Monthly construction update - Domain Precinct April 2021 - Metro Tunnel
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Monthly construction update
Domain Precinct
April 2021
Major construction is continuing in Domain at the site of the future Anzac
Station. This update provides an outline of current and upcoming works
in your area.
In an exciting milestone, TBM Millie has now When are we working?
completed her 1.8 kilometre tunnelling drive from
Anzac Station to Town Hall Station. TBM Alice
continues to make great progress as well and is Normal construction hours
now in her deepest section of tunnel, having now
travelled beneath Citylink. 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday
7am to 1pm, Saturdays.
At the future site of Anzac Station, works are
progressing on both sides of the acoustic
shed, and beneath St Kilda Road. The Shrine of Out of hours
Remembrance station entrance and the train/
tram interchange continue to take shape. Some works are required to
take place out of normal
In the station box, the first stage of sacrificial tunnel construction hours.
demolition and excavation is complete, with crews
now returning their attention to constructing the
concourse level slab. Underneath the acoustic shed,
in the northern part of the station box, the team is 24 hours
currently working to construct columns from base 24 hour works are sometimes
to concourse level. required during peak
construction activities.
Construction snapshot
Construction works are continuing within the
Domain precinct during April and will include:
— Tunnelling and TBM retrieval
Health and safety
— Tunnelling support site – excavated soil removal
Works on the Metro Tunnel Project are
— Station box construction progressing with strict COVIDsafe Plans
in place. The health and safety of our
— Anzac Station entrance – Shrine of
workforce and community remains our top
Remembrance
priority. For more information and advice
— Anzac Station entrance – tram interchange. about the coronavirus (COVID-19), please
visit http://coronavirus.vic.gov.au.
Further information on these works can be
found overleaf or at metrotunnel.vic.gov.au
Construction partner:
Design &
Construction
Works in your area — The large crane on surface may be required until
10pm on some nights to feed steel down to the
teams working on the concourse
Tunnelling and TBM retrieval
— These works are expected to generate low to
Beneath St Kilda Road and Queen
medium levels of noise underneath the roof slab
Victoria Gardens
Ongoing until mid-2021 — Once the base slab has been poured, the team
will work to remove the falsework deck that
— TBM Millie completed her 1.8km journey from the supported the concrete pour. This will be lifted
Anzac Station site to the Town Hall Station site in out from the void in south box
late March, while TBM Alice has now completed
— Towards the end of the month, excavation and
one kilometre, having passed the halfway mark
demolition of the sacrificial tunnel will restart
to her tunnelling drive
once the concourse falsework has been removed
— Now that TBM Millie has finished tunnelling,
— Large longreach excavators will be delivered to
crews will begin to dismantle the system of pipes
site to carry out these works
that fed excavated material from the TBM back
to the tunnelling support site — Excavation will continue beneath the roof slab
24/7, with this section of work being deeper into
— The pipes will be removed from site by trucks
the shaft than stage one
through the acoustic shed
— On surface level, activity will include excavators
— Pipe removal will mostly occur within the tunnels
loading out soil. This loadout on surface will be
and the acoustic shed and will generate low
required until 10pm
levels of noise
— In the northern end of the station box (under the
— This month work will also begin on dismantling
acoustic shed) work will continue to construct
the TBMs within the tunnels and pulling the
columns from the base level to the concourse
gantry pieces back to the Anzac Station site to
level. This will involve installing falsework,
be removed
formwork and completing concrete pours
— Once the Shrine of Remembrance station
— Additionally, construction of the concourse slab
entrance is backfilled to ground level, this area
will commence in this area. Following the same
will be used to store TBM pieces
methodology as in the southern part of the
— Track the progress of all TBMs on the Metro station box, a falsework deck will be installed
Tunnel Project website here: metrotunnel.vic. before steelfixing is completed in preparation for
gov.au (indicative only). For specific information large concrete pours
regarding the location of a TBM please get in
— Some steelfixing work may be required overnight
touch with the project team on 1800 105 105.
contained within the north box and acoustic
shed area
Tunnelling support site
— To ensure structural integrity, concrete pours
Edmund Herring Oval and northern
must be continuous and therefore may need to
station box site
continue outside of normal construction hours.
Until late 2021
Anzac Station entrance –
— The TBM support site at Edmund Herring Oval
continues to operate 24/7 to support tunnelling Shrine of Remembrance
operations until early May when TBM Alice North east of construction site
completes the drive to Town Hall Station April
— Trucks removing excavated soil from the site
will continue to use the primary route of Dallas — The roof slab of this Anzac Station entrance
Brooks Drive, Birdwood Avenue and Linlithgow is now complete, with the two concrete pours
Avenue (see map). With TBM Alice at work, soil required to construct the roof completed in March
removal is continuing overnight. — Since completion the team has been
waterproofing the slab to prevent water ingress
Station box construction
— This month, the team complete the backfill
Southern and northern station box site around the suspended roof slab, reinstating the
April ongoing ground to the original surface level
— This backfilling work will require some pile
— Work to construct the concourse slab continues
breakback to cut the piles to the correct height.
within the station box
This will generate periods of high level noise
— In the southern end of the station box, steelfixing
— Once the backfilling is complete, and the area
work will be completed for the next concrete
is reinstated, it will be handed over to the
slab to be poured
tunnelling team who will use the space for TBM
part storage during retrieval.
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Indicative only
Anzac Station entrance – — To ensure structural integrity, concrete pours
tram interchange must be continuous and therefore may need to
continue outside of normal construction hours
Between acoustic shed and St Kilda Road
April ongoing — The team will also conduct waterproofing works
in the area to prevent water ingress
— This month, work will continue to construct — Steelfixing and waterproofing works typically
the base slab of the tram interchange generate low to medium levels of noise.
station entrance
— Steelfixing will continue in preparation for
a large concrete pour in mid-AprilLook ahead for 2021
April May June July
Tunnelling
TBM retrieval and tunnelling support
site demobilisation
Station box
Concourse level construction
Shrine entrance
Roof construction and backfill
Tram interchange entrance
Base slab construction
Tram interchange entrance
Internal walls and roof construction
Station box excavation to base level
- southern end
Station box base slab construction
- southern end
Traffic and transport impacts Business support
— There will be ongoing 24/7 truck activity While the new Anzac Station will be a significant
in the Domain precinct until mid-2021 boost for the local area, construction activities
associated with the delivery of pre-cast can impact local businesses. In response to this,
concrete tunnel segments and excavated our Business Support Team assists businesses
soil removal from the tunnelling support site through the disruption and any permanent
(see map). changes that will take place.
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More information
To find out more about the Metro Tunnel Project:
metrotunnel.vic.gov.au
1800 105 105 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) It should be noted that this information is current at the time of
printing, however due to unforeseen circumstances, changes
Rail Projects Victoria may occur. Please visit railprojects.vic.gov.au for
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