Crossrail Farringdon Station
Farringdon, London, UK · 2010-2018 · £200 million (part of the larger Crossrail project)
The judgement call
Account action unavailableConsidered one of the biggest civil engineering challenges in Europe due to ground conditions and urban setting. - Extensive use of SCL to manage ground conditions and reduce risk.
Key engineering challenges
Challenging ground conditions requiring sprayed concrete lining (SCL) design. - Construction in a dense urban environment with existing infrastructure. - Integration with four Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs). - Managing complex interfaces with existing London Underground lines.
Project facts
- Client / owner
- Crossrail
- Lead contractor
- Bam Ferrovial Kier JV
- Lead designers
- Arup (structural engineering design mentioned in IStructE article)
- Project type
- new build
- Scale
- Part of the 118km Crossrail project; located between Farringdon and Barbican Underground stations.
- Disciplines
- Civil engineering; structural engineering; geotechnical engineering; tunnelling
- Standards & frameworks
- Crossrail project standards; UK building and railway standards.
Sources: https://www.ferrovial.com/en/business/projects/farringdon-project-crossrail/; https://www.dr-sauer.com/news/construction-completes-at-crossrails-farringdon-station; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farringdon_station; https://www.istructe.org/journal/volumes/volume-96-(2018)/issue-7/design-of-farringdon-elizabeth-line-station/; https://learninglegacy.crossrail.co.uk/documents/farringdon-station-scl-design-reducing-risk-at-the-heart-of-crossrail/; https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ferrovial-construction_did-you-know-that-the-construction-of-activity-7146530860639440896-noXC