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Significant construction works are ongoing at Tottenham Court Road undergroundstation to upgrade the station and construct the new Crossrail tunnels.<strong>Buro</strong> <strong>Happold</strong>’s client for this project was threatened with a compulsory purchaseorder from London Underground for part of this valuable central London site inorder to allow the Tottenham Court Road construction works to take place.By designing 7 mega piles that will be incorporated into the station boxes towithstand the load of the building above, <strong>Buro</strong> <strong>Happold</strong> were able to develop aninnovative technical and contractual solution that provided a win-win situation forour client and for LU.Disciplines involvedGround Engineering • Structures

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