Notice of substation construction
Work item: HS2-MW-BBVS-Ph1-OOC-St-S4-CR-31-18/02/2025
Work Item Summary
- Project Phase
- Phase 1
- Region
- Old Oak and North Acton
- Location
- Old Oak Common lane
- Worksite Name
- Old Oak Common
- Contractor
- BBVS JV
- Type of works
- Piling
- Estimated Start Date
- 23/06/2025
- Estimated End Date
- 15/12/2025
What we are doing
Substation construction
From Monday 23 June for approximately six-months, we are going to start building a new substation to house the electrical systems for the station.
We will be starting by installing long steel sheets into the ground, which is also known as ‘sheet piling’. The sheet piles will be lifted by large cranes, and then installed using a large machine that will push the metal sheets into the ground.
After this is done, the structure of the substation will be built, consisting of metal rods. Concrete is then poured over the metal rods to create the main frame of the substation. The cranes due to be used for these works will be arriving to site at 6am on Monday 23 June. The cranes will be placed onto site but will not start operating until after 8am.
Working hours
These works will take place during normal working hours which are: Monday to Friday 8am – 6pm, Saturday and Sunday 8am – 1pm.
The works will continue until 15 December 2025.
Please see the link below for further information.
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