Monthly construction update Domain Precinct April 2021 Major construction is continuing in Domain at the site of the future Anzac Station. This update provides an outline of current and upcoming works in your area. In an exciting milestone, TBM Millie has now When are we working? completed her 1.8 kilometre tunnelling drive from Anzac Station to Town Hall Station. TBM Alice continues to make great progress as well and is Normal construction hours now in her deepest section of tunnel, having now travelled beneath Citylink. 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday 7am to 1pm, Saturdays. At the future site of Anzac Station, works are progressing on both sides of the acoustic shed, and beneath St Kilda Road. The Shrine of Out of hours Remembrance station entrance and the train/ tram interchange continue to take shape. Some works are required to take place out of normal In the station box, the first stage of sacrificial tunnel construction hours. demolition and excavation is complete, with crews now returning their attention to constructing the concourse level slab. Underneath the acoustic shed, in the northern part of the station box, the team is 24 hours currently working to construct columns from base 24 hour works are sometimes to concourse level. required during peak construction activities. Construction snapshot Construction works are continuing within the Domain precinct during April and will include: — Tunnelling and TBM retrieval Health and safety — Tunnelling support site – excavated soil removal Works on the Metro Tunnel Project are — Station box construction progressing with strict COVIDsafe Plans — Anzac Station entrance – Shrine of in place. The health and safety of our Remembrance workforce and community remains our top priority. For more information and advice — Anzac Station entrance – tram interchange. about the coronavirus (COVID-19), please visit Further information on these works can be http://coronavirus.vic.gov.au. found overleaf or at metrotunnel.vic.gov.au Construction partner: Design & Construction — The large crane on surface may be required until Works in your area 10pm on some nights to feed steel down to the teams working on the concourse Tunnelling and TBM retrieval — These works are expected to generate low to Beneath St Kilda Road and Queen medium levels of noise underneath the roof slab Victoria Gardens Ongoing until mid-2021 — Once the base slab has been poured, the team will work to remove the falsework deck that — TBM Millie completed her 1.8km journey from the supported the concrete pour. This will be lifted Anzac Station site to the Town Hall Station site in out from the void in south box late March, while TBM Alice has now completed — Towards the end of the month, excavation and one kilometre, having passed the halfway mark demolition of the sacrificial tunnel will restart to her tunnelling drive once the concourse falsework has been removed — Now that TBM Millie has finished tunnelling, — Large longreach excavators will be delivered to crews will begin to dismantle the system of pipes site to carry out these works that fed excavated material from the TBM back to the tunnelling support site — Excavation will continue beneath the roof slab 24/7, with this section of work being deeper into — The pipes will be removed from site by trucks the shaft than stage one through the acoustic shed — On surface level, activity will include excavators — Pipe removal will mostly occur within the tunnels loading out soil. This loadout on surface will be and the acoustic shed and will generate low required until 10pm levels of noise — In the northern end of the station box (under the — This month work will also begin on dismantling acoustic shed) work will continue to construct the TBMs within the tunnels and pulling the columns from the base level to the concourse gantry pieces back to the Anzac Station site to level. This will involve installing falsework, be removed formwork and completing concrete pours — Once the Shrine of Remembrance station — Additionally, construction of the concourse slab entrance is backfilled to ground level, this area will commence in this area. Following the same will be used to store TBM pieces methodology as in the southern part of the — Track the progress of all TBMs on the Metro station box, a falsework deck will be installed Tunnel Project website here: metrotunnel.vic. before steelfixing is completed in preparation for gov.au (indicative only). For specific information large concrete pours regarding the location of a TBM please get in — Some steelfixing work may be required overnight touch with the project team on 1800 105 105. contained within the north box and acoustic shed area Tunnelling support site — To ensure structural integrity, concrete pours Edmund Herring Oval and northern must be continuous and therefore may need to station box site continue outside of normal construction hours. Until late 2021 — The TBM support site at Edmund Herring Oval Anzac Station entrance – continues to operate 24/7 to support tunnelling Shrine of Remembrance operations until early May when TBM Alice North east of construction site completes the drive to Town Hall Station April — Trucks removing excavated soil from the site will continue to use the primary route of Dallas — The roof slab of this Anzac Station entrance Brooks Drive, Birdwood Avenue and Linlithgow is now complete, with the two concrete pours Avenue (see map). With TBM Alice at work, soil required to construct the roof completed in March removal is continuing overnight. — Since completion the team has been waterproofing the slab to prevent water ingress Station box construction — This month, the team complete the backfill Southern and northern station box site around the suspended roof slab, reinstating the April ongoing ground to the original surface level — This backfilling work will require some pile — Work to construct the concourse slab continues breakback to cut the piles to the correct height. within the station box This will generate periods of high level noise — In the southern end of the station box, steelfixing — Once the backfilling is complete, and the area work will be completed for the next concrete is reinstated, it will be handed over to the slab to be poured tunnelling team who will use the space for TBM part storage during retrieval. Dorcas St Bir St Kilda Rd dw Shrine of ood Av Remembrance e r D s k o o r B Wells St s a l l a D Park St Domain Rd Domain Rd Melbourne Grammar School St Kilda Rd Legend Bowen Ln Bromby St Work zone Bowen Cres Void Queens Ln Northern station box Southern station box Kings Way Station entrance construction Tram interchange works Tunnel boring support site Acoustic shed Pedestrian access Adams St CyclistArnold access St Tra­c access Truck entry route (primary) Truck egress route (primary) Indicative only Anzac Station entrance – — To ensure structural integrity, concrete pours tram interchange must be continuous and therefore may need to continue outside of normal construction hours Between acoustic shed and St Kilda Road April ongoing — The team will also conduct waterproofing works in the area to prevent water ingress — This month, work will continue to construct — Steelfixing and waterproofing works typically the base slab of the tram interchange generate low to medium levels of noise. station entrance — Steelfixing will continue in preparation for a large concrete pour in mid-April Look ahead for 2021 April May June July Tunnelling TBM retrieval and tunnelling support site demobilisation Station box Concourse level construction Shrine entrance Roof construction and backfill Tram interchange entrance Base slab construction Tram interchange entrance Internal walls and roof construction Station box excavation to base level - southern end Station box base slab construction - southern end Traffic and transport impacts Business support — There will be ongoing 24/7 truck activity While the new Anzac Station will be a significant in the Domain precinct until mid-2021 boost for the local area, construction activities associated with the delivery of pre-cast can impact local businesses. 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