GEOTECHNICAL specialist, Bachy Soletanche Ltd has completed a 1 million pounds piling contract at Shepherd's Bush station, on London Underground's Central Line, involving the construction of two shafts to enable step-free access from platforms. The shafts were built for the redevelopment using the hard/firm secant wall-piling method during a five-month programme of work for infrastructure services firm Morgan Est, the principal contractor. Shepherd's Bush Central Line station is undergoing a major upgrade. It is expected that 60 percent of people visiting the large Westfield London retail and leisure development, which lies to the north of the Shepherd's Bush site, will arrive by public transport. As a result, the project will help the station to accommodate the influx of people. The project involves a number of redevelopments, such as remodelling the ticket hall and the creation of step-free access through the installation of lifts.
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