kensington Hanwell
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There are economic benefits of delivering multiple projects in The Ealing Council Corporate Plan 2010-2014 includes within the parallel, with a contractor-led multi-disciplinary design team. At transport priorities the support of step free access to the London four outer LU stations TMA worked with Birse and URS to develop Underground stations at Northolt, Perivale and Greenford, on the solutions and documentation of high quality while enhancing the Central line to the north of the borough, plus Hanwell on the Great site specific appropriateness of the architecture. Western main line.
A programme of step-free access proposals has been developed Each station serves extensive residential communities and local for Amersham, Greenford, Newbury Park and West Kensington shopping centres, and all have a considerable number of steps stations. Our design teams identified common requirements to negotiate for those with restricted mobility, heavy shopping or across the stations, developed appropriate bespoke responses child buggies. to heritage aspects, and focused on standardised solutions that could be applied to multiple stations. At Perivale, Greenford and Hanwell the platforms sit between the tracks on embankments above street level, while at Northolt the Phasing strategies were developed allowing the stations to be ticket hall straddles the tracks and the island platform below. The operational during the works, with an emphasis on pre-fabricated complexity lies in inserting a lift through the existing structures in items and off-site construction. a manner that is constructible within an operating station, with observed routes to and from the lifts that are perceptibly safe for passenger use, while being on the paid side of the gate line to ensure staff control and revenue protection.
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DLR Olympic Programme
Custom House, Prince Regent & Greenwich (2012) Pontoon Dock & West Silvertown (2012)
The programme of works focuses on making the currently Following the success of the first three stations, a further two unmanned DLR stations more secure. Coinciding with the 2012 stations were included in the programme due to their proximity to Olympic Games, DLR commissioned TMA to create strategies for the London Pleasure Gardens in East London. safe crowd control during the Games, with the introduction of gates at key locations. The legacy benefits include the ability for Pontoon Dock and West Silvertown stations have a very strong DLR to secure their stations when not in use in the future. design language and the solution had a minimal visual impact.
The fast-track project called for a standardised approach, to minimise design work and enable a rapid implementation Canning Town (2012) programme across the stations. To accommodate the 2012 Olympic crowds, TMA created additional platform space at the high level platforms at Canning Designing for safe working methods was paramount with the Town station. Over 100sqm of additional area was created by use of appropriately sized pre-fabricated steel components to reducing the openings over two sets of escalators. Working with reduce to need for special installation equipment, to reduce the Tube Lines, the work was carried out with minimum impact to programme, and to enable a high level of finish to be achieved. station operations throughout the construction programme.
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DLR Station Upgrades
Beckton (Current, £400K)
TMA are designing enhancement works for the station to give it a fresh lease of life. New paving to the station forecourt, colourful wall finishes and improved lighting and signage de-clutter the entrance and create a welcoming and functional station approach.
Stratford Ramp (2014, £1M)
Providing step-free access between a DLR and a Network Rail platform, the ramp has been designed to rigorous standards and has been conceived with ease of construction within its constrained site.
Bank DLR 3-Car Programme (2010, £3M)
Our 2003 review and resolution of the congestion effects of the expansion of the DLR trains to 3-cars resulted in a programme of works in 2009 where TMA acted as lead designer and employer’s agent during construction.
Limehouse (2009, £1.6M)
The provision of a high level passenger connection between the Network Rail and DLR viaduct platforms. A cost effective and low impact solution was developed to enable agreement between the two transport groups, funding to be secured, and the project to be delivered as part of the DLR 3-Car programme.
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Modal Interchanges
Riga Airport (2010) Finsbury Park (2006, £8M)
Combining glamour, economy, wit, efficiency and environmental The second phase of the masterplan, the new interchange gallery responsibility, our new terminal for airBaltic has been shortlisted in at Finsbury Park is the flagship structure at the heart of this an international competition with entries from over 70 countries. urban regeneration project. We worked with Faber Maunsell and contractor Fitzpatrick to deliver this exciting new structure within Shanghai (2009) the operating interchange
The largest station on the Shanghai network, People’s Square can accommodate 3,000,000 passengers per day. A Tony Meadows Finsbury Park Masterplan (2002, £222M) Associates Colin Buchanan team has developed a phased Major structural change to the main line and underground sequence of congestion relief proposals that provides incremental stations to address congestion, environmental quality, increased expansion to the Shanghai Metro’s early works at the station. rail services, intermodal interchange, integrated transport and access for all. Euston (2007)
The Network Rail British Land proposals for Euston Station Heathrow Central Bus Station (1996, £3.3M) significantly increase the use of the interchange. Working with The bus station at the hub of Heathrow’s Central Terminal Area Transport for London and Colin Buchanan, we have developed has London’s second largest bus and coach passenger capacity numerous viable options for the enhancement of interchange after Victoria. A Tony Meadows Associates Sir Alexander Gibb between surface and underground transport facilities. team replanned and refurbished the highways and passenger areas, providing a new pair of lifts to the LU infrastructure below.
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Client Response Associations & Supply Chain
Airports UK London Borough of Islington British Airports Authority London Borough of Lewisham Balfour Beatty London Buses Berkeley Homes London Underground Birse Metro Metronet British Airports Services Limited Mott Macdonald British Rail Network SouthEast Network Rail British Rail Property Board Network SouthEast British Rail Southern Region Railtrack plc British Rail Thameslink Railtrack Property Canary Wharf Group Railtrack Southern Zone Canary Wharf Contractors Regional Railways Centro • West Midlands PTE Scott Wilson Connex South Central South West Trains Cross London Rail Links Strategic Rail Authority Docklands Light Railway Taylor Woodrow Construction East Coast Mainline Tesco Developments/Spenhill Go-Ahead Thameslink 2000 Heathrow Airport Limited Transport for London : Interchanges Kier Group plc Transport for London: London Rail Kings Cross Hub Transport for London: Major Projects London Borough of Greenwich Tube Lines London Borough of Haringey VolkerFitzpatrick
Tony Meadows Associates is focused on the needs of our clients. Tony Meadows Associates has long-term relationships with clients, We believe that if our clients are successful, we will be too. We set design consultants, contractors, and statutory authorities. Our out to understand our clients’ culture and the risks they face in experience tells us that working in established partnerships offers their project delivery, and work with them to establish solutions opportunities to maximise the quality and value of the solution. that mitigate their risks and meet their needs most effectively. Rather than a chain, we see our design and delivery environment We and our clients seek best value through the services we as an interconnected comb of experience and intellectual input, provide, combining tried and tested approaches with innovative with each individual and discipline being fundamental to the solutions to bespoke requirements. Our depth of experience success of the product. and cross-disciplinary knowledge provide educated routes to clear and elegant solutions that are cost effective in design and In leading and being a part of project teams, our approach implementation. is necessarily open, responsive, personal, respectful and co- operative. In developing designs and methodologies we look for TMA continually improve our skills through cross-project reviews the pattern that provides mutual compatibility between objectives, and focused training, ensuring our clients benefit from the most up requirements, purpose and practicality. to date practices and methods of project delivery. We recognise that our ongoing associations are important to the We respond to our client’s needs across a full range of scales, from successful development of solutions. With twenty eight years of internationally recognised projects such as Crossrail 2 and Sydney transport sector experience, we know that continuity of project Metro, to operational enhancements at local transport hubs. alliances are key to successful project delivery.
All of our projects benefit from an enthusiasm, dedication, Through the strength of our client and consultant relationships we experience, and knowledge built up in over twenty eight years of can provide best value in terms of efficient and effective planning serving the transport sector. and design, economic capital and whole life costs, safety in the delivery, operation and maintenance of the results.
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Quality Management Health & Safety
Tony Meadows Associates works with infrastructure providers The infrastructure sector in which we work has regulatory in the UK and internationally, priding ourselves on delivering requirements over and above the requirements of construction a particular brand of engineered architecture that combines industry standards, and the effective management of Health & multidisciplinary pragmatism with contemporary design flair. Safety issues is critical to project delivery.
The Infrastructure sector has strong regulatory and assurance Within this environment Tony Meadows Associates is committed processes to ensure safety, value and quality in the decisions it to achieving high standards of Health & Safety for those within our makes and the projects it delivers. This is the environment in which company and for those affected by our work throughout a project our company designs, in which it has developed its processes, and lifespan - consultants, contractors, operators, maintainers and the in which it thrives. public - all of whom rely on our design considerations, capability and maturity. Our Practice Quality Management System (PQMS) has been written to capture the processes we have established in this environment As a consequence, Health & Safety is a primary consideration in and which are proven to respond to these requirements, and to all we design, the design processes we employ and the teams with provide a service that is consistent, high quality, and customer whom we work. In managing our design services the identification focused. Our PQMS has been the subject of audit by several client of project Health & Safety risks is an integral part and driver of organisations, with excellent results. multi-disciplinary development.
Our PQMS is aligned with developments in our day-to-day With each project we ensure that our teams are furnished with operations and is monitored in parallel with our Environmental appropriate safety management systems, procedures, training, and Health and Safety Management Systems in accordance with knowledge and communication techniques to identify and capture ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007. health & safety risk, and to design it out at the earliest stage.
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Environmental Sustainability Information Technology & BIM
Sustainability is required to ensure a better quality of life for Tony Meadows Associates has been at the forefront of computing everyone, now and of future generations. Over recent years the in design since our inception in 1986. While the innovation importance of sustainability has become increasingly understood, enshrined in this approach is now absorbed into the accepted way with concerns over climate change, high levels of pollution, the of delivering design assessment and documentation, the advent of decreasing amounts of non-renewable resources, increasing Building Information Management (BIM) software is allowing us to urbanisation and the way all these affects our need for mobility apply new innovation to the design and delivery process. and transport. Beyond the normal BIM capabilities - which currently focus on Being a specialist in infrastructure design and delivery Tony the Modelling and design coordination aspects of the tool - we Meadows Associates has the experience and knowledge of are investigating ways of delivering confidence, safety and clarity, associated environmental impacts and the unique sustainability together with the integrated communication of the design process, issues specific to this sector. We are mindful of the responsibilities the construction environment and the management of the and opportunities within the sector to provide solutions witha delivered facilities. unique balance of the three main principles of sustainable design: social, environmental and economic aspects. We are actively developing practical uses for BIM technology in research studies for London Underground and in our developing We value the need for sustainability issues to be integrated within projects. We are currently developing a means by which the the whole project cycle, and our Environmental Management project Health and Safety risks can be an integrated and visual Systems, incorporating our Environment Policy, captures the part of the design, construction and operational data, and we measures we implement to ensure that the maximum benefits are see exciting and important benefits in the use of this aspect of realised. BIM to all parties to the project. Future plans are to investigate the potential of enhanced risk assessment, linking the risk data to the delivery programme to enable the understanding of risk adjacencies and the mitigation of the catastrophic events these may introduce.
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Employment & Development Financial Management
Tony Meadows Associates employs a design team of registered Tony Meadows Associates recognises that strong financial control architects, design architects, BIM specialists, architectural and reporting are key to the successful planning and delivery of students and multi-disciplinary consultants. Our Employment infrastructure projects. Maintaining control of budgets with our Policy contains the primary tenets of employment at TMA in consultants and our clients is a fundamental aspect of successful respect of Equal Opportunities, Diversity, Continuing Professional project delivery. Development and our application of statutory Employment Rights. Many of our clients are in the public sector, spending public We provide access to opportunities and services for everyone, money for the public good. Within this environment financial without barriers or discriminatory practices that may affect accuracy and accountability are rightfully strictly enforced, and particular groups. We are committed to reflecting the diversity of TMA has developed project accounting strategies to support these the UK and to making its services accessible to all, from the people requirements. that work with us, to the end users of our projects. With this base we are able to refine our approach to the nuances of As a design organisation we recognise that the development each project, providing bespoke, robust and effective cost control of our team is key to the future success of our company, and of and reporting mechanisms to service each client’s reporting the services we offer to our clients. We operate a Continuing requirements. We have the capacity to provide a detailed analysis Professional Development policy that identifies the key concerns of our time and cost incurred on project work, and so operate a and interests of our team, and aligns them with the emerging truly open book approach to project delivery. services required by our clients. The aim is to make our training and development an engaging iterative process where value is In response to our bespoke contractor cost monitoring system, TMA derived from the intellectual focus and enthusiasm of our those established a fee and variation schedule process that operated as smoothly as could be expected given the complex iterations and we employ. nuances of this project. We found the TMA financial approach to be transparent and flexible, and it assisted in our cost control and reporting processes. Peter Russo Senior Cost Manager Canary Wharf Contractors (Crossrail) Ltd
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