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Birmingham-based MPB Structures secures contract
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05 FEB 2025

MPB SECURES SUBSTRUCTURE CONTRACT FOR HS2 CURZON STREET STATION

Birmingham-based MPB Structures has won the contract to build the ‘substructure’ for HS2’s Curzon Street Station.

The news comes as  the Mace Dragados Joint Venture (MDJV) is preparing for construction work to ramp up on Birmingham’s flagship station in 2025, with a series of major contract awards.

The award win for civil engineering specialist MPB Structures follows the piling operation currently being delivered by Keltbray to install 2,000 concrete piles to support the foundations for the station.

A team of around 140 people from MPB will now start building the complex substructure for the station.

The work includes removing 65,000m3 of earth, using around 17,000 cubic metres of concrete to install 417 pile caps, and over 4,700 tonnes of reinforcing steel to make the stations ground beams.

The team will also be waterproofing the new concrete structures, building the drainage network within and around the station, and also constructing the attenuation tanks to store rainwater that will be recycled for use within the station when it’s operational.

Patrick Boyle, board director and business owner at MPB Structures, said: “We are delighted to have secured this prestigious contract on the Curzon Street Station build.

“Our business has a long and rich history of successfully delivering major projects for key clients across Birmingham and the wider West Midlands.

“We are fully committed to this project and to the opportunity to support and deliver a significant social value proposition for MDJV and HS2.

“In addition to local employment, one of our main aspirations is to create work placements and workless jobs starts for local people building on other successes we have had in this arena coupled with West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker’s ambition to create 20,000 jobs and opportunities within the region.”

Further contracts will be awarded over the coming months for the construction of the station ‘superstructure’.

These will involve building the station’s floor slab along with lift shafts, stairs and the columns to support the viaducts that will bring trains into the stations. The viaducts themselves will be constructed from pre-cast concrete beams manufactured off-site to save time and space on site.

Following on from this, a further contract will be awarded for the station’s façade, walls and glazing. The design of the station will be finalised over the next year, focusing on the details of features including the roof and the internal fit-out of the station.

 

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