HS2 Update to ECRG May 11 2018 Rob Carr
Topics Update on Early Works Progress to date in Euston (CSjv) Ongoing design development of the Euston Throat (SCS) – confirmation of scheme Material by Rail – progress to date Noise Insulation Early works Look-ahead Page 2
CSjv Early works - Drummond St hoardings Successful collaboration with the Drummond St traders Looking to repeat with Stephenson Way Group Potential for Euston Station hoardings being investigated with NR PVE wall hoarding received positive feedback from local resident Page 3
CSjv Early works - DB Cargo Shed demolitions Demolition started, restricted to core hours Scheduled to complete by October 2018 Community open days held 24 & 26 April, 12 people attended Visitor Comment: “ Many thanks. I certainly appreciated the visit and the team's openness to answer our questions in so far as they were able. Please keep up this level of community engagement ...it is so important for those who are so heavily affected by all the various works in the Euston Approach cutting .” Page 4
Euston Sq. Gardens - proposed Hoardings Slight delay to hoarding covering installation – expected soon These are artist impressions of what it will look like Page 5
Euston Sq. Temporary Taxi rank Limiting tree removal prioritised in design • Additional 7 trees retained from Hb design. • 10 New Trees to be planted • 26 Trees in taxi rank scheme Scheme redesigned to retain tree that was then incorporated into a traffic Island Root protection measures put in place to retain further trees Page 6
St James’s Gardens Trial pits continue to reveal extremely well preserved coffins Site visits by Historic England, GLAAS, APABE and LBC Environmental Health Team Page 7
Gravestone Cataloguing and recording – St James’s Gardens 355 gravestones lifted to date Volunteers are assisting MOLA Headland in identifying and recording headstones Page 8
Early works – Noise/pollution Mitigation trials CSjv Hybrid/electrical plant trials at St James’s Gardens: • 1.5 tonne excavator and tracked mini-dumper • Reduced noise & pollution (& carbon footprint) • Challenging suppliers to embrace new technology & equipment to reduce impact on local environment Hydrogen powered lighting equipment trial at OOC: Quiet/no pollution - only emits water • Automatically request refill when nearing empty • Page 9
Euston 42” water main diversion Over 40 trial holes and boreholes, Thames Water compound set up in environmental and ecological Zoo car park surveys London Cumberland Market works (Jan 2018 – Albany Street works northern entrance end Sept 2018) of Redhill St (Jan 2018 – early 2019) Page 10
Temporary Pop-Up Garden – Hampstead Road Page 11
Ongoing Design Development-Euston Throat Skasnska – Costain -Strabag (SCS) joint venture awarded ‘Euston Tunnels’ contract July 2017 The Contract covers Hampstead Road Bridge to Old Oak common Station box Design development based on extending tunnels south of Mornington Street Bridge, as previously presented Scheme design well underway, to complete by Autumn 2018: No HS2 planned bridge demolitions no AP03 large Dive-under at Park Village East Reduced demolitions in the throat Significant reduction in disruption at existing station Within the Hybrid Bill Limits of Deviation Page 12
Euston Throat Design Development Indicative layout of revised design (As at 15 May 2018) Hampstead Road Bridge extension Euston Throat Euston Scissor Cut Euston Crossover Zone 5 Euston Cavern Tunnels Westside Retaining Wall Euston Portal Euston Cavern Shaft Granby Terrace Bridge extension Community Engagement event arrangements underway: Initial engagement on structure and landscape designs w/c 25 June 2018 Follow-up events on structure and landscape designs Autumn 2018 Page 13
Euston Station design & LU Vent Shaft Arup appointed as HS2 Euston Station Design Service Contractor February 2018 • Will develop the Schedule 17 planning application and detailed design • Co-located with Euston Throat design team (SCS) and NR station design team • Indicative Timeline for Engagement – LU Vent shaft and Euston Station Design May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov London Public Underground (LU) engagement vent shaft / (23 May) sub-station HS2 Euston ECRG design ECRG design ECRG design Public development development development station design engagement working working working development (Oct/Nov) group group group Schedule 17 submissions: • LU vent shaft - late summer 2018 • HS2 Euston station – spring 2019 • Page 14
Material by Rail (MbR) - background SCS are working with HS2 to develop a Material by Rail (MbR) proposal 1.Have appointed experienced rail logistics team (Legge) with a proven track record in transporting materials by rail (MbR) 2.They are developing an MbR Strategy that covers the whole of HS2’s Area South 3.Will comply with the Undertakings and Assurances (included within all HS2 contracts) Page 15
MbR - Recent progress and Future plans (1) SCS has signed & submitted ‘FCTAC’ (Freight Customer Track Access Contract) to NR which will give them track access rights and ability to secure the train paths into Euston Market engagement days held with all of the freight operating companies (FOCs) Procurement process commenced in April SCS are working with Suppliers and NR : a) To confirm options available to transport Excavated Material by Rail b) Confirmed 9 suitable and available deposition sites linked to a Railhead c) To identify options for transporting Tunnel segments and Bulk materials by Rail Page 16
MbR - Recent progress and future plans (2) MbRTest train: A test train was run on 2 May 2018 to ensure the network can cope with the train loads Test train consist of 2 class 66 locos and 15 fully loaded waggons Preliminary feedback: test runs were successful sectional running times Euston to Wembley can be achieved Formal report will be used to support planning Next Phase: • Up to 7 train paths a day potentially available • Work with NR to book freight paths in 2019 – 2020 timetable • Availability of Platform 17 to be confirmed • Efficient waggon loading system to be designed Page 17
Noise Mitigation SCS specialist acoustician on board early June Predictive noise assessments on scheme design due by autumn ’18 Noise insulation will be available for any additional eligible properties identified No change to requirement to meet Environmental Minimum Requirements and to mitigate as far as practicable to reduce impacts ‘Best Practicable Means’ mitigation measures could include: a. Hoarding heights maximised where required, above the COCP standard b. Developing designs/methods to maximise working within core hours c. Maximise vehicle movements during core hours, even for 24hr operations d. Adapted equipment developed with suppliers eg piling rig shrouds / curtains and auger cleaners e. Site compound layouts designed to reduce noise impacts Presentation for ECRG on construction phases will be developed over the summer Page 18
Noise Insulation(NI) in Euston - Update Status Planned Actual • All NI contractors fully mobilised. NI Scheme Letters (Interest) Sent 1336 1336 • Demolition works are proceeding Resident showed interest in the scheme 1184 745 • Access granted via Landlord licence to: Resident accepted to book a survey 1184 477 • 830 Camden properties, • 52 Goldsmith House properties (NI complete) Surveyed 477 380 • 66 properties within Peabody Estates Design complete and issued to resident 380 223 (Richmond House, Tintern House) Manufacture complete 223 184 • 48 properties at Silsoe House (29 requested NI- Installed 201 84 15 installations completed) Exemplar Listed Building Consent Application received conditional approval on 19th March 2018. Page 19
Early works lookahead – key milestones Open NTH welfare compound on Hampstead Road - 4 June 2018 Commence Thistle Hotel soft strip - 25 June 2018 Open pop-up garden at NTH compound on Hampstead Road - 1 July 2018 Commence Ibis Hotel soft strip - 16 July 2018 Commence internal demolition of UCL building and petrol station - 30 July 2018 Complete trial trench excavations St. James’s Gardens - 1 Aug 2018 Complete construction of archaeology tent in St. James’s Gardens - 1 Oct 2018 Opening of Temporary taxi rank at Euston - 30 Oct 2018 Page 20
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