8pm – 5am, Tuesday 26 July and Wednesday 27 July 2022

Overnight road resurfacing works will take place in July on a section of the southbound lane of St Kilda Road between Albert Road and Bromby Street.
As these works require a temporary closure of the southbound lane of
St Kilda Road, they will need to occur at night outside of peak periods

Good afternoon all,

We hope everyone has had a great week – and on behalf of the French contingent working on the project – happy Bastille Day for yesterday!

Below is a snapshot of the works coming up on site next week, there are quite a few things going on next week.

Anzac Station entrance construction – Tram Interchange

As we mentioned last week, the installation of the wet fire services began this week and there are now lengths of metal piping running along the top to support the fire systems for the new station canopy. Preparations for the skylights have begun and we’ll likely see some installation works commence next week. On Saturday the team will be working a little longer on the canopy – but all works will be wrapped up before 3pm and is not expected to generate a lot of noise.

Normally we include the kiosk construction in the surface works component, but as the kiosk progresses it will form part of the final tram platform structure, so we’ve moved it to the tram interchange section. The pre-cast panels that form part of the kiosk have been in place for some time, and recently the team installed conduits and then completed a series of concrete pours around the base. Monday next week will see the arrival of additional sections of precast for installation – and the shape of the kiosk structure will start to become evident.

While we the canopy construction at Anzac Station progressing every day, it has gathered a lot of interest as it starts to take shape on St Kilda Road. On Wednesday, Channel 9 came out for an exclusive look at the structure and it featured on the evening news bulletin that night.

Station box construction

Down at the northern end of the concourse, it continues to be a hive of activity with the myriad of back of house rooms coming together with block work, roughing in of services and in some areas the start of first coats of sealant and paint. At the southern end works are far more progressed as the back of house area here sees some floors getting their first epoxy coating and the rough in of the lighting in others.

If you walked down to the platform level you can now stand on the future train platform, as the pre-cast sections of concrete continue to be installed from south to north. We’ve included a photo this week standing on top of the platform. A few things to note in the picture – If you look at the nearest pillar, you can see a groove at the bottom – this is final level that the topping slab of concrete and tiling for the finished station platform will come up to. Also in the top right of the photo you can see some steel structures hanging from the ceiling, these are the structures that will support the future platform screen doors.

Surface Works

You may have noticed in the most recent construction notification, there is a new section of road shown in the precinct map (we’ve included this same map in this week’s update) This is the road that we’re constructing right now in the southern section of site

The southern-most exposed section of the roof slab has now been waterproofed and the first layer of backfill applied. Next week this section will begin to actually resemble a road, with additional backfill and pavement works commencing.

Later this month we’ll be switching south bound traffic onto this section. We will have some night works to complete as we do the last bits of asphalting to tie this road into the existing lane – we’ll send around a separate construction notice when we’ve confirmed dates (and as always, we’ll keep you updated via this email)

Moving closer to the station canopy in section 2, we’ve just this week broken down the last of the D-wall closest to Melbourne Grammar School, next week we’ll start clean out this area and later in the week commence backfill closest to the wall.

While up in the northern end of the site, the high voltage (HV) works are continuing, which involve trenching and laying of conduit.

As I mentioned last week, CitiPower will be coming to site to do some of the works to tie their assets back into their network. These works are done under CitiPower’s own works permit – so they are carried out separately and notified separately – I’ve included a copy of their notification to this email.  We’re obviously working closely with them on these works. You’ll see in their notice that there are works on the Shrine side near the pedestrian crossing at Park Street.  There may be some pedestrian delays as they work in this area, but generally pedestrians will be able to get around their works. They’re also working at the pedestrian crossing over near Domain Road – we’re not expecting any pedestrian impacts here.

The works on Park Street have been pushed back until the 1^st week of August. We’re expecting that these may be a little more disruptive, with the left turn from St Kilda Road into Park Street closed – and a pedestrian detour required during excavation. We’ll have some more detailed information about these works in next week’s update – and we’ll be sending out a specific construction notification to go with it.

One of the more prominent changes to site next week will be the removal of the site sheds nearest to the St Kilda Road tram stop at Park Street. Next week we’ll start removing these in preparation for some road works through this area, in some areas we’ll need to drop in concrete jersey barriers to fence off the site.

Monday 18/07	Tuesday 19/07	Wednesday 20/07	Thursday 21/07	Friday 22/07	Saturday 23/07
Stage 1 – Shrine access shaft FRP, Northern precast shaft FRP works, Excavation & waterproofingStage 2 –  BackfillStage 3 – Kiosk Precast ErectionStage 4 – Backfill, road pavement works	Stage 1 – Shrine access shaft FRP, Northern precast shaft FRP works, Excavation & waterproofingStage 2 –  BackfillStage 3 – Kiosk Precast ErectionStage 4 – Backfill, road pavement works	Stage 1 – Shrine access shaft FRP, Northern precast shaft FRP works, Excavation & waterproofingStage 2 –  BackfillStage 3 – Kiosk Roof Slab FRP worksStage 4 – Backfill, road pavement works	Stage 1 – Shrine access shaft FRP, Northern precast shaft FRP works, ExcavationStage 2 –  BackfillStage 3 – Kiosk Roof Slab FRP worksStage 4 – Backfill, road pavement works	Stage 1 – Shrine access shaft FRP, Northern precast shaft FRP works, ExcavationStage 2 –  BackfillStage 3 – Kiosk Roof Slab FRP worksStage 4 – Backfill, road pavement works	Stage 1 – Shrine access shaft FRP, Northern precast shaft FRP works, ExcavationStage 2 –  BackfillStage 3 – Kiosk Roof Slab FRP worksStage 4 – Backfill, road pavement works

Thanks, Rob and Christian

Fascinating info

Good afternoon everyone,

We hope everyone has had a great week

Below is a snapshot of the works coming up on site next week.

Anzac Station entrance construction – Tram Interchange

Those with a view of the site will have seen that the station canopy team are making great progress on the installation of the cross laminated timber (CLT) panels. The works started in the middle of the canopy and are progressively making their way to the outer edges. Nothing new to report next week, the team will largely be doing much of the same up on the roof. As has been the case for the past few weeks, some work on the canopy will be ongoing after 6pm, but will be wrapped up by 8pm. Tomorrow, elements of the canopy install are also expected to proceed past 1pm, but is not expected to generate significant noise.

Station box construction

Once again, the works down underground remain largely consistent with previous weeks. The crane on surface next to Domain Road is incredibly busy, as everything that needs to go down into the station box is lowered down by one crane. There isn’t a minute of this cranes day that isn’t accounted for. One of the things you may not have noticed being lowered down is the infrastructure that will support the ventilation for the new station. This includes fans and baffles that effectively slow down the air that comes through the station, pushed by the approaching the trains. This air is slowed down and discharged via the stations ventilation on surface. We’ve included a photo of some of this infrastructure that has been installed at the southern end of the station at concourse level. Similar equipment will be installed at the northern section and connected to the ventilation system there.

Surface Works

In the middle of the site there has been some good progress on the delayed pour strips. As you might recall, the delayed pour strips are the final sections of the station roof to be tied into the walls and effectively lock the station box structure in place, before we demolish the D-wall above these sections. Next week we will start the demolition of the sections of D-wall closest to Melbourne Grammar School, we expect that this will continue for the entire the week.

Earlier this year we trialled large custom fitted noise blankets that wrap around the excavator heads to reduce noise, and saw some decent reduction in the decibels. We’ve purchased additional blankets for the larger CYP owned excavators – they arrived this week and are being fitted to the machines, so if you see excavators wrapped in blankets next week, it’s not to protect from the cold – they’re designed to offer some relief from the noise. 

Further to the south, preparation work is well underway for the new temporary diversion road for the southbound lane of St Kilda Road. Next week will see waterproofing of the newly completed delayed pour strip, before we start the backfill and surface preparation commence in this area.  This is likely to also include the use of vibratory rollers on this section, the vibratory rollers have been working in the area this week, however the sections they have been rolling have been pre-existing sections of road that don’t require as much compaction. The sections above the delayed pour strips will require some extra attention.

The construction and commissioning of the new section of road will allow us to continue the delayed pour strip/demolition/backfill works further to the south.  We’re also aiming to get the noise dampening blankets fitted to the Delta excavators that have recently arrived the southern end of the site too. These machines are operated by a subcontractor, but we’re looking to get some attached to their machines also.

Moving up to the northern end of the station, the newest addition to the landscape on site this week has been the pre-cast sections installed in the north of the site adjacent to Albert Road North. As I mentioned in a previous update these pre-cast panels make up the future ventilation system for the station and will be hooked up to the same type of ventilation infrastructure featured in this week’s photo.

Staying in the northern section, works are continuing the relocation works for the High Voltage cable. The team are moving the cable into its new location above the station box. Next Monday there will some work to demolish redundant piles as the trench makes it’s way across the station box and up towards Domain Road. We expect this will only take 2-3 days to break out.

Monday 04/07	Tuesday 05/07	Wednesday 06/07	Thursday 07/07	Friday 08/07	Saturday 09/07
Stage 1 – Shrine access shaft FRP, Northern precast shaft structural worksStage 2/3 –  Roof slab completion pourStage 3 – Tram platform structure worksStage 4 – Waterproofing completion, surface demo & roadworks	Stage 1 – Shrine access shaft FRP, Northern precast shaft structural worksStage 2/3 – Preparation for waterproofing, d-wall demolitionStage 3 – Tram platform structure (Form works)Stage 4 – Waterproofing completion, surface demo & roadworks	Stage 1 – Shrine access shaft FRP, Northern precast shaft structural worksStage 2/3 – Preparation for waterproofing, d-wall demolitionStage 3 – Tram platform structure (Concrete pour)Stage 4 – Waterproofing protection pour, surface demo & roadworks	Stage 1 – Shrine access shaft FRP, Northern precast shaft structural worksStage 2/3 – Preparation for waterproofing, d-wall demolitionStage 3 – Tram platform structure worksStage 4 – backfilling, surface demo & roadworks	Stage 1 – Shrine access shaft FRP, Northern precast shaft structural worksStage 2/3 – Preparation for waterproofing, d-wall demolitionStage 3 – Tram platform structure worksStage 4 – backfilling, surface demo & roadworks	Stage 1 – Shrine access shaft FRP, Northern precast shaft structural worksStage 2/3 – Preparation for waterproofing, d-wall demolitionStage 3 – Tram platform structure worksStage 4 – backfilling, surface demo & roadworks

Thanks, Rob and Christian

Good afternoon everyone,

Welcome to the end of another busy week – and the start of school holidays, for those of you for whom that is relevant.

Below is a snapshot of the works coming up on site next week. A reminder that works will recommence on Tuesday with Monday an RDO.

Anzac Station entrance construction – Tram Interchange

After a few false starts, the cross laminated timber (CLT) panels have commenced installation on the station canopy, you’ll notice that there are two scaffold towers adjacent to the canopy, these will provide access to the canopy roof the installation of the CLT panels. The team will start in the middle of the canopy, install the panels, and then use the panels as a working platform as they make their way out to each end of the station canopy. The centre diamonds within the diagrid of the canopy won’t have CLT panel installation, these sections will house the future skylights within the canopy structure. As mentioned last week, some work on the canopy is ongoing after 6pm, the should be wrapped up by 8pm, so shouldn’t be an extended evening presence for these works. The steel permitter beam around the canopy is also now complete, showing off the shape of the structure.

Station box construction

There will be no shortage of concrete pumps on surface level over the coming days and weeks as the team underground form up the permanent structures on the concourse level, the platform level and the stairwells that connect the two. The emergency egress stairwell in the north and south are both underway – with the south nearly complete and north has just begun. Concrete will also be flowing to infill the network of blockwork walls that make up the back of house rooms and corridors on concourse level. Tomorrow we’ll have a concrete pump out on site to start the first concrete pour will occur for the topping slab, which is poured on the top of those precast panels, which we included in a photo in last week’s update.

Surface Works

For those closest to the southern end of the site – you’ll have seen that we have started breaking up the surface of the site in preparation for the road and drainage works through this section of site.

These road and drainage works will create a temporary alignment for the south bound lane of St Kilda Road. Switching the southbound traffic onto this road alignment will give the team access to the sections of D-wall that sit directly underneath where the southbound lane is currently positioned. There will be more detail about this switch in upcoming construction notifications, but it won’t result in any access changes for buildings. The breakout of the surface in this area commenced in earnest on Thursday this week and also involved pulling up old tram tracks that have been in place since before the project began. These tracks were laid during the projects first St Kilda Road realignment way back in 2018. The removal of these tracks is timely, as we are quickly approaching the third and final tram line alignment, which is scheduled for late November this year.

On the progress of the D-wall breakout and delayed pour strips, we’ve recently completed the waterproofing and the concrete pour for the section of Stage 3 that is closest to Melbourne Grammar School. Next week during school holidays, we’ll be back with the excavator to start breaking back this section of D-wall, as you’d imagine, this will be particularly noisy work.

Those in the northern end of site might notice an excavator making its way along the eastern side of the site, this is trenching the alignment for a future high voltage cable that will be relocated on top of the station roof. Later in July the project team will launch an under-road bore to feed the cable through to the connection point in Park Street. This will require the temporary closure of the left turn from St Kilda Road into Park Street, we’ll send out a construction notification about these works once we’ve got the exact dates confirmed.

Monday 27/6	Tuesday 28/6	Wednesday 29/6	Thursday 30/6	Friday 01/07	Saturday 02/07
Stage 1 – Shrine access shaft FRPStage 2 – Roof Slab completion FRPStage 3 – Tram Platform substructure works, service trenchingStage 4 – D-wall demolition & completion FRP	Stage 1 – Shrine access shaft FRPStage 2 – Roof Slab completion FRPStage 3 – Tram Platform structure works, service trenching, roof slab concrete pourStage 4 – D-wall demolition & completion FRP	Stage 1 – Shrine access shaft FRPStage 2 – Roof Slab completion FRPStage 3 – Tram Platform structure works, service trenchingStage 4 – D-wall demolition & completion FRP	Stage 1 – Shrine access shaft FRPStage 2 – Roof Slab completion FRPStage 3 – Tram Platform structure works, service trenching, roof slab concrete pourStage 4 – D-wall demolition & completion FRP	Stage 1 – Shrine access shaft FRPStage 2 – Roof Slab completion FRPStage 3 – Tram Platform structure works, service trenchingStage 4 – D-wall demolition & completion FRP	Stage 1 – Shrine access shaft FRPStage 2 – Roof Slab completion FRPStage 3 – Tram Platform structure works, service trenchingStage 4 – D-wall demolition & completion FRP

Have a great weekend!

Best regards,

Rob and Christian