Marcon Place Underbridge Reconstruction

Over Easter Bank Holiday 2013, seven independent rail bridges supporting four tracks and four platforms at Hackney Downs Station were demolished and reconstructed, all within 99 hours.

Building Steel Solutions was asked to deliver a new bridge parapet for a new railway bridge over Marcon Place in London. This project involved an ambitious timescale and considerable technical challenges. Design, manufacture, and installation had to be achieved within a 4-week timescale. 

BSS provided the following services as well as the requested parapet: 

• Our own EDM survey, modelled on our TEKLA system, involving very complex loading calculations 
• Design and manufacturing, including galvanising, special anti-graffiti powder coating, and anti-vandal fixings. We called on specialists MGC+ to galvanise and powder coat 10 tonnes of steel plates 
• More than 200 diamond-drilled holes through the concrete upstand 
• An on-site timetable reflecting the necessity to have the parapets complete and services relaid and connected, before the platform extensions could be used.  

The Marcon Place Underbridge Reconstruction project was ‘Highly Commended’ in 2013’s Network Rail Partnership Awards for ‘Best Medium Project Category’. The Awards were created by Network Rail to reward the great partnerships that exist within the rail industry.  

Partnership is at the heart of all that we do, and we are proud to have been involved in this project.  

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