Christmas at Earls Court The track renewal works at Earls Court Station, led by the Track Partnership, started early on Christmas Day.
Six days of intensive work followed, resulting in the handing back of the new track and structures on time at the start of traffic on New Year’s Eve. Earls Court is a residential area, and so it was essential to take full precautions against noise and dust pollution affecting the neighbours. Echo Barrier noise screens and tents were used around the noisy activities, particularly the breaking out of slabs. The effectiveness of these precautions was seen when there were no complaints received about the project at any time.
Crossrail at Bow Road Costain-Skanska were having problems with a generator making too much noise on a Crossrail project in a residential area near Bow Road. After trialling several noise reduction products and not seeing the desired results, works manager Rob Smith decided to take out a free trial of the Echo Barrier H2 noise reduction barriers. The results were so successful the company has now made a bulk purchase of Echo Barriers to use on other similar projects. Rob said of the barriers: “We applied the echo barrier product and saw significant noise reduction within this area.”
Stowmarket Train Station Echo Barriers were used by Spence Limited when they were contracted to undertake maintenance works at Stowmarket train station in Suffolk. For them, it was imperative that the construction activity could be seen to be carried out swiftly, smoothly, and with as little noise disturbance to residents living nearby or businesses carrying out trade in the area. He continued: “The local Stowmarket community could see that we were putting measures in place to consider their welfare, and this seems to have increased people’s tolerance levels throughout the duration of the works.”
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