09.07.14
Contract awarded for £20m Paddington Station refurbishment
A Colas Rail and Morgan Sindall joint venture (JV) has been awarded a £20m project from Network Rail to refurbish roof spans one to three at Paddington Station.
Work on the project, which is expected to start at the end of July, will include steelwork strengthening and repairs to the original wrought iron structure and decorative scrolls.
Additionally, the lighting system will be upgraded and the polycarbonate roof lights replaced.
Spans one to three were built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and are listed by English Heritage as a Grade 1 structure. It is hoped that the refurbishment of the spans will improve the internal appearance and environment of the station and extend the service life of the roof.
Neil Barnes, rail director at Morgan Sindall, said: “We are delighted to have been appointed to the next phase of refurbishment at Paddington Station.
“Our team has a wealth of specialist rail experience and will carry out the work from a suspended scaffold above the live railway platforms to ensure the day to day running of the station can continue with minimal disruption.”
The contract award follows on from Morgan Sindall’s successful completion of Paddington Station’s Span 4, which was finished in September 2011.
During the new project, the joint venture will work collaboratively with Network Rail under BS 11000 to deliver the scheme by January 2016.
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