Skanska will design, construct and set up a brand new 130 metre single span metal bridge to switch the present construction forming a part of the West Coast Fundamental Line that spans the M6 motorway.
The brand new bridge shall be inbuilt a devoted location near the present construction. On the finish of this yr, the present bridge shall be demolished and the brand new one moved into place and commissioned throughout a 15-day blockade on the West Coast Fundamental Line, beginning 31 December.
The scheme is the primary that Skanska has been awarded beneath Community Rail’s five-year North West and Central Framework.
James Corker, Operations Director (Rail) at Skanska stated: “Over current months, we now have labored carefully with Community Rail to simplify and refine the design and development methodology, making certain that it meets price range and programme targets.
“It is a complicated mission that shall be delivered to tight timescales, and we’re delighted to have been appointed. It attracts on our experience delivering comparable schemes, with shut help from our provide chain workforce.
“Now we have discovered methods to scale back value, time and carbon, together with by worth engineering to minimise works required in reusing current bridge help buildings, akin to abutments and piers. It’s been a very collaborative course of and we at the moment are very a lot wanting ahead to starting important development.”
