London Bridge Station, London
Project: Multiple Engineering Drawings Value: £700m Client: Aggregate Industries / Costain Sector: Rail / Precast Completed: Due for completion 2018
Overview Using Tekla Structures and achieving BIM Level 2 Waldeck are producing engineering drawings and schedules for over 4,000 precast concrete elements of platform structure. All models are created in 3D and automatically transferred into 2D deliverables for our client. To date Waldeck have provided information for the prototype area of the project which is being used to enable assessment of the constructability, maintenance and coordination of drainage and electrical services to the platforms. The new station will be transformed into a vision of the future creating new platforms for more trains, building a new concourse and creating a bigger, better station for passengers in the fourth busiest station in the country. The project is being funded by the Thameslink programme – a £6bn Government investment in rail. The redevelopment works is being carried out by Costain and Hyder / WSP on behalf of Network Rail, with the precast platforms being supplied by Charcon Specialist Products.
Waldeck Innovation Using Tekla Structures software we are collaborating to BIM Level 2. The software is being used to share models in multiple formats with the main contractor and client. The software is also used to track progress and provide high level unit details to ensure manufacturing is kept on schedule. Costain has recently been awarded Building Magazine’s – BIM Initiative of the Year 2013 for this project using our BIM designs. Blackfriars Station, London
Project: Railway Bridge Restoration Value: £5.5bn Client: Aggregate Industries Sector: Concrete Completed: 2013
Overview Waldeck was appointed to work on a multi-million pound project to restore Blackfriars railway bridge in London in 2010. The bridge is a key component of the £5.5bn Thameslink programme designed to double capacity on one of Europe’s busiest stretches of railway – the core route through central London – benefiting tens of thousands of passengers daily. The bridge will effectively house a brand new station which is the first London station to span the Thames. Waldeck’s specialist team of engineers were appointed to detail precast concrete slabs and crosswall units designed by Network Rail, making up the station’s platforms. The first phase of the work which comprised the straight sections of platforms 1 and 2 involving detailed 60 crosswall units and 120 platform slabs which average about 1.7m x 4.m on plan.
Waldeck Innovation The team involved has a combined total of 250 years’ experience in structural design and detailing for the precast and pre-stressed fabrication industry. Use of BIM software was used to produce a large number of precast units to meet a very tight contract programme. Durward Street Shaft, Whitechapel
Project: Durward Street Shaft Value: £Undisclosed Client: Crossrail Sector: Rail Completed: Due 2015
Overview The Durward Street shaft project includes the implementation of internal and external walls alongside new staircases, escalators and lifts for passengers to use to and from the platforms in the new Crossrail station. Waldeck are providing consultancy services for both the design and detail of the Precast Concrete cladding panels and their associated fixings, which make up the majority of the external finish for the main building at the station, as well as being visible internally on both sides of the escalator and stair shafts.
Project Innovation In order to meet the particular project requirements, the Waldeck team made use of their extensive in-house software and technical expertise to incorporate the Crossrail project native Microstation DGN Model files. By utilising our AecoSIM Building Designer, Autodesk model authoring and review software, the team were able to navigate and interrogate the 3D models to facilitate general arrangement and fabrication drawing production. The design of all bespoke fixings were also analysed and produced in conjunction with the project model permitting clash detection and detail resolution in real time, greatly reducing the design phase of the project.