SYDNEY METRO

SYDNEY METRO

Revolutionary heavy lifting solutions for Australia’s biggest public transport project.

LARGE-SCALE CONSTRUCTION

AUSTRALIA

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Sydney Metro is Australia’s biggest public transport project. Due for completion in 2024, Sydney Metro City & Southwest will deliver 31 metro railway stations and more than 66 kilometres of new metro rail. From our initial engagement on the construction of the new Sydney Metro Castle Hill Station on the Sydney Metro Northwest Project and Sydney Yard Access Bridge at Central Station, Marr have subsequently been engaged to deliver bespoke craneage solutions across another four stations on the Sydney Metro City & Southwest line including Barangaroo, Central, Martin Place and Crows Nest.

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Client

MULTIPLE CLIENTS

Project

SYDNEY METRO

Location

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

Sector

LARGE-SCALE CONSTRUCTION

Date

2016-ONGOING

THE CHALLENGE

Similar projects around the world have adopted the cut-and-cover box method, where crawler cranes are nearly always the immediate consideration but the problem with this more traditional approach is the requirement for costly, challenging and time-consuming groundworks.

OUR SOLUTION

Marr’s approach across multiple stations has consistently demonstrated that installing the right cranes can change the way an entire project is constructed, principally because of the ability to lift fewer, bigger pieces and removing the requirement for costly, challenging and time-consuming groundworks.

THE RESULT

The benefits of using Marr’s technology – using fewer cranes with greater capacity and reach to deliver less complex, more efficient, and safer ways of constructing – is a game changer for future major infrastructure projects of this scale.

SYDNEY YARD ACCESS BRIDGE (SYAB): As the first time a tower crane of this size (M2480D) had been used on a major rail infrastructure project, Marr’s solution paved the way for a new approach to similar Metro projects across the world.

SYDNEY METRO MARTIN PLACE: Marr’s M1280D crane gave JHCPB the flexibility to do all the lifting from a single point within the busy CBD site.

SYDNEY METRO MARTIN PLACE: The M1280D solution addressed the heavy lifting challenges of a congested CBD site.

SYDNEY METRO CENTRAL STATION: Marr’s M1680D HLL was installed at Central Station to complete heavy lift and general construction requirements on above and below ground works associated with the redevelopment of Australia’s busiest railway station.

SYDNEY METRO BARANGAROO STATION: M2480D setting a world record for the heaviest lift by a tower crane: removing a 255T TBM section in a single lift – the first time a tower crane had been used to lift a TBM component of this weight. Credit: James D Morgan, Getty.

From our initial engagement on the construction of the new Sydney Metro Castle Hill Station, Marr’s team have subsequently been engaged to deliver bespoke cranage solutions across additional stations on the Sydney Metro City & Southwest and Western Sydney Airport lines.

Sydney Metro is Australia’s biggest public transport project.

SYDNEY METRO CASTLE HILL STATION: Marr’s M1680D & M2480D installed adjacent to the station box helped to decongest the site without compromising reach or heavy lift capacity across the project.

SYDNEY METRO CASTLE HILL STATION: The position of the M1680D (foreground) & M2480D (background) adjacent to the station box allowed the cranes to carry out lifts on both sides of the construction area.

SYDNEY METRO BARANGAROO STATION: With a M2480D and M1280Ds sitting alongside the station boxes to provide lifting capacity across the project, Marr’s cranes took up 90% less room than the proposed traditional crawler crane and gantry set up.

SYDNEY YARD ACCESS BRIDGE (SYAB): Construction of SYAB at Central Station involved working within a restricted space, over live rail lines and during time-restrictive rail possessions at Australia’s busiest railway station.