A craneage solution for the redevelopment of Australia’s busiest railway station
A craneage solution for the redevelopment of Australia’s busiest railway station
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As the main hub for Transport for NSW’s suburban and regional train services, the redevelopment of Central Station is pivotal to the new Sydney Metro network. Construction partners, Laing O’Rourke, needed a solution that allowed their team to adopt a new method of modularised construction – which required lifting large pre-cast architectural columns and heavy pre-assembled structural steelwork – in a confined, live rail environment.
We work with our clients to find a craneage solution that works – no matter how big or complex the job is.
With restricted space and the need to de-risk rail possessions, the requirement was for a crane with a small footprint and heavy lift capacity to meet the heavy lift requirements of the project whilst also servicing general construction needs.
Our solution used a M1680D installed on a purpose-built steel grillage to complete the heavy lift requirements of the project including lifting 60-tonne prefabricated roof trusses and skylight modules from laydown into place on the new concourse roof structure.
Marr’s solution has allowed Laing O’Rourke to construct the roof using their preferred methodology, which in turn has resulted in them delivering the roof installation ahead of schedule.