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

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CSjv Early works - Drummond St hoardingsSuccessful 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

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CSjv Early works - DB Cargo Shed demolitions

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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.”

Euston Sq. Gardens - proposed Hoardings

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Slight delay to hoarding covering installation – expected soon

These are artist impressions of what it will look like

Euston Sq. Temporary Taxi rankLimiting 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

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St James’s Gardens

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Trial pits continue to reveal extremely well preserved coffins

Site visits by Historic England, GLAAS, APABE and LBC Environmental Health Team

Gravestone Cataloguing and recording – St James’s Gardens355 gravestones lifted to date

Volunteers are assisting MOLA Headland in

identifying and recording headstones

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Early works – Noise/pollution Mitigation trialsCSjv 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

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London

Euston 42” water main diversion

Thames Water compound set up in Zoo car park

Albany Street works northern entrance of Redhill St (Jan 2018 – early 2019)

Cumberland Market works (Jan 2018 –end Sept 2018)

Over 40 trial holes and boreholes, environmental and ecological surveys

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Temporary Pop-Up Garden – Hampstead Road

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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

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Euston Throat Design Development

Euston Cavern

Euston Scissor Cut

Westside Retaining

Wall

Hampstead Road Bridge

extension

Euston Cavern Shaft

Euston Crossover

Tunnels

Euston

Throat

Zone 5

Euston Portal

Granby Terrace

Bridge extension

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Indicative layout of revised design(As at 15 May 2018)

Community Engagement event arrangements underway:Initial engagement on structure and landscape designs w/c 25 June 2018Follow-up events on structure and landscape designs Autumn 2018

Euston Station design & LU Vent Shaft

May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

LondonUnderground (LU) vent shaft / sub-station

Publicengagement (23 May)

HS2 Euston station design development

ECRG design developmentworking group

ECRG design developmentworking group

ECRG design developmentworking group

Publicengagement

(Oct/Nov)

• Schedule 17 submissions:

• LU vent shaft - late summer 2018

• HS2 Euston station – spring 2019

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• 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

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)

Material by Rail (MbR) - background

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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

MbR - Recent progress and Future plans (1)

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MbR Test 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

MbR - Recent progress and future plans (2)

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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

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Noise Insulation(NI) in Euston - Update Status

• All NI contractors fully mobilised.

• Demolition works are proceeding

• Access granted via Landlord licence to:

• 830 Camden properties,

• 52 Goldsmith House properties (NI complete)

• 66 properties within Peabody Estates (Richmond House, Tintern House)

• 48 properties at Silsoe House (29 requested NI-15 installations completed)

Exemplar Listed Building Consent Application received conditional approval on 19th March 2018.

Planned Actual

NI Scheme Letters (Interest) Sent 1336 1336

Resident showed interest in the scheme 1184 745

Resident accepted to book a survey 1184 477

Surveyed 477 380

Design complete and issued to resident 380 223

Manufacture complete 223 184

Installed 201 84

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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

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