Monthly construction update - Town Hall Station August 2021
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Monthly construction update
Town Hall Station
August 2021
Major construction is continuing in the CBD at the site of the future
Town Hall Station. This update provides an outline of current and
upcoming works in your area in August 2021.
Construction snapshot When are we working?
Construction works within the Town Hall Station
precinct during August 2021 include: Normal construction hours
— Roadheader tunnelling 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday
— Underground platform construction 7am to 1pm, Saturdays.
— Shaft construction works within the
Flinders Quarter site
Out of hours
— Oversized deliveries from the
Some works are required to
Flinders Quarter site
take place out of normal
— Service investigations on Swanston Street construction hours.
— Campbell Arcade connection works.
Further information on these works can be 24 hours
found overleaf or at metrotunnel.vic.gov.au 24 hour works are sometimes
required during peak
construction activities.
Construction partner:
Design &
Construction
Works in your area Station build out works
City Square site
Roadheader tunnelling 24-hours, Monday to Sunday, ongoing
City Square, Federation Square and — Works will continue to build the slabs, walls, and
Flinders Quarter sites columns within the City Square shaft
24-hours, Monday to Sunday, ongoing
— These works involve the installation of
— Works to excavate the platform rail tunnels using waterproofing materials, steel, and concrete
roadheaders will continue throughout August — There will be regular truck movements to deliver
— The platform rail tunnels are located on either steel and concrete to the acoustic shed
side of the central cavern (tunnel) and are a key — These works are expected to generate low levels
feature of the station’s trinocular design which of noise and vibration.
features three overlapping tunnels, integrating
the platforms and concourse on a single level
Shaft construction
— This involves excavating using excavators and
roadheaders, rock bolting, and shotcreting Flinders Quarter site
(spraying concrete) 7am to 10pm, Monday to Friday
7am to 6pm, Saturdays
— There will be regular truck movements to deliver 8am to 4pm, Sundays, ongoing
concrete and remove excavated material from
the acoustic sheds Concrete pours
— These works are expected to generate low levels 7am to 12am, Monday to Fridays (as required)
of noise and vibration.
Concrete finishing works
6pm to 7am, Monday to Saturdays
Underground platform construction (as required)
City Square, Federation Square and
Flinders Quarter sites — Shaft excavation involves the use of excavators,
24-hours, Monday to Sunday, ongoing a tower crane, and trucks to remove excavated
material from the site
— Works to construct the underground station
— Excavators with hammer attachments will
platform are continuing in the Town Hall
commence at 7am and conclude by 9pm,
Station precinct
and excavators with bucket attachments will
— These works involve the installation of conclude by 10pm on weekdays. These works
waterproofing materials, steel, and concrete will take place underneath the groundfloor slab
within the central cavern and are expected to generate medium levels of
noise and vibration
— There will be regular truck movements to deliver
steel and concrete to the acoustic sheds — Plunge columns underneath the groundfloor
slab will continue to oxy cutters, these works
— These works are expected to generate low levels are expected to generate intermittent periods of
of noise and vibration. medium levels of noise and vibration
City Square site — Construction of the shaft floors, walls and
Flinders Quarter sites columns involves steel fixing, waterproofing,
24-hours, Monday to Sunday in August installing formwork and concrete pours
— Steel fixing, waterproofing and formwork
— Works to excavate a section in the centre of the installation works will continue underneath the
City Square shaft will take place in early August ground floor slab until 10pm on weekdays and
for up to two days between 8am and 4pm on Sundays. These
— Shaft excavation works involve excavating using works involve the use of hand tools, diesel
an excavator, jackhammering, rock bolting, and generators, power tools, a telehandler, and a
shotcreting (spraying concrete) tower crane, and are expected to generate low
levels of noise
— These works are expected to generate medium
levels of noise and vibration — Concrete pours must be continuous to
ensure structural integrity and therefore may
— Where possible, every effort will be made occasionally continue outside of standard
to keep vibration and noise to a minimum construction hours
from 10pm to 7am to minimise disruption to
surrounding properties. — Concrete pours and concrete finishing works
involve regular deliveries, and the use of
concrete trucks, concrete pumps, concrete
vibrators, diesel generators and diesel-powered
concrete finishing equipment
— Concrete pours are expected to generate — These works will involve steel fixing, installing
medium levels of noise and vibration, and formwork and concrete pours for the
concrete finishing works are expected to construction of the roof within the shaft
generate low levels of noise and vibration
— These works are expected to generate low to
— The use of a tower crane may generate medium levels of noise and vibration.
intermittent periods of medium levels of noise
— Where possible, every effort will be made to Campbell Arcade connection works
undertake concrete pours during standard Flinders Street site to Campbell Arcade
construction hours to minimise disruption to 7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, and
surrounding properties. 7am to 1pm, Saturdays, early August 2021
Excavated material removal — Necessary permits and exemptions to undertake
works within Campbell Arcade have been
Flinders Quarter site
received, enabling works to connect the Flinders
6:30am to 10pm, Monday to Sunday, ongoing
Street site to the existing Campbell Arcade to
take place
— The removal of excavated material from
excavation and tunnelling works requires the use — Works taking place in early August will include
of trucks, excavators, and a tower crane cutting a section of wall between the Campbell
Arcade plant room and the Flinders Street site
— Trucks will access the Flinders Quarter site via
the Swanston Street driveway and egress via the — These works will include the use of elevated work
Flinders Street driveway platforms, excavators with hammer attachments,
a wall saw and hand tools
— These works are expected to generate low levels
of noise, intermittent periods of medium noise — Intermittent periods of high noise may be
may be generated when using the tower crane. generated when saw-cutting the perimeter of the
wall between the Campbell Arcade plant room
Oversize deliveries and the Flinders Street site, this is now expected
to take place in early August
Flinders Quarter site
10pm to 7am, throughout August 2021 — Pedestrian access to Campbell Arcade will be
maintained during these works
— Oversize trucks with deliveries will continue to — The legacy design of Campbell Arcade
access the Flinders Quarter site via the Swanston continues to be progressed and discussed with
Street driveway key stakeholders. Further information will be
available in the coming months.
— Due to road permit requirements, large plant will
occasionally be delivered and demobilised from
the site outside of standard construction hours Sewer relining works
— Oversized loads will be delivered from site Flinders Street
between 10am and 5am from early to 10pm to 5am, up to five nights in August
mid-August, 7 days a week. These works
will require the intermittent use of the tower — Sewer relining works will take place on Flinders
crane throughout the night. Street for up to five nights in August (refer to map)
— Oversize deliveries require the use of semi-trailers, — These works will require the use of a
trucks, and a tower crane and are expected to non-destructive digging truck, a lining flatbed
generate low to medium levels of noise truck, a CCTV truck, hand tools and light towers
— Directly impacted stakeholders will be provided — During these works Flinders Street westbound
more information prior to deliveries taking place lanes between Elizabeth and Swanston streets
outside of standard construction hours. will be closed to motorists with diversions in place
— These works are expected to generate low to
Pedestrian connection construction medium levels of noise
Flinders Street site — There will be no impacts on services to
7am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, surrounding buildings during these works
and 7am to 1pm, Saturdays, ongoing
— Directly impacted stakeholders will be provided
— Works to construct the future underground more information prior to these works
pedestrian connection within the Flinders Street commencing
site will continue throughout August — Traffic management will be in place to direct
pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists around the
work areas.
Service investigations — These works will include the use of a non-
destructive digging (NDD) truck, power tools and
Swanston Street
hand tools to remove sections of the pavement
7pm to 5am, up to three nights in late August
and locate underground services
and early September
— These works are expected to generate medium
— Service investigations will take place on Swanston to high levels of noise, nosier works will be
Street between Collins Street and Flinders Lane in undertaken earlier in the shift where possible
late August and early September
— Traffic management will be in place to safely guide
pedestrians around the works areas.
Collins St Collins St
City
Square
site
Elizabeth St
Russell St
Swanston St
Flinders Lane
Degraves St
Flinders
Quarter site
Flinders St
Flinders St
Legend
Flinders
Street site Work sites
Federation Concrete testing
Square Footpath closure
Flinders Street Service investigations
Station
Federation Sewer religning works
Square No left turn
Indicative only
Traffic and transport impacts — Temporary holding of traffic on Flinders Lane,
Swanston, and Collins’s streets for up to three
— Flinders Street westbound lanes between
minutes to enable the delivery of equipment
Elizabeth and Swanston streets will be closed
and materials
to motorists between 10pm to 5am for up
to five nights in mid-July to undertake sewer — Ongoing use of boom gate and swing gate
relining works. controls to pedestrian and cyclist traffic on
Flinders, Swanston, and Collins’s streets to
Ongoing facilitate safe truck ingress and egress
— Ongoing closure of Flinders Street eastbound — Intermittent slowing and stopping of traffic on
lanes between Swanston and Elizabeth streets Collins Street between Russell and Swanston
streets for deliveries to the City Square site
— Ongoing long-term closure of the southern
footpath on Flinders Street adjacent to the — Intermittent stopping of pedestrians on the
Federation Square site, with pedestrian corner of Swanston Street and Flinders Lane
diversions in place through Federation Square for the egress of construction vehicles
— Closure of the left turning lane from St Kilda — Concrete trucks will intermittently park in the
Road to Flinders Street loading bay on Collins Street, adjacent to the
City Square site for up to 30 minutes to enable
— Temporary closure of the Flinders Street concrete testing to take place.
north-south pedestrian crossing between St
Paul’s Cathedral and Federation Square
Look ahead for 2021
August September October November
Underground platform construction
Roadheader tunnelling
Flinders Quarter site shaft construction
Flinders Street site pedestrian connection
construction and backfill works
City Square site Station build out works
City Square site shaft excavation
City Square site
Tension pile installation
Health and safety Business support
Works on the Metro Tunnel project are While the new Town Hall Station will be a
progressing with strict COVIDSafe plans significant boost for the local area, construction
in place. activities can impact local businesses. In
response to this, our Business Support Team
The health and safety of our workforce and
assists businesses through the disruption and
community remains our top priority.
any permanent changes that will take place.
For more information and advice about the
Please see the offer in this notification from
coronavirus (COVID-19), please visit
Daniel’s Donuts located at Shop 1/ 238 Flinders
http://coronavirus.vic.gov.au.
Street, Melbourne. We look forward
to promoting more local businesses as the
project progresses.
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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PO Box 4509, Melbourne, VIC 3001 the latest updates.
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