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Highly Sustainable Project Offices and Welfare Facilities for HS2 Phase One

						
							Client						

							Costain Skanska JV

						
							Installation Time						

							One day

						
							Programme						

							4 Weeks on site

						
							Solution						

							Temporary

Brief

HS2 is the new high-speed railway linking up London, the Midlands, the North and Scotland, serving over 25 stations, including eight of Britain’s 10 largest cities, and connecting around 30 million people. The construction of the new railway is split into three phases, with Phase One linking London and the West Midlands.

Project offices and welfare facilities were required by the Skanska Costain STRABAG Joint Venture (SCS JV) for 15 sites along the final 26.4km of HS2 to the southern terminus at London Euston. This forms part of the first phase of HS2.

The SCS JV contract involves the construction of a variety of structures and 21km of the line will be in a tunnel created using six boring machines.

Sustainable Welfare Facility, Premier Modular

Premier developed the most cost-effective building solutions that met our requirements and budget. Their team has been very flexible, adapting the designs to our changing needs, and with a strong emphasis on customer care.

John Harrison
Section Lead Construction Manager, SCS JV

The Challenges

Premier was able to offer building solutions to SCS to suit the wide range of sites, in compliance with Building Regulations Part L and to stringent fire ratings because the facilities will be in use for at least five years.

On each project the Premier teams worked to short programmes and on some highly constrained sites in close proximity to live railway lines. This required liaison with teams at Network Rail and careful logistical planning particularly for the building installation phases.

The Solution

Premier Modular was awarded the multi-million-pound contracts to provide more than 15,000sqm of buildings made up of over 500 modules configured to SCS’s precise requirements and specification.

The facilities accommodate open plan offices, meeting rooms, break-out spaces, showers, drying rooms, toilets, first aid rooms, and canteens.

Each building was installed complete with lighting, air conditioning, fire and security alarms, toilets, partitions, and doors.