Get your first glimpse of the future of Anzac Station 👀

These eye-catching green steel columns will support the 85-metre-long canopy, which will be installed in the coming months. pic.twitter.com/zEQj3A7EdX

— Metro Tunnel (@metrotunnelvic) April 11, 2022

The Committee has decided to install the basic infrastructure for charging electric vehicles (EVs) at a cost of approx. $35K.  It will be installed in May.

Some things to note

• There will be no levy required to fund this work
• This work will provide the ‘common backbone’ but users wanting to connect will still need to pay for cabling to their bay and their own charger.  These must be arranged through the OC.
• The common infrastructure that the OC is funding ensures that we do not place other building power circuits at risk and ensures that the EV owner is immediately billed for power used.
• Our insurance company has been consulted and confirmed that this does not increase our risk and therefore will not impact our premium.
• Reference sites consulted commented that the costs for our building are modest compared to many other buildings.
• Two estate agents who have sold apartments in our building both commented that they are receiving more and more queries from buyers about EV charging.  One agent commented that he has lost St Kilda Rd sales due to the lack of EV charging capability. They both commented that all new apartment blocks MUST have EV charging.

As I have personally ordered an EV, I stood aside when the Committee voted on this matter. 

Good afternoon everyone,

We hope you’ve been having a lovely week.

We are writing today with our next weekly construction lookahead.

Next week will be a shorter week than usual with the Easter long weekend. Works will stop on Thursday, with some works to decommission the large crane commencing from the following Tuesday. We will provide an update on the crane works next Thursday.

Anzac Station entrance construction – Tram Interchange

All eight of the station canopy legs that are connected to the pedestals at concourse level have now been installed in the oculus. After Easter, the four remaining legs will be installed.

This week, the first of the timber rafters and steel spline beams have been delivered to site, with the first of their installation underway. This work will continue next week.

Station box construction

No change to the works going on underground next week. Precast over track exhaust (OTE) installation continues, along with the framework that will form the platform doors. Installation of the precast sections of the future station platform are underway. The precast segments will be lowered into the station box until 10pm, while preparation works ahead of their installation will continue overnight. This activity is located entirely at platform level, and is unlikely to generate high noise at surface after 10pm.

Internal walls and permanent columns continue to be constructed in the station box, moving from south to north, as well as continuing the construction of the headwall that connects the station box to the tunnels. These works will involve steelfixing, formworking and concrete pours. As with all concrete pours, they must be completed continuously, and may run over normal construction hours.

As per the construction notice, steel fixing will continue in the station box 24/7.

Plunge columns will continue to be removed, as well as firewall shotcreting, heading from south to north in the station box. Works on the plunge columns will continue within the station box until 10pm, and preparation works for the firewall shotcreting will continue on night shift. These activities are unlikely to generate high noise at surface level.

As mentioned in last week’s update, the crane on surface will be required for use up until 10pm on work nights. The void in the south box continues to be closed up – and as a result a smaller crane has been mobilised in the northern section of site and will begin to be used to lower pre-cast segments into the northern void. This northern void will transition to become the main access down into the station box. The larger crane will be demobilised and taken from site prior to the Easter later this month. There will be times when both the large crane and the new smaller crane will be used on surface until 10pm at the same time.

Today we’ve included a photo of the progress of the platform construction down at the base of the station box. The team are making good progress as they construct the platform from south to north. Once the full platform is constructed, a capping slab of concrete is poured.

Surface Works

Surface breakout at the northern and middle sections of site have been progressing well this week. Below is a detailed run down of works to occur next week.

These works will generate periods of high noise and the works will be carried out during normal working hours.

In addition to the surface works listed below, waterproofing and screeding in the area will continue. Non-Destructive-Digging trucks – also known as sucker trucks –  will be used on site to clean out any debris in the strip of reinforced steel prior to concrete being poured in the sections of delayed pour strip.

Saturday 9/4	Monday 11/4	Tuesday 12/4	Wednesday 13/4	Thursday 14/4
Spray and cleanout of stage 2 delayed strip pourCovered access construction through stage 2Stage 2 backfilling	Stage 1 D-Wall demolition ongoingStage 1 waterproofing ongoingStage 2 upstand demo ongoingStage 2 delayed pour strip ongoing	Stage 1 D-Wall demolition ongoingStage 1 waterproofing ongoingStage 2 upstand demo ongoingStage 2 delayed pour strip ongoing	Stage 1 D-Wall demolition ongoingStage 1 waterproofing ongoingStage 2 upstand demo ongoingStage 2 delayed pour strip ongoing	Stage 1 D-Wall demolition ongoingStage 1 waterproofing ongoingStage 2 upstand demo ongoingStage 2 delayed pour strip ongoing

Thanks,

Rob and Jordan

Good afternoon everyone,

We hope you’ve been having a lovely week.

We are writing today with our next weekly construction lookahead.

Anzac Station entrance construction – Tram Interchange

If you’ve walked past the site this past week you will have seen that the first of the green canopy legs have been installed in the oculus. Due to their size, the legs are delivered overnight, and then installed during the day. Next week, canopy leg delivery and installation will continue. The first sections of the wooden canopy will also arrive to site next week for installation. We’ve included a picture today of one of the legs being lifted into place by crane.

Station box construction

No change to the works going on underground next week. Precast over track exhaust (OTE) installation continues, along with the framework that will form the platform doors. Installation of the precast sections of the future station platform are underway. The precast segments will be lowered into the station box until 10pm, while preparation works ahead of their installation will continue overnight. This activity is located entirely at platform level, and is unlikely to generate high noise at surface after 10pm.

Internal walls and permanent columns continue to be constructed in the station box, moving from south to north, as well as continuing the construction of the headwall that connects the station box to the tunnels. These works will involve steelfixing, formworking and concrete pours. As with all concrete pours, they must be completed continuously, and may run over normal construction hours.

As per the construction notice, steel fixing will continue in the station box 24/7.

Plunge columns will continue to be removed, as well as firewall shotcreting, heading from south to north in the station box. Works on the plunge columns will continue within the station box until 10pm, and preparation works for the firewall shotcreting will continue on night shift. These activities are unlikely to generate high noise at surface level.

As mentioned in last week’s update, the crane on surface will be required for use up until 10pm on work nights. The void in the south box continues to be closed up – and as a result a smaller crane has been mobilised in the northern section of site and will begin to be used to lower pre-cast segments into the northern void. This northern void will transition to become the main access down into the station box. The larger crane will be demobilised and taken from site prior to the Easter later this month. There will be times when both the large crane and the new smaller crane will be used on surface until 10pm at the same time.

Surface Works

Surface breakout at the northern end of site has been progressing well this week. Below is a detailed run down of works to occur next week.

These works will generate periods of high noise and the works will be carried out during normal working hours.

In addition to the surface works listed below, waterproofing in the area will continue.

Monday 4/4	Tuesday 5/4	Wednesday 6/4	Thursday 7/4	Friday 8/4	Saturday 9/4
Concrete screed pour Stage 1Loadout fill Stage 1Loadout styrene blocks stage 1 and 2Demolition of timber walkway in stage 2	Loadout styrene blocks stage 1/2Loadout fill stage 1Breakout Stage 2 protection slabDemolition of timber walkway in stage 2	Covered access construction through stage 2	Covered access construction through stage 2Spray and cleanout of stage 2 delayed strip pour	Covered access construction through stage 2Spray and cleanout of stage 2 delayed strip pourBackfill of stage 2 area commence	Spray and cleanout of stage 2 delayed strip pourCovered access construction through stage 2Stage 2 backfilling

Traffic detector loop maintenance – Tuesday 5 April

On Tuesday evening, maintenance work will take place on the detector loop system at the eastbound intersection of Park Street and St Kilda Road. For the duration of these works, Park Street eastbound will be closed between Wells Street and St Kilda Road, with a detour in place via Wells Street and Dorcas Street.

The works are anticipated to take only a few hours, and while most of the works will not be impactful, some concrete sawcutting will be required to expose the detector loop system. This will be completed at the beginning of the works.

We’ve included the notification that was distributed to the area to this email for you for reference.

Thanks

Rob and Jordan

As we mentioned yesterday, the station will have line green… Installed today

You may have spotted a couple of images released of Anzac Station today. As I understand, the Minister wanted to get these out before CYP start erecting the steel!!

This one shows (left of screen) some vents similar to ‘our’ vents and chiller plants. I am assured that we will now have some decent trees shielding us from the chiller plant.

They have been given feedback that the high roof will give very little weather coverage for tram users. The lime green has also not been a popular decision.

This is the concourse level, one level below the street and one level above the train platform. There will be plenty of light The tram lines are either side of this area.

Good afternoon everyone,

We hope you’ve been keeping well.

We are writing today with our next weekly construction lookahead.

Anzac Station entrance construction – Tram Interchange

A lot of progress has been made this week in the tram interchange, most notably the feature stairs have been poured at the northern end of the oculus, and the escalators have been installed at the southern end.

Next week, steelfixing will continue on the pedestrian bridges over the oculus. Steelfixing in this area will continue until 10pm on work nights until the bridges are poured, which is currently scheduled for Tuesday.

Next week, work will continue to strip the formwork from the feature stairs, as will the installation of glazing on the lifts.

Set up for the canopy columns will also begin next week, with the first of the installation scheduled for late next week.

Station box construction

Precast over track exhaust (OTE) installation continues, along with the framework that will form the platform doors. Installation of the precast sections of the future station platform are underway. The precast segments will be lowered into the station box until 10pm, while preparation works ahead of their installation will continue overnight. This activity is located entirely at platform level, and is unlikely to generate high noise at surface after 10pm.

Internal walls and permanent columns continue to be constructed in the station box, moving from south to north, as well as continuing the construction of the headwall that connects the station box to the tunnels. These works will involve steelfixing, formworking and concrete pours. As with all concrete pours, they must be completed continuously, and may run over normal construction hours.

As per the construction notice, steel fixing will continue in the station box 24/7.

Plunge columns will continue to be removed, as well as firewall shotcreting, heading from south to north in the station box. Works on the plunge columns will continue within the station box until 10pm, and preparation works for the firewall shotcreting will continue on night shift. These activities are unlikely to generate high noise at surface level.

As mentioned in last week’s update, the crane on surface will be required for use up until 10pm on work nights.

Today, we’ve included a picture at platform level looking south. In this image you can see on the left the first of the platform installed. On the right, you can see the over track exhaust system being installed, with the steel framework for the platform doors in front.

Platform screen doors will be installed at each of the five new stations on the project. You can see a quick explainer on them via the link below:

Surface Works

Surface breakout at the northern end of site has been progressing well this week. Below is a detailed run down of works to occur next week.

These works will generate periods of high noise and the works will be carried out during normal working hours.

In addition to the surface works listed below, waterproofing in the area will continue, as well as formwork and steelfixing for the delayed strip pour.

Thanks

Rob and Jordan

Good afternoon everyone,

We hope you’ve been having a lovely week.

We are writing today with our next weekly construction lookahead.

Anzac Station entrance construction – Tram Interchange

Work is progressing well within the tram interchange, with all of the flat panels now installed around the oculus. Next week the team will continue with some minor rectification works on the panels. We’ve included a picture today of a close up of some of the L-shaped precast panels that have been installed around the oculus opening.

Early next week, the escalator support wall will be poured, and later in the week the feature stairs will be poured. As with all concrete pours they must be completed continuously, so may run outside of normal working hours.

Formwork and steelfixing on the bridge structures is ongoing, and next week, work on the glazing on the lift shafts will continue.

As well, towards the end of the week, escalator installation will begin.

Acoustic shed disassembly

You will have all seen by now that the acoustic shed has been entirely taken down. Some minor clean up works will continue this week.

Station box construction

Down within the station box, the precast over track exhaust (OTE) installation continues, along with the framework that will form the platform doors. As per previous weeks, the precast segments will be lowered into the station box until 10pm, while preparation works ahead of their installation will continue overnight. This activity is located entirely at platform level, and is unlikely to generate high noise at surface after 10pm.

Internal walls and permanent columns continue to be constructed in the station box, moving from south to north, as well as continuing the construction of the headwall that connects the station box to the tunnels. These works will involve steelfixing, formworking and concrete pours. As with all concrete pours, they must be completed continuously, and may run over normal construction hours.

As per the construction notice, steel fixing will continue in the station box 24/7.

Plunge columns will continue to be removed, as well as firewall shotcreting, heading from south to north in the station box. Works on the plunge columns will continue within the station box until 10pm, and preparation works for the firewall shotcreting will continue on night shift. These activities are unlikely to generate high noise at surface level.

As mentioned in last week’s update, the large crane on surface will be required for use up until 10pm on work nights.

REMINDER: Park Street closure Monday 7 March

Next Monday 7 March, service proving works will be occurring on Park Street. For the duration of these works, the westbound lane of Park Street will be closed, meaning there will be no left turn into Park Street from St Kilda Road. Access to the Hallmark Apartments driveway will be maintained via a right turn from Park Street.

We’ve attached a copy of the works notification to this email, with more information.

Surface Works

With the shed gone, the surface works have now well and truly kicked off. At the northern end of the site this week, road-saws and excavators with hammers have commenced breaking out the temporary surface of the site. These works will allow us to excavate down to the station roof and complete the final concreting, waterproofing and road-grade backfill to allow the construction of the final St Kilda Road alignment. 

These works will generate periods of high noise and the works will be carried out during normal working hours.

In addition to the surface demolition and excavation, next week some roof slab waterproofing will commence, as well as the demobilisation of the shrine box site sheds at the Domain Road side of our site.

Moving forward, we will try to give a more detailed run down of upcoming surface works in these emails. The below table outlines surface works for the next week. Stages referred to in the table can be seen on the site map attached.

Surface works from tomorrow Saturday 5 March

Just a reminder that there is still quite a noisy period ahead for us all. The city end will be noisy in the next 6 months and our end will be noisy late this year and early next year.

More details were in this blog entry

I thought that this plan was also worth re-posting. It is the ‘almost final’ plan, the final one will be published soon but I don’t expect much to change.

This shows the final alignment of the tram tracks – they will be moved to this position in November. That will be a very noisy night works period.

Some things to note in the plan above

• Opposite us the tram tracks will be together and they will split at about Bowen Lane.
• It may be marginal and it may be because of our chiller plant/vents, but the tram tracks are slightly on the Melbourne Grammar side of the road.
• You can see the ‘oculus’. It will let a lot of light into the lower areas. At the moment it is a hole in the ground. In this end plan, one tram track goes on either side.
• They have installed the lift shafts already in that oculus area.
• They have installed the stairs already in that oculus area.
• In front of us there is very little tram swerve and so hopefully little squeal.

The image above is a bit out of date and the final design will have much less timber but this is the oculus from one level down. The platforms are one further level down.

In this image you can see

• The stairs coming down (already installed)
• The amount of light coming in
• One lift shaft (already installed)
• The airbridge across (already installed)