CASE STUDY As part of the ongoing Crossrail project, Farringdon Station is undergoing a major development to increase capacity, improve accessibility and upgrade interchanges. It will also be one of ten new stations that will serve the Elizabeth Line when it opens in 2018. Cordek were tasked with providing a formwork solution to enable the main contractor to cast the ‘knuckle’ intersections between the escalator shaft and the levels above and below. Project Scope Unlike the straight part of the tunnel which could be formed using traditional formwork, the complex geometry of the top and bottom intersections required a unique formwork solution to form the secondary tunnel lining. The design had to accommodate the restricted access to the project and recognise that the formers needed

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