Three major European general contractors – BuiltWorlds member Skanska, along with Costain, and STRABAG – formed a joint venture, SCS JV, to optimize the construction of the London tunnels of HS2, a national high-speed railway linking London, Birmingham and the north of the country. The HS2 network will ultimately carry more than 30 million travelers each year. SCS JV is constructing 13 miles of twin-bore tunnels on the HS2 route, terminating at Euston station in central London.
The company has divided its tunnels work into three areas – west, central, and east – and in its initial work with BuiltWorlds member ALICE Technologies, SCS JV focused on the east area, where HS2 emerges from the tunnels on its final 0.6-mile route to Euston station.
In its first work with ALICE, the question at hand for SCS JV was: could it use ALICE to find efficient sequencing options to enable an earlier construction start for the Euston cavern shaft, which provides critical access to the main tunnels that lead to Euston station.
Through “what-if” analysis with ALICE, the SCS JV team was able to identify a number of ways to resequence and improve the build time for the pre-shaft sinking activities. Changing when they would construct the spoil conveyor, which would remove soil from the excavation and work area, was one such important influencer of the schedule.
SCS JV also determined that they could save time and improve efficiency by having concurrent workforce teams constructing activities to the cavern headhouse base slab, and key milestones, which would enable construction of the cavern shaft earlier than planned.
With the ALICE platform, the SCS JV team was able to trim the build time for the shaft by 86 working days, a savings worth £2M in associated overhead expenses.
ALICE Technologies is a Premier Sponsor at our upcoming 2023 BuiltWorlds Construction Tech Conference. Both ALICE and Skanska will be represented at the event. Morgan Hays, Senior Vice President of Product for ALICE will be part of a panel asking “Can You Know Your Project Can Succeed Before Breaking Ground.” Skanska will be represented by their Chief Strategy Officer Anita Woolley Nelson, who will be delivering the Keynote Address on Day One.
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