FINANCE
Custom House Station structure
minimum . More creative solutions can be introduced where a new station is created . Take the new Custom House station , the only surface station in the central section . Close to Canary wharf it will serve London ’ s largest conference centre ExCeL and the Royal Docks , and provide an interchange with the Docklands Light Railway ( DLR ). Crossrail asked for “ a station that is spacious and open , with a clear identity , expressing its kit of parts construction ; efficient in operation , robust in use and maintainable .”
Kit of parts ? Yes , it is a flatpack station put up in precisely a year and a day using largely prefabricated off-site components . Large sections of the station were manufactured at contractor Laing O ’ Rourke ’ s facility in Steetley , near Sheffield , then transported more than 130 miles to east London and assembled on site .
The process of manufacturing large sections of the station offsite in precast concrete significantly simplified the process of building the station , saving time , reducing disruption , improving quality and making the
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