Case study

Victoria Line Signal Control Centre

Client: John Mowlem PLC
This two-storey building is constructed in structural steelwork and in situ reinforced concrete, and designed to resist bombs and high impact loadings. The structure will house signalling control and automatic train supervision systems to ensure better regulation of trains, allowing a consistent flow to arrive at each platform.

Added value
We oversaw design co-ordination between the contractor and the architect-led team. Adopting a steel building frame reduced the amount of concrete being pumped in the operational rail environment and improved the construction programme. Displacement piles minimized arisings from foundations and the costs associated with off site disposal of contaminated material. The building has large spans in the control room and is highly serviced to interface with the new signalling system. The use of upstand beams maximized voids in the control room ceiling, making significant savings in servicing costs.

Services supplied

• Civil & structural design services
• Pre and post tender design
• Reinforced concrete blast protection
• Structural steelwork with large internal spans
• Piled foundations