BCM Construction won the Thameslink Minor Civils Framework Contract to design and construct all of the Civil Engineering to facilitate the installation of other contractors’ equipment. The project boundaries are from Kentish Town to Loughborough Junction, approximately 8 miles. There are 3 miles of tunnels and 4 miles of viaducts and bridges which makes the design and installation extremely challenging with a variety of issues from site constraints, lack of space for new equipment and gauging for every installation. At least 90% of installation work takes place within T3 possessions with OLE and DC current isolations.
A brief outline of the installation work is as follows:
- Signal Foundations & Posts.
- Signal Brackets & Suspended Structures.
- REBs.
- REB Support Structures.
- Cable Bridge.
- PSP Foundations.
- Arch Refurbishments.
- New Access Stair Cases.
- Signalling and Power Location Cases Suites.
- Signal Post Telephone Walkways.
- Under Track Crossings.
- GRP Cable Routes.
- Concrete Cable Routes.
- Cable Route Renovation.
- Cable Trays through Station Canopies.
- Speed Boards & Signs.
For all of the above elements of work BCM Construction interfaces with Network Rail and many other main contractors. The designs are produced by our sub-contracted designers and reviewed and accepted at joint IDR/IDC meetings in accordance with Network Rail's Thameslink design management process. We are responsible for planning and delivering the work in accordance with the overall project programme and commissioning schedule which is completed in the following phases:
- Phase 1 - Kentish Town to Farringdon.
- Phase 2 - Farringdon to Blackfriars.
- Phase 3 - Blackfriars to Loughborough Jct.
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