Faversham station during refurbishment
A Grade 1 listed building at Faversham Sation in Kent was given the kid glove treatment during a major railway refurbishment project.
Engineers had to tread carefully as they worked within a few metres of the precious building which underwent extensive dilapidation surveys prior to, during and after the works to ensure that any damage during the realignment of the track layout could be identified.
The English Heritage listed entrance enclosure to a pedestrian underpass also had to be moved, adding further complications.
HBPW worked with the Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd to install a complex arrangement of Temporary Works Earth Support – all designed under the Network Rail Form C protocols – to allow a large precast concrete culvert extension to be installed amid very restricted railway possessions.
Thanks to careful planning the installation was a success and HBPW was commissioned to complete the design of a glass enclosure to complement and contrast the existing listed structure.
HBPW Director Paul Withers was delighted with the outcome. He said: “Great care was taken to preserve the existing pedestrian culvert as much as possible.
“The Listed Building already had great cracks in it and the worry was that there would be more damage caused. But the dilapidation surveys, both before during and after the works, showed that the working strategy had achieved the end result.”
Client: Network Rail
Contractor: Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd
Contract Value: £2m