menu Search Icon Toggle search input HOMEPROJECTSSYDNEY CENTRAL STATION METRO When Laing O’Rourke was awarded a contract to deliver the new Metro platforms beneath Sydney’s Central Station, our innovative designs introduced multiple benefits. SYDNEY CENTRAL STATION METRO Linkedin Icon Share on linkedin Facebook Icon Share on facebook Twitter Icon Share on twitter Mail Icon Share on mail SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA At a glance Project Name Central Station Upgrade and Central Walk Client Sydney Metro, Transport for NSW Location Sydney, Australia Status Completion in 2022 A $955 million contract for the delivery of new Sydney Metro platforms beneath Central Station and an extensive pedestrian concourse, was intended to revitalise and transform Australia’s busiest commuter hub. Once members of Laing O’Rourke’s design team worked their way through the reference design, they managed to introduce numerous, major benefits that improved efficiencies, dramatically reduced materials required and improved customer experience. In doing so, they offered the client great certainty around the project and its outcomes. All design inputs were gleaned from past experience in delivering major infrastructure in busy, city-centre transport hubs. Designing certainty into the project After work on the reference design to introduce greater structural efficiencies, Laing O’Rourke’s design team brought multiple benefits, including: a solution for the metro station box that reduced total concrete usage by approximately 38% a design solution for Central Walk eliminating 462 low-headroom piles at platform level, dramatically reducing materials required a two-metre increase in head height on the north-south concourse for a more generous space increased column spacing from 12 metres to 15 metres, to declutter thoroughfares changed services design, reducing large quantities of service ducting Highly efficient water systems, including rainwater and stormwater systems Renewable energy technologies such as solar lighting, and photovoltaic technologies to eliminate smell and noise from diesel-based portable light towers SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA Sydney Central Station Metro 1 2 Previus slide Next slide 1 2 Previus slide Next slide Million in value metres of service ducting saved after design changes of concrete saved after a redesign for structural efficiency Social Media Icon Social Media Icon Social Media Icon Social Media Icon HEAD OFFICE Bridge Place 1 & 2, Anchor Boulevard Crossways Dartford, Kent DA2 6SN, United Kingdom +44 (0)1322 296200 COMPANY Projects Thinking Company Careers Contact us Media enquiries RESPONSIBILITY Sustainability Privacy policy Sitemap Modern slavery Cookie policy Brand guidelines Cookie settings © LAING O’ROURKE 2021 Your choice regarding cookies on this site We use cookies to optimise site functionality and give you the best possible experience Accept Settings