BuroHappold Engineering on Rail Interchange

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BuroHappold Engineering is actively engaged in creating quality rail systems and we believe in designing urban spaces that put

people at the heart of the design process

As an international practice we are responsible for the planning, design and delivery of world class projects including the London 2012 Olympic Stadium and Olympic Park, Millennium Dome, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Haramain High Speed Railway (Mecca to Medina High Speed Rail in Saudi Arabia), Guangzhou-Shenzhen Hong Kong Express Rail Link and the California High Speed Rail System. We are highly experienced at providing successful and sustainable outcomes for our clients within large scale and complex urban environments including stations, infrastructure and their impact on the wider surrounding area.

We are passionate about our work and aim to make a difference from the earliest stages of a project’s inception, where our strategic, innovative and creative strengths are best utilised. As a collaborative practice we believe that successful outcomes require proactive engagement with project stakeholders to ensure a timely and cost effective outcome is achieved for all interested parties.

We design quality environments where people feel comfortable, secure and that are convenient and accessible to everybody.

This none so as apparent in the rail sector. We aim to achieve success by focussing on a number of key areas:

• Whether you are a public sector sponsor, an investor in new infrastructures, or the owner of an existing asset, we provide advice upon which to make value for money decisions

• Delivering of quality and sustainable engineering solutions that are cost efficient, practical and built within programme

• Striving to enhance rail passenger experience and comfort

• In-depth masterplanning and commercial/retail development experience, providing solutions that unlock sites and support sustainable economic regeneration within and around stations.

Our rail business spans building, environment and infrastructure engineering as well as a strategic consulting service covering infrastructure and economic planning and asset management. We work with clients ranging from promoters, land owners, developers, Government agencies, rail

authorities and contractors providing solutions from planning to post occupancy use. Our aim is to provide value for money as well as creative, sustainable, strategic and fully justifiable designs that are safe and comply with regulations.

Developing and delivering new rail projects requires careful integration and understanding of rail control systems, permanent way design and railway operations to provide a holistic solution. To achieve this we operate with a number of carefully selected specialist partner organisations to ensure we are able to provide well rounded rail solutions that neatly integrate with the surrounding rail infrastructure.

We understand the important issues for our rail sector clients are maximising space to improve the efficiency of services and create a wider range of commercial opportunities; design solutions that enhance the passenger experience and a creative engineering masterplanning with the surrounding area to maximise access and parking within and around the rail station environment.

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OUR EXPERIENCE

A snapshot of our work in rail interchange

BuroHappold Engineering has over 15 years of international experience within the rail sector, ranging from strategic planning within and around stations to traditional building design and specialist consulting which enhances the passenger experience. We have aligned our sector expertise and experience with our client’s needs in five key areas:

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• Unlocking sites, creating space and driving economic regeneration

• Enhancing capacity – High Speed Rail, light and heavy rail, metro, tram and elegant iconic gateways

• Passenger experience and comfort

• Interchange

• Assured delivery.

Our project portfolio includes masterplanning development space, station restoration, new build for high speed rail or iconic gateway structures, transport interchanges, underground stations and tunnels through to railway bridges and depots.

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WHAT IF?Unlocking sites, creating space and driving economic regeneration. Turning existing spaces into exceptional areas by welding innovation and creative station design with smart, inspirational public realm and over site commercial development across congested urban space.

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MIND THE GAPIncreasing capacity: design of High Speed Rail, light and heavy rail, metro and tram stations and elegant iconic rail gateways.

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FIRST CLASSEnhancing passenger experience and comfort and creating a memorable rail environment.

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STATION TO STATIONOptimising the layout and efficiency of multimodal interchanges and maximising commercial potential.

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ARRIVAL ON TIMEEffective delivery through integration of design and stakeholder management with an in-depth experience of approvals, detailed design, construction and post occupancy use.

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I F ?BuroHappold has been providing world class solutions to urban development challenges across the globe for over 20 years, integrating visionary strategic consulting, masterplanning and EIA services with engineering design, creating environmentally and economically sustainable new cities as well as regenerating existing urban space. The question BuroHappold poses around engineering is no longer ‘how can we?’ but ‘what if?’.

Enhancing the rail environment is a fundamental catalyst for regenerating existing urban land, underpinning the success of new developments and regional growth as well as providing an essential city to city transport system. As an entry point or gateway to many urban environments, rail stations can also represent a source of civic pride and attract future economic prosperity.

Our strategic consulting team specialises in the economics of regeneration and development; and together we are able to provide a holistic approach to maximising the commercial and economic

impact of rail infrastructure. We can identify the drivers and factors that will release value from strategic sites via new transport infrastructure and interchanges, including the most viable mix of uses – commercial, retail, residential and leisure, as well as understanding complementary investments or activities that can create a wider regenerative benefit. An example of our work is a study of the potential economic impact of Crossrail in London, especially the manner in which specific locations will become increasingly important to London’s economy given their enhanced connectivity.

Our project portfolio highlights the areas where we add value; gaining planning and approvals, quality built environments and rail related developments that are economically and environmentally sustainable, maximising opportunities for promoters and stakeholders.

UNLOCKING SITES, CREATING SPACE AND DRIVING ECONOMIC REGENERATION


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THE HIGH LINENew York, NY, USA

The High Line is an elevated railroad that spans 22 blocks in the heart of Manhattan. Last used in 1980 the line had long since fallen into a state of disrepair. Working with Field operations, BuroHappold Engineering was selected by the Friends of the High Line and the City of New York to create the masterplan for the re-use and re-integration of the railroad.

Inspired by the melancholic, unruly beauty of the line, BuroHappold and Field Operations re-imagined this industrial conveyance into a post-industrial instrument of leisure, city life, and nature. The design strategy evolved by challenging the traditional rules of ecological and pedestrian engagement, and combining organic and built materials into a blend of changing proportions that accommodate the wild, cultivated, intimate, and hyper-social.

The success of the High Line has been reinforced with the redevelopment that has occurred in parallel and is being planned along and around the structure. It is estimated that the City will realise approximately $900m in revenue over the next thirty years with around $4 billion in private investment as a direct result of the High Line project.

Client Friends of the High Line (FHL)

Architect James Corner Field Operations (project lead)

and Diller Scofidio + Renfro

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Winning an international competition, our solution to provide the densely populated city of Stuttgart with a unique green lung captured the imagination of those that live and work in the city. We proposed works that preserved the Schloßgarten Central Park by locating the infrastructure of the station below ground.

Our unconventional design transformed the existing cul-de-sac station into a running through station, able to accommodate the new 400m long Eurotrains. Orientated by 90 degrees to align with the existing national route the station features a sculptural concrete shell to form the roof and columns. Glazed ‘bulls eyes’ in the roof tilt towards the trees above, providing views and natural light for passengers on the platform below.

Drawing on BuroHappold’s accumulated experience in the design of naturally lit major underground spaces, the organic sculptured shell evolved from physical modelling and the use of in-house non-linear computer analysis to provide a highly efficient funicular structural form.

Client DB Projekt GmbH Stuttgart 21

Architect Ingenhoven, Overdiek, Kahlen and Partner

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STUT TGART 21 MAIN STATIONStuttgart, Germany

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Facing compulsory purchase of a large swathe of extremely valuable London land, Consolidated Developments Ltd were at risk of significant financial loss as Crossrail and large scale construction works were given the green light to proceed around Tottenham Court Road. Our response was to develop an innovative, technical and contractual solution that would create a win-win situation for our client and London Underground.

Assimilating independent foundations within London Underground’s works would allow our client to retain the freehold of the site. Before being

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granted the concession and build within the 3m exclusion zone around existing underground tunnels, we had to convincingly show that the effect on existing infrastructure was acceptable. Undertaking extensive finite element modelling, our geotechnical team investigated the existing conditions and the detailed construction sequence of the new and existing works to establish that they were safe to proceed.

In return for London Underground allowing the foundations to be incorporated into their works, we negotiated with our client to allow LU

greater access to the site. This reduced the intrusion to Charing Cross Road, lowered compensation payments and eliminated the risk of our client petitioning against the Crossrail Bill.

Through our involvement in this project, we were able to secure our client the massive financial gain deserved of such a central London site, as well as facilitate London Underground’s Crossrail project.

Client Consolidated Developments

Architect ORMS

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BuroHappold has added value through careful engineering integration of the surrounding and over site developments, providing a flexible design solution that maximises commercial retail and office volume and potential uses at both stations. At Nine Elms this has helped national retailer Sainsbury with extension plans for their flagship store and at Battersea Power Station has led to a seamless integration of the station and ticket hall area into the proposed masterplan basement without loss of valuable parking space or commercial opportunities. Further benefits were brought forward by BuroHappold through integration of fire, security and flood risk consulting, ensuring a robust and safe design for critical natural infrastructure was equally balanced by an approach that optimised space and resources.

Design of underground space requires careful assessment of the potential to generate significant ground movements

on surrounding buildings and infrastructure for key stakeholders. Our team of geotechnical specialists carried out numerical finite element modelling to successfully demonstrate that ground movements would safely remain inside of safe limits. This was particularly relevant to protecting the Thames Water Ring Main and Network Rail’s main railway lines into Victoria Station, where both key stakeholders have provided the necessary approvals from the analytical work of our experts.

By their very nature railways are linear projects and can impact on a multitude of stakeholders over significant distances. To provide reassurance to all stakeholders impacted by the 3km of tunnelling we undertook tunnel ground movement and building damage assessments to support the preferred alignment and ensure that no stakeholder, including the proposed US Embassy and Oval Cricket ground would be unduly affected by the works; a key

component in delivering a fully justifiable design for a Transport Works Act Order (TWAO) application.

Concept designs for the two stations have been approved by London Underground / Transport for London ahead of a TWAO application.

The project is identified as critical infrastructure for London and is an essential aspect of unlocking a strategically important regeneration project within the Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea Opportunity Area.

Client Holdings and TfL


LUL NORTHERN LINE EXTENSIONBattersea, London, UK


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The Los Angeles Union Station Masterplan team is to lead a once in a lifetime opportunity; creating a new vision for an incredibly important 42 acre area in downtown Los Angeles. There is a very real need to heal the urban landscape of the area and to re-connect it with the community of Boyle Heights, which has been deeply cut by the 101 freeway.

Metro, California’s High-Speed Rail (HSR), plans to invigorate this part of downtown through integrating highway connections, parking, logistics and security along with 6 million sq.ft of commercial and residential space to create a mixed-use transit hub; one that will catalyse an economically, socially and ecologically vital future for this part of Los Angeles.

BuroHappold supported four of the six shortlisted teams for the design competition, with the competition finally awarded to Gruen / Grimshaw / BuroHappold.

Beyond just the heavier engineering disciplines of civil, infrastructure, transportation and utilities, we have developed a customised piece of software that models people flow, evaluating ‘what if’ scenarios and observing behaviours which we brought to life through a video animation. This software is also being used to inform our fire engineers and security specialists to support their strategies.

Sustainability encompasses all of these disciplines, strengthening our team’s decision making in creating design guidelines on carbon, water, waste, social connection, landscaping and property mix to realise the vision.

The Union Station Masterplan will be bold. It will create an embedded transportation infrastructure that will serve as the backbone for this exciting new community, and a template for future inner-city masterplans.

Client Metro

Masterplanner Gruen / Grimshaw

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UNION STATION MASTERPLANLos Angeles, CA, USA

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Working with the UK retail giant and the RG Group, our team provided the engineering that would support the transformation of the existing Whitechapel store and allow the construction of a new Crossrail station. Occupying half of the store’s car park during construction, the effect of the Crossrail works on Sainsbury’s business was potentially huge. To combat the effect of the works Sainsbury’s proposed the construction of a three-level car park linked to the store via a three-level glazed atrium.

This posed a number of engineering challenges; in particular the interface of the new atrium with the existing store at foundation level. Principally we needed to design a structure that could accept the large settlements that would be created once the Crossrail tunnels were bored. Working with all stakeholders our team led the discussions and approvals for the foundations on behalf of Sainsbury’s with Crossrail – a time consuming and delicate process.

Client Sainsbury’s Supermarket Ltd

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Part of the EDAW consortium and commissioned by the London Development Agency, we were appointed to undertake a feasibility study for a potential railway sidings relocation that would free the land adjacent to the proposed Olympic stadium and form part of the Lea Valley regeneration programme.

Infrastructure, including underpasses, extensive retaining walls and new bridges for four proposed rail layouts on the Lea Interchange site were identified. Outline construction programmes were made for each option with costs, alongside detailed programme delivery schedules for the entire scheme – including the rail infrastructure works.

These programmes were developed with a view to minimising disruption being caused to the local transport network for local residents, including a TfL owned trunk road, local authority roads and the mainline railway that runs into Liverpool Street station.

The work was undertaken in accordance with Network Rail’s GRIP process, with our team being brought in at GRIP level 2 (choice of site) and advancing the schemes to GRIP level 3 (choice of preferred option on the site). BuroHappold has also been appointed to progress the scheme further to GRIP level 4 (outline design).

Client London Development Agency


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LEA INTERCHANGE RAILWAY SIDINGSLondon, UK

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There is also a need to increase capacity through construction of strategically important new infrastructure, including high speed rail and intermodal transportation systems.

New methods of funding and procurement are also being increasingly used, including Public Private Partnerships. Whether new or existing infrastructure, we

Increased capacity is required across the rail spectrum; light and heavy rail, metro, tram and high speed rail. With this increased demand for capacity is a need to respond through improving and restoring existing rail infrastructure, maximising and optimising existing facilities – especially stations – and to ultimately deliver greater efficiency in the provision of rail service.

With the continual growth in urbanisation, moves towards more transient economic work forces and a general desire to create more sustainable societies, rail travel is experiencing unprecedented growth globally in the 21st century.

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aim to strike a balance between sensitive restoration, functionality and passenger comfort, efficiency of construction and operation; and in the right circumstances iconic architecture and engineering.

Whatever the requirement, BuroHappold has a proven track record of delivering our clients’ aspirations.

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First built in 1844, Heuston Station still stands as an impressive entrance to Ireland’s capital city. Originally designed by John Benjamin McNeil, the roof of the station’s Train Hall which provides shelter for waiting passengers required replacing.

The new roof design makes efficient use of modern materials and the latest technologies to provide a brighter space with a low maintenance, energy efficient internal environment.

The design brief required the retention and conservation of the Train Hall’s primary structure of cast iron columns and

beams. In order to achieve this, extensive tests and investigations were carried out on the structure to identify components in need of repair. Where occasional replacement was necessary, new cast iron elements were made to match.

New steel trusses to support the roof have been utilised, with the same profile and spacing as the originals in order to achieve a lightweight, elegant and slender structure. A large proportion of the roof covering is glazed to stream natural daylight down to the station platforms.

Engine exhaust fumes are naturally ventilated by way of a continuous open-sided ‘top hat’ section at the apex of each line of trusses and through the shed’s end and side openings. The lighting solution, flood-lamp type metal halide fittings, was driven by balancing aesthetics, performance, maintenance, and cost.

Client Iarnrod Eireann

Architect Quinn Savage Smyth

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Linking the holy cities of Mecca and Medina via Jeddah, the new Haramain High Speed Rail project is a massive infrastructure challenge that will radically transform the passenger experience for visitors and residents of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Appointed alongside Foster + Partners, we designed four new modular stations that would revolutionise desert travel and provide a coherent architectural language that celebrates traditional Islamic architecture with modern finishes and construction techniques.

BuroHappold and the team challenged the previously proposed concepts for the stations, dramatically enhancing the passenger experience through improvements in flow, legibility and simplicity of use, offering significant efficiency of the station arrangement. This in turn reduced capital cost, minimised operational complexity and showed significant reductions in energy use and operational expenditure, whilst also promoting a coherent architectural language and clear opportunities for revenue improvement through retail and future expansion.

As engineers and consultants appointed for the entire delivery of each station, we were given the opportunity to bring skills on board from across the practice, utilising more than 20 different specialist teams, ensuring that the design was delivered seamlessly within the 15 month programme and in a coordinated and efficient manner.

Client Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) on behalf

of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Government

Architect Foster + Partners

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HARAMAIN HIGH SPEED RAILWAYKingdom of Saudi Arabia

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COPENHAGEN UNDERGROUND ME TROCopenhagen, Denmark

XRL WEST KOWLOON TERMINUS Hong Kong

The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link is a major cross boundary transport infrastructure project which will form part of the national high speed passenger rail network that extends up to major cities in the Mainland of China. The below ground terminal is intended to serve as the gateway to Hong Kong and must therefore have a signature roof design that reflects a building of this importance.

Our work related primarily to the above ground work, with a particular focus on designing the iconic roof. The proposed scheme provides an enormous free form roof that will accommodate an impressive central space by providing natural light and views of Hong Kong Island.

By developing the roof geometry in an integrated fashion between the architects and the structural and facade teams both the cost and constructability can be easily managed allowing focus on the impressive design. Flying walkways connect the station from all sides and pass through the internal spaces. These will be developed by our bridging team to ensure that they achieve an architectural quality commensurate with the rest of the works.

The project was fully designed using Building Information Modelling (BIM) technology.

Client MTR Corporation Limited

Architect Aedas

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BuroHappold was retained by one of the tendering construction consortiums to provide geotechnical and structural advice for the Copenhagen Underground Metro project. Our engineers evaluated the ground movement effects to above ground structures and categorise the anticipated level of damage to the structures and to provide mitigation measures for the structures including remedial foundation options.

In particular our team undertook the damage risk assessment to the above ground structures along the Metro route, which included modern and old traditional built structures, together with major buildings of historical importance in the centre of Copenhagen.

There were some 1500 buildings above the 13km Metro route which were required to be considered. The ground movements were likely to be induced by the construction of twin tunnels each of about 6m in diameter, 17 station boxes up to 135m in length and four shafts up to 10m wide.

The maximum depth below ground level of the station boxes was approximately 28m and the deepest shaft was 40m.

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Dresden Station is one of the largest stations in Germany, acting as one of two main transport hubs linking Dresden to Berlin and Prague. Damage in wartime and neglect in the following years forced the station into a state of disrepair. However in 1997 a redevelopment programme was established and the beautiful renovation of Dresden Station was completed in 2006.

The real challenge for BuroHappold was to protect the delicate 19th century filigree steelwork that made up the roof. At first we uncovered the existing arches and foundations so that we could devise a new way of covering the roof to maintain and increase its longevity while not blocking out light or creating an imposing, dark space. Protecting the roof from the elements required some lateral thinking as glass was precluded due to modern glazing standards. The 30,000m² roof required careful handling. Our solution was to use a fabric membrane to cover the area. The membrane rests comfortably on the original arches and loads are transferred from the membrane in the structure to the brace end trusses, relieving the pressure on the ageing steels

and providing stability across the whole structure. Choosing fabric also allowed natural daylight to flood the station and reveal the intricate structure allowing passengers to reminisce on the bygone days of rail travel. By restoring the station’s steelwork and removing unsympathetic additions that had accumulated over the years, Dresden has once again become an energetic and exciting place for travellers – whether they are passing through or

residents of the city. The operators have also seen superb savings on artificial lighting as the membrane reflects light evenly throughout the halls making the station feel safe through the day and into the night. What was a sad, decaying relic has now become a place loved by locals and visitors alike.

Client Deutsche Bahn AG Station + Service


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The Docklands Light Railways (DLR) was initially developed as a new low cost transport system to access the areas where development would take place within the London Docklands Development Zone. Construction of the initial system started in 1984 and was opened to passengers in 1987. However, the success of the regeneration in the Docklands soon put pressure on this system, and demand grew for more extensions, especially to the south under the River Thames.

The 24.5 year concession to design, build, fund and maintain the Lewisham Extension to the DLR, was let in 1996 to a consortium known as CGL Rail Link plc. The major aspect of the scheme from a construction perspective was a new tunnel under the River Thames, with the link opening to passengers in 1999. However, equally uniquely, it was the first major public private transport concession in the UK to be financed using a bond rather than traditional bank debt.

BuroHappold was appointed by CGL Rail Link plc in 2012 to prepare passenger forecasts for the link to cover the period to the end of the concession in 2021. The findings of the report were utilised in the financial model for the concession.

Client CGL Rail Link plc, the Concessionaire

for the Extension

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DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY LEWISHAM EXTENSIONLondon, UK

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BuroHappold has extensive experience of improving the quality of building space with integration of specialist consultants.

We connect people to places as safely and efficiently as possible, creating memorable travelling experiences.

Efficient management of passengers around the station environment affects the operation, security and punctuality of terminal operations where turnaround times are key.

Historically rail transport infrastructure design has been led by aesthetics and prescriptive regulations. This can pose problems in passenger intensive operations, where space is at a premium and terminal performance and passenger comfort are major issues.

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Passenger Experience

We believe that it is important to optimise the balance between passive environmental techniques and active environmental conditioning in order to maximise both passenger comfort and operational efficiency.

Traditionally, rail interchange stations were unconditioned and frequently open to the environment offering, at best, covered shelter from the rain, with little protection from cold, wind or direct sun. Although this exists as a legacy in stations throughout the world, we understand that not only does the modern traveller expect more, but that improvements in interchange environment can be directly linked to passenger expenditure and repeat custom.

Our engineers are experts in understanding passive control techniques, whether this be solar shading, protection from wind or taking advantage of natural resources. Primarily, it is critical to understand the project climate before undertaking design of mitigating measures as these have great influence on the preferred solution.

We believe that interchange projects are made up of a number of transitional zones, through which passengers dwell or pass, and we apply this paradigm to our projects.

• Passengers entering a station dwell for long enough to purchase tickets or in some cases pass through security procedures. It is important at this stage that the station provides a welcoming environment, optimising opportunities for retail and creating a memorable impression to maximise repeat custom. These areas should be well lit, well ventilated and above all, should focus on clear and intelligible way-finding.

• Concourses, lounges and security areas are also a valuable asset to the station operator. This is often where the travelling passenger spends most of their time – opportunities for marketing, retail and concessions should be exploited. These are often large voids, and whilst these spaces can be impressive and memorable they can also require careful treatment.

We understand that by lighting and conditioning the occupied spaces of the void only, significant reductions in capital and operational expenditure can be achieved, which equate to significant savings in embodied and operational carbon.

• Finally, the platform areas are frequently open to the elements. Whether this be in moderate or hot climates, simple approaches can be employed that can mitigate the demanding factors. Enclosures can be designed to provide shelter from wind and rain, canopies and facade treatment provides relief from direct solar gain and clear night skies, and detailed understanding of the prevailing conditions can allow the designer to take advantage of natural elements to passively condition the platform. These range from capturing morning sun and scattering ambient light to harnessing prevailing winds to gently ventilate open spaces.

Our engineers are skilled in applying such techniques to drive innovation and excellence into our projects. We model our designs using the most up-to-date software to demonstrate performance, compliance with codes and reliable energy reduction targets. This allows us to be truly free-thinking, yet also to validate our approach and design at the earliest stages.

The transitional nature of these spaces results in an ideal balance between the need to condition spaces for passenger comfort, the opportunity to reduce capital

and operational expenditure and the desire to employ truly innovative, yet reliable, proven design.

SMART Rail / ICT

The public and private sector are seeing the opportunity to capture and manage data relating to the way in which a railway and its links and hubs operate as a way to greatly increase the efficient use and management of increasingly scarce and costly resources, ensuring that physical and intellectual capital is used effectively to improve the quality of life for rail users. The way forward relies upon deployment of applied sciences and improved Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), integration of smart grids and the development of ‘machine to machine’ technologies. With appropriate engineering skill and experience modern physical infrastructure networks can be additionally enhanced to provide greater functionality, a future economic edge to the project and greater return on investment for the various funders and developers.

People Movement

Our specialists create optimised design solutions by examining every aspect of station design, from small stations to international hubs. We study platform width, stair, escalator and lift requirements, ticket barriers, security X-ray units, ticket machines and multimodal transport links. Our designs are informed through our observations of people and their behaviours. Using ‘what if’ scenarios

combined with our purpose built in-house software we work closely with our clients to analyse people movement. Modelling allows us to rapidly create visualisations that depict real world events – embarkation, disembarkation, emergency evacuations, waiting, shopping, etc. Our analysis highlights space performance, health and safety issues and cost savings. Adopting an integrated approach with other disciplines we can create quality rail environments that maximise footfall, ease way-finding, increase retail revenue, facilitate safe movement and minimise running costs.

Inclusive Design

Rail environments can be complex; huge thoroughfares that seem to move at a quicker pace of life. For many people they can be daunting, overwhelming places. Our inclusive design consultants take a bird’s eye view of the design providing solutions that cater for everyone. Passenger experience is at the forefront of our thinking. By assessing layouts and identifying congestion zones our experts make sure that appropriate measures including vertical transportation, way-finding and places of rest are designed in. This care is extended to the back of house operations ensuring staff are able to operate effectively and efficiently. Our teams work closely with the design team and rail operators to ensure that they are compliant with civil rights and equality

legislation, integrating appropriate, affordable measures that have people at their heart.

Fire Engineering

Fire strategies for transport buildings often need to incorporate innovative solutions tailored to specific needs of the client and end users. Using our expertise and experience in fire safety design we offer unique solutions which are not only cost effective and efficient, but also provide a high level of safety for occupants and staff.

Evacuation and people movement modelling is used to verify escape designs and help provide a bespoke and rational solution. Fire and smoke modelling allows us to ensure that occupants can escape in tenable conditions. Structural fire modelling ensures that a premature collapse of a structure does not occur and helps to achieve cost effective structural fire resistance.

Our approach is to provide a detailed service and to ensure that the fire strategy is fully integrated with the building management regime. As part of this, we provide comprehensive advice on fire safety management and carry out risk assessments for the completed building.

Security

Innovation through environmental design allows us to enhance the public safety and security of major rail hubs and transport

interchanges. Typically we adopt a layered approach that integrates with other services. Key to the safety and security of these spaces is the prevention and reduction of the impact of catastrophic threats such as terrorist activity and blast, and hostile vehicles entering crowded spaces. We work with the architect and utilise a combination of both architectural and type tested anti terrorist measures to achieve both a ‘blast standoff’ and afford protection to the public massing spaces. Our close involvement with technological advances in this area has led to increasingly less costly and intrusive solutions being deployed on our projects. Additionally, the spatial gain afforded by these measures can, with careful design, lead to a less costly but blast resilient facade solution.

Utilising IP Surveillance systems for major interchange projects with megapixel CCTV technology provides clearer and well defined Image, facilitating the reduction of multiple camera locations. This, coupled with the IP streaming technology, has allowed a common approach to security.

Close liaison with the National Security Agencies allows us to provide appropriate designs that meet the needs of interchange operators. This close alignment gives us an early understanding of the security needs and objectives – together with establishing the risk appetite vs. cost balance.

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AVATARS is an ambitious project to produce design guidelines and next generation software tools that allow the testing and validating of rail terminal designs by using models to simulate the circulation movements of passengers within rail or metro stations.

BuroHappold has provided the valuable design and simulation advice to the consortium, including accurate data capture and analysis, identification of worst case scenarios, passenger surveys, behavioural model development, and case study definition and evaluation.

The evaluation of the developments is carried out under a series of case studies, developed throughout the project. These take real world information from operating terminals and trains and produce complex, multi-event scenarios capable of evaluating the abilities of the AVATARS software.

The software will allow designers to analyse the movements of people during emergencies, as well as normal embarkation, disembarkation, waiting times, shopping and meeting onward intermodal transport.

AVATARS will develop technology to allow rapid generation and visualisation of complex, real world scenarios to maximise testing efficiency which will provide an invaluable tool for designers, operators, safety managers and regulators, as well as providing a variety of commercial benefits.

Client EU Sixth Framework Programme

Consortium BMT Ltd, FSEG University of Greenwich,

FGC, Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, ATM,

AUtoritat del Transport Metropolita, University of

Salford and BuroHappold Engineering

Images BuroHappold Engineering

Poplar Station is a major transport hub on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in London. BuroHappold was appointed as MEP and environmental engineer to conduct an options study and assessment for the redevelopment of the station to improve the facilities at Poplar and generally enhance the facilities provided for passengers. A major part of the brief was to produce elements of refurbishment that could then be installed across the DLR network as a major part of the station refurbishments ahead of the London 2012 Olympics.

Due to the nature of the DLR as an elevated light railway, shelter and environmental comfort were an important part of the study. Proposals were developed as a part of the study to provide shade, wind protection and a rain-screen that could be constructed off-site and installed around an operational railway, during short, overnight possession periods.

Sustainability was an important factor in the development, and the proposals included integrated photovoltaics and wind turbines. Despite becoming screened and covered, the platforms also retained a high proportion of natural daylight.

A final key area of the study was to reduce the clutter on the platforms by unifying platform fixtures and equipment into common modules. These were developed into a family of key components that could be provided as modular platform furniture, incorporating security systems, lighting, rubbish bins, signage, vending, driver aids, etc.

Client Docklands Light Railway

Architect Grimshaw

Images Grimshaw

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POPLAR STATIONLondon, UK

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With a focus on improving passenger experience, the people movement study looked at all aspects of stations design, including platform width, escalator and lift requirements, ticket barriers, security X-ray units, ticket machines, multimodal transport links, etc. Conceptual design decisions are driven by several ‘what if’ scenarios and sensitivity analysis against various design, operational and population parameters.

Our fire strategies were developed in parallel, using a template approval, with similar areas of fire engineering code compliance and calculation methodologies. This greatly simplified the complex approvals process, allowing a technique or approach to be developed and approved at conceptual level, and then applied with confidence to all four stations.

The environmental engineering of the Haramain High Speed Rail Stations overcame some significant design challenges throughout the design process. The building envelope was developed with the architect to optimise daylight while reducing solar gain, and was the subject of extensive modelling to optimise the form. Large overhangs reduce direct sunlight into the space, whilst external areas are shaded to improve thermal comfort.

At the outset of the project, the brief called for all platforms to be internal, with sliding glass doors to the trains. Through demonstration that for the short periods

of time that the passengers were on the platform passenger comfort could be maintained, BuroHappold was able to deliver significant cost savings through eliminating the enclosure to these spaces in lieu of shading, permeable envelope and passive cooling techniques.

While the terminus stations are located inland in a hot and dry climate, the through stations are in a more coastal location, where the climate is still hot, but with very high periods of humidity. This led to very different approaches to conditioning the internal environment, whilst ensuring that the overall integration with the architecture remained consistent. Equally, the passenger numbers vary greatly from station to station and even across the working week, leading to significant design challenges for the fresh-air systems.

Much attention was paid throughout the design process to the integration of the building services systems. All of the ventilation and cooling in the main concourses is contained within structural voids and integrated into multi-service totems and retain units.

Although the station brief did not call for environmental certification, the client and design team were focussed on the reducing energy and water use within the stations. In order to balance the quality of the internal environment with energy reduction, different environmental zones were established with the degree of cooling provided being tempered against

factors such as occupancy, dwell times, relative comfort and independent factors such as revenue.

Through an iterative process of reducing energy requirement at source, reduction of energy use through systems, and environmental innovation, the station teams were able to reduce the energy consumption of the stations by around 40%. Proposals for the introduction of on-site renewable energy could have generated up to a fifth of the sites energy usage, but these were not adopted for cost reasons.

The fast-track nature of the Haramain High Speed Railway design and construction programme led to the development of a modular approach to the station design to gain economies of scale and repetition both in the design and construction of the four station buildings. Modularisation enabled us to standardise the off-site production of elements such as platforms, roof structure and car parks and develop a project with a construction value of £1.7 billion from brief to tender documents within the fast-track schedule of 12 months.

Client Saudi Railways Organization (SRO) on behalf of

the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Government


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HARAMAIN HIGH SPEED RAILWAYKingdom of Saudi Arabia

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BuroHappold provided access consultancy services to support the outline business case for the modernisation of the Glasgow Subway. Our extensive knowledge of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 as well as a thorough understanding of the specific implications for transport under RVAR led to our appointment.

Having reviewed the current situation, our team identified and outlined a high level strategy on how SPT could progress. Our consultancy led to the production of an agreed ‘problem statement’ that outlined

the current situation and compliance with legislation. In conjunction with this we developed and presented benchmarked proposals including a prioritised Access Strategy with associated costs and risk register.

Our specialists undertook an Access audit of all the SPT Stations and commissioned an independent evaluation on the feasibility of installing lifts into the Glasgow Subway network as part of the subway modernisation programme.

BuroHappold also supported a consultation with disabled people. Consultees included Scottish Organisations representing visually impaired people, SPT staff with visual impairments and known users of the subway.

Client Strathclyde Partnership for Transport


STRATHCLYDE PARTNERSHIP FOR TRANSPORTGlasgow, UK

BuroHappold people movement consultants were appointed to support Stride Treglown with significant masterplanning work at Cardiff Station. The objective of our work was to optimise holistic pedestrian flows from the railway station, integrating with the bus station and vehicular and pedestrian access to the Millennium Stadium and local venues. Given the close proximity of the Cardiff Railway Station to the 74,000 capacity Millennium Stadium, major congestion and operational management issues are observed at the station entrance at the end of a sports or music performance

at the stadium. The existing scenario requires significant management of the station operations and stewarding outside the station due to non-optimal queue positioning and conflicting flow directions.

Starting with crowd flow surveys and liaison with all key stakeholders, our work informed the masterplan design as well as the wayfinding, signage and queue management during busy events. Using detailed models of a range of crowd flow scenarios we helped optimise the queuing system, maximising the use of the available space outside the station, as well as providing advice on other factors

influencing crowd control. This included the position of street furniture and signage to minimise pinch points on the routes, as well as advice on construction phasing for the adjacent development.

The work was done in conjunction with the Cardiff City Council, the Police, Network Rail, Aviva and representatives from the Millennium Stadium.

Client Cardiff City Council

Architect Stride Treglown


CARDIFF CENTRAL STATIONCardiff, UK


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BuroHappold are market leaders at providing quality multi-disciplinary engineering design solutions for interchange projects in the UK and overseas, intelligently integrating multiuse rail, bus and aviation users with commercial retail aspirations and other end users.

Our diverse range of planning and engineering design staff drawn from a variety of transport sectors ensures we deliver holistic building solutions that increase operational space efficiency, as well as passenger safety and comfort.

Multimodal transport stations often need to make an iconic and elegant statement within their urban setting and our portfolio of world class sport, leisure, cultural and civic projects underline our credentials to deliver truly inspirational buildings and surrounding spaces.

Allied with increased urbanisation and growth in rail usage is the necessity and expectation for greater integration of transport systems, often within existing congested urban space.

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DULLES AIRPORT ME TROLINEWashington D.C, USA

Working with di Domenico + Partners, BuroHappold is providing structural engineering for the Dulles Corridor Metrorail project by Dulles Transit Engineers. As an integral collaborative team member, di Domenico + Partners is focusing on design investigations and alternative concepts for prototypical components of the new Metrorail design including the guideway, stations, bridges and entries. Each of the new components is designed, individually and as a connected whole, to reinforce a distinct line identity for the new Metrorail with the Metro system. As the alignment makes its way across the landscape of Northern Virginia to Dulles International Airport, the tapered vertical supports and open crossheads evoke the organic profile of a graceful alley of trees. This conceptual ‘branching’ of the above ground structure will help to harmonise the form of the guideway with the scenery of the natural landscape. Vertical support elements act as frames through which some of the most attractive and valuable real estate along the East Coast can be viewed. In other locations in the Metro system, the standard, monumentally scaled ‘hammerhead’ is used to support the vertical alignment of the Metrorail. The Dulles Corridor route is a high profile, state-of-the-art project which seeks to rethink this standard approach to vertical alignment supports. The new aerial guideways have a lighter, more open, tapering architectural language which more easily integrates with station architecture and intrudes less upon the surrounding landscape.

Client Dulles Transit Engineers

Architect di Domenico + Partners

Image Ryan Stavely / Flickr, di Domenico + Partners

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As a multimodal transit hub, the Transbay Transit Center, situated in downtown San Francisco, will serve as the terminus for the future California High Speed Rail Link, providing bus, rail, and light rail systems throughout California. Alongside transportation facilities, the Center will house retail and entertainment functions as well as a 5.4 acre rooftop park, servicing an estimated 100,000 passengers per weekday and 45 million passengers per year. In addition, the project is estimated to create in excess of 120,000 jobs.

The first phase of the project is to create a new five-storey Transit Center with one above grade bus level, ground-floor concourse and two below grade rail levels. To regulate temperature and achieve comfort conditions for 95% of the year, natural ventilation was utilised using automatic motorised windows in the Grand Hall, along with a peak lopping radiant floor which provides relief for extreme temperature periods. Through design of the roof deck, 100% day lighting was achieved in the Grand Hall, while on the Bus Deck level, 100% day lighting was achieved using solar tubes that direct

sunlight down from the roof park. Fixed openings on the facade, along with 14’ de-stratification fans, provide natural ventilation along with regulating carbon monoxide from bus exhaust. To address all aspects of water conservation, a holistic water management system was incorporated to store and reuse storm water, as well as reduce total potable water use in the Transit Center by half.

Client Transbay Joint Powers Authority

Architect Pelli Clarke Pelli

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TRANSBAY TRANSIT CENTERSan Francisco, CA, USA



HOK and BuroHappold Engineering are designing this major new, iconic, transit center in downtown Anaheim that will form a hub for California’s future high speed rail network, as well as for Amtrak, commuter rail and other regional transit lines.

The station will accommodate passenger arrivals, departures and transfers with supporting retail, restaurants and passenger services within the building. BuroHappold is providing mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering as well as sustainability and LEED consulting services.

The grand hall of the facility features the largest expanse of ETFE pillow in North America to form a unique, dynamic building envelope that responds to the environmental conditions by adapting the amount of daylight and solar gain that enters the building. The project will form


ARTICAnaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, Anaheim, CA, USA

the first LEED platinum transit centre in the world by delivering:

• 30% energy savings including photovoltaic renewable energy

• A mixed mode (natural / mechanical), displacement ventilation strategy, combined with a radiant cooling floor

• 30% water savings through efficient fixtures and greater than 50% water saving through city water reclamation for non-potable water needs.

Our team is also providing facade engineering and modelling for seven different enclosure systems, including 60sq.ft of ETFE pillows. The precision of these models will create a more coordinated design and allow for more accurate costing of the enclosure package at the completion of design development.

Moreover, the 3D assets created will provide great benefit to the selected fabricators moving forward.

Energy savings of up to 20% above ASHRAE 90.1 2007 are being targeted within an additional 10% energy savings from onsite renewable energy.

Client City of Anaheim and the Orange County

Transportation Authority (OCTA)

Architect HOK

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Kurskiy Station is one of Moscow’s major stations and as a major interchange is served by three Metro lines, a mainline terminus and an intercity through station. It experiences over 200,000 passenger movements during the peak hour. The client owns a significant landholding around the station, and wishes to optimise performance of the interchange, whilst also developing the surrounding land to capitalise on the people movements through the area.

BuroHappold has worked closely with the client and Weston Williamson to develop a conceptual design which greatly enhances interchange capacity and passenger comfort. This is done through creating a

very simple movement diagram around which the design has been developed. Our design also provides opportunities for about 120,000m2 of commercial development to serve and capitalise on the high number of passenger movements through the interchange.

The concept envisages the creation of a new passenger concourse directly over the mainline platforms. This in turn connects to the local rail and three Metro stations, allowing the existing station land to be released for Transit Oriented Development. In addition to this, the new station creates an opportunity for connecting land to either side of the railway to support wider area regeneration.

Some particular highlights of our contribution to the project are:

• Development of a new public transport hub with associated Transit Oriented Development

• Extensive engagement with RZD in the consultation process

• People flow modelling to inform changes to the station

• Economic analysis to inform the land use and investment plans.

Client RZD (Russian Railways)

Architect Weston Williamson

Image Weston Williamson

KURSKIY RAILWAY STATIONMoscow, Russia



Long reviled as uninspiring, overdeveloped and industrial, central Slough is undergoing a massive £400 million regeneration programme. We have been involved with a series of projects which will form the new Heart of Slough development, replacing a number of outdated buildings, an unpopular bus station and a pedestrian interchange below ground in the centre of a main roundabout with new commercial and civic facilities and a pedestrian friendly roadway.

The first of the projects to be completed is Slough Bus Station, described as a ‘silver dolphin’ and ‘waves of light’, the iconic new facility links with the nearby train

station to create a unified transport hub which forms the first part of a pleasant and safe route between the train station and the town centre which was more than a functional civic building, providing shelter to waiting passengers and a stopping point for busses, but a piece of public art.

One of the key challenges for our engineering team was to turn the architect’s vision of a wave-shaped building in to a reality, creating a roof that only touches the ground in two places 60m apart. The curved roof was made possible by creating a pair of long span undulating trusses which were, although elegant in their own right, fully clad to create the final form of the canopy.

The building has been clad in aluminium panels to create a softly textured metallic surface which changes colour with the varying light conditions and allowed the complex form to be achieved in a cost effective manner. The canopy is designed to be extended to twice its current length when the overall Heart of Slough development is completed.

Client Slough Borough Council

Architect bblur architecture

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SLOUGH BUS STATIONSlough,UK


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EFFEC TIVE DELIVERY THROUGH INTEGRATION OF DESIGN AND STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT

From planning through to construction, providing delivery assurance to our clients is our core business. Our projects demonstrate our successful experience at multi-stakeholder engagement in a myriad of environmentally sensitive and challenging projects, creating win-win solutions.

We recognise the critical importance of fully justifiable design decisions that can stand against detailed scrutiny within the planning and approval process. Careful integration of core and specialist engineering services is second nature to our people. As leading edge practitioners of engineering technology tools such as BIM / GIS and Finite Element modelling, we also understand the key benefits such tools bring under the right circumstances.

We have worked with a number of major contractors providing design and build engineering services on rail related projects, particularly in relation to rail buildings, bridges and underground stations, tunnels and shafts. We believe in partnering in the truest sense, often working in co-located design and construct teams to provide rigorous, value engineered and well built solutions, on time and programme.

Link Up Approved

We are fully conversant with UK and International rail related standards and approval procedures, and are fully accredited within the Achilles Link Up

scheme.

BIM

BIM has become routine for our teams in terms of our own information production and full collaboration with our design partners. Integration of the design has realised major benefits for us in terms of the efficiency of the design process and cost and time models allow decisions to be made earlier in the process with greater accuracy. Design options can be more accurately assessed and appraised at a stage when less work is required so that detailed design is carried out on a scheme that has greater cost and design certainty. Programme data can take any form that the construction team want to portray including data on design, procurement, fabrication, delivery and construction dates.

Modular Construction

As the demand for hotels, office and retail space increases around the rail environs, fast-track construction programmes are becoming more and more common. Escalating site costs, combined with ever higher quality mean that modular construction and other non-traditional methods of construction will become more important for the rail construction industry and are a cost and time effective solution.

For many years BuroHappold has also developed prefabricated multipurpose room units with Verbus Modular systems that can be fixed together quickly, easily and uniformly. These self-supporting, steel monocoque modules can be joined in a number of configurations to suit individual schemes, thus offering a high degree of flexibility and affordability. The modules can be stacked to at least 16 storeys high without the need for special modification and come with modular staircases, lift shafts, integrated risers and bathrooms and standardised wiring.


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The Stratford Town Centre Link is a landmark structure forming the gateway to the Stratford City development in East London.

The bridge crosses eleven railway lines including Network Rail and London Underground as well as the platforms of Stratford Regional Station. Notable for its striking design the link combines exceptional standards of construction alongside an ingenious method of installation culminating in the UK’s first known live bridge launch over an operational station.

Care was taken in the bridge detailing in order to produce a design whose aesthetic qualities were intrinsic to the structure.

A launching nose and tail frame were installed and the first 48m section of the bridge was slid into position using strand jacks to pull the rear of the assembly forward and low-friction skates to support the bottom chords of the trusses. This technique meant the railway authorities had developed sufficient confidence in the project team’s competency and the careful planning of the operation to permit work to be carried out without a

railway possession or station closure, thus avoiding disruption and inconvenience to passengers.

Delivered on time and within budget the client, Local Authority and Network Rail are delighted with the bridge.

Client Westfield Shopping Towns


STRATFORD TOWN CENTRE LINKLondon, UK



As part of an extensive upgrade, London Underground have commissioned a large new substation building to supply power to the improved rolling stock on the Metropolitan, Circle, District and Hammersmith and City Lines. The Bulk Supply Point at Griffith House, a congested central London site, will be home to hundreds of tonnes of transformers designed to improve the connection between the Underground and the National Grid.

BuroHappold is providing engineering design services to contractor BAM Nuttall and within a site surrounded by live tracks, a major road, a bridge and an occupied building, creating the right structure for this site was vital and to capitalise on the available space. With this in mind our team selected a sheet piling system for the retaining structure and an innovative fibre reinforced concrete to provide both the four hour fire protection and waterproofing integrity, clearing more space inside the building, speeding up construction and saving the client money.

Operational requirements meant that we had to adhere to an incredibly tight live load deflection limit of 1mm. With five transformers weighing up to 140 tonnes each inside the building, this was no easy task. By using large slabs and beams across all the floors and creating a ‘forest’ of columns in the lower basement, where the switchgears and cables are routed, we were able to achieve this target whilst still making the best use of the available space.

London Underground had already commissioned a Conceptual Design Statement from another consultant when we were appointed for this project. By reviewing and updating this we were able to both improve and ease the construction sequence for the site and retaining structure, resulting in a faster build.

Nestled between Edgware Road station and Chapel Street, the Bulk Supply Point in the west of London is a perfect example of an ingenious solution to a constrained site. When finished, it will provide power to the upgraded tube lines for years to come.

Client ABB / BAM Nuttall Ltd


GRIFFITH HOUSELondon, UK

The XRL West Kowloon Terminus in Hong Kong is one of a number of rail related BIM projects we have delivered recently. The 200m long roof was completely designed and documented in 3D using protocols established between the architectural and structural engineering teams. Key architectural parameters were formalised early in the process and then used as the basis for parametric modelling of both the cladding and steelwork. The establishment of these parameters allowed the architectural form to develop while enabling the structural solutions to be progressed without significant abortive work.

Client MTR Corporation Limited

Architect Aedas


XRL WEST KOWLOON TERMINUSHong Kong



BuroHappold is providing tender stage design support to one of the shortlisted contractors who are tendering for the construction of this new build surface level station. The scope of our design support is structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, building services engineering and bridge engineering as well as overseeing the station architecture through a nominated subconsultant.

As well as reviewing the contractor design elements of the project, we have carried out a design review of the whole project to advise the contractor on the detail of the design, package scopes, areas of complexity and risk, opportunities for value engineering or tender alternatives through buildability workshops and engaging with potential package subcontractors.

Client Hochtief

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BuroHappold acted as temporary works designers for Scanmoor Ltd, who were employed by Costain / Taylor Woodrow JV, at the King’s Cross redevelopment site in London. This work involved the temporary works design for two deep excavations associated with the enabling works for the enlarged underground ticket hall. One shaft was 7m deep, located in a congested area of the site and to be excavated immediately adjacent to both a new Thames Water manhole and the existing Thameslink Tunnel. The second shaft was 5m deep.

In both cases the solution involved phased construction utilising proprietary sheeting and propping systems. Services provided by BuroHappold included design of support system, submissions and approvals from Network Rail (then Railtrack) and London Underground, Formwork and Falsework design for permanent concrete works, advice on reinforcing requirements, and response to client requirements for buildability.

Client Scanmoor on behalf of Costain / Taylor Woodrow JV

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CUSTOM HOUSE CROSSRAIL STATIONLondon, UK

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Heuston Station Ireland • • •

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Transbay Transit Center USA • • • • •

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Northern Line Extension UK • • • •

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Union Station Masterplan USA • • • •

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Hounslow East Station UK • •

Crossrail Whitechapel Station OSD UK • •

Stratford Town Centre Link UK • •

Stratford Bridges 2 and 3 UK • •

Emirates Stadium Bridges UK • •

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Docklands Light Railway Passenger Forecasting UK • •

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BuroHappold delivers world-class engineering consultancy across a range of disciplines spanning buildings, infrastructure, environment, and project management. We combine creativity with solid technical skills and an awareness of the key drivers that shape projects in the rail interchange sector.

Dresden Main Station, Dresden, Germany

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Our technical skills provide design solutions for:• New above or below ground station

building, planning and engineering design

• Restoration and extension of existing station buildings

• Rehabilitation and remediation of railway land

• Strategic planning within and around stations, including business case, socio-economic impact, phasing, cost-benefit analysis, masterplanning and EIA

• Infrastructure design, including bridges, viaducts, tunnels and shafts, highways, depots and freight terminals

• Passenger comfort and operations

• Transport planning

• Energy and utility provision.

• Our technical experts can deliver services for planning to construction:

PLANNING

Transport planning – including access, parking and drop-off zones, multimodal interchangeMasterplanning / urban development

EIA

Energy and utilitiesStrategic planning and determination of usesInfrastructure planningAsset strategyEconomic and Social Impact AssessmentEconomic strategy and regeneration strategyBusiness modellingProject stakeholder and interface managementWaste management and logisticsSustainability

DESIGN AND DELIVERY

Structural engineeringCivil engineeringBuilding servicesGeotechnical and geoenvironmental engineeringEnergy and utilities engineeringBridge engineeringFacade engineeringBIM / 3D visualisation

PASSENGER COMFORT AND OPERATIONS

SecurityPeople movementFire engineeringICT / AVDDA / Inclusive designAcousticsLightingAsset managementBuilding environment and CFD

Anaheim Regional 38 Transportation Intermodal CenterAnaheim, CA, USA

AVATARS 28 EU Project on Rail Terminal Modelling

Cardiff Central Station 33 UK

Copenhagen 20 Underground Metro Copenhagen, Denmark

Custom House Crossrail Station 46 London, UK

Dresden Main Station 22 Germany

Dulles Airport Metroline 36 Washington, D.C, USA

Griffith House 45 London, UK

Haramain High Speed Railway 18, 31 KSA

Heuston Station 18 Dublin, Ireland

The High Line 10 New York, NY, USA

King’s Cross Redevelopment 46 London, UK

Kurskiy Railway Station 40 Moscow, Russia

Lea Interchange 15 Railway Sidings London, UK

Lewisham Extension – 23 Docklands Light Railway (DLR) London, UK

LUL Northern Line Extension 13 to Battersea London, UK

Poplar Station 29 London, UK

Sainsbury’s Whitechapel 15 London, UK

Slough Bus Station 41 UK

St Giles Circus 12 London, UK

Stratford Town Centre Link 44 London, UK

Strathclyde Partnership 32 for Transport Glasgow, UK

Stuttgart 21 Main Station 11 Germany

Transbay Transit Center 37 San Francisco, CA, USA

Union Station Masterplan 14 Los Angeles, CA, USA

XRL West Kowloon Terminus 21, 45 Hong Kong

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BuroHappold Engineering is an independent, international engineering firm with a reputation, built up over the last 40 years, for delivering creative, value led

building and city solutions for an ever changing world.

Described by our clients as ‘passionate’, ‘innovative’, ‘collaborative’, ‘magic’, our global community of driven, world leading engineering professionals based in offices across Europe, America, China, India and the Middle East deliver elegant solutions for buildings and cities that address the major problems facing societies today: resource shortage, climate change, increasing urbanisation and its associated effects.

Using integrated approaches that aim to create innovative, holistic and flexible solutions we work closely with a diverse range of celebrated experts: architects, economists, academics, visionaries, to define, develop and deliver strategic, people focused outcomes. These strong relationships provide us with additional insight and perspectives that ensure the solutions we find can more effectively bridge science with society. Our work culture drives the can-do attitude our clients have come to expect of us, and ever since its inception, the World Architecture 100 poll has consistently voted BuroHappold as one of the very best engineering organisations to work with.

BuroHappold works alongside some of the world’s most respected and influential international organisations. We have advised and acted for the United

Nations, the World Bank and UNESCO in their endeavours to alleviate poverty and provide new thinking to solve old problems and have worked in support of a wide range of significant public and private sector clients across the full portfolio of our services.

Our people have skills that straddle a wide diversity of expertise and specialities: technical experts who can turn their hand to all the traditional engineering disciplines, as well as integrators who can bring people together to lead and communicate holistic solutions such as frameworks for revitalising failing cities and pioneering master plans for emerging cities: people-flow specialists who can move a million people across the desert with ease: innovators who engineer facades that absorb pollution or create acoustic venues overnight from rope, wood and sheer hard work. We employ economists and planners who can help to create flexible strategies, specialists whose skills range from water management through to material science, and serial innovators who help us to find our unique solutions to our clients’ unique problems. Our team is deliberately broad based.

We have a reputation for embracing the difficult and our teams tackle complex issues head on. But we don’t just look for

straight forward answers; we question, investigate and challenge our clients to look wider than the immediate space of their projects, helping them to understand and address social, financial and environmental impacts as well as the obvious technical ones. Our innovative thinking has delivered a plethora of benefits for our clients that can in turn deliver higher than expected returns on their investments including happier, greater occupant productivity, increased energy savings and reduced material usage to name but a few. Our thinking has also delivered advantages with a far wider influence; award winning buildings catalysing broader sustainable regeneration, increased people flow resulting in new retail and residential opportunities and smart strategies attracting new sustainable investment.

At BuroHappold we believe in harnessing the special magic of our people’s engineering minds; it is this combination of ingenuity and bravery that is helping us create a future that is solution-led, not problem driven and is in turn helping us to reclaim Engineering and to showcase what the very best that we can offer can really achieve.


Al Faisaliah, Riyadh, KSAArchitect: Foster + Partners

Image: BuroHappold Engineering / Joe Poon

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Justin Phillips

Rail Interchange Sector Director Tel: +44 (0)1225 320 600

Email: [email protected]

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