Big lifts underway at SSTOM’s Orchard Hills - twelve 40-tonne beams have been successfully lifted into place at Orchard Hills Station, a key milestone in the Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport SSTOM project.

Spanning 18.5 metres, each beam was manufactured in Newcastle and transported to site before being installed using a 500-tonne crane, assisted by a 120-tonne support crane.

It’s an incredible example of logistics, planning and precision engineering coming together to help build one of Australia’s most significant transport projects.

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About the Project

Webuild as part of the Parklife Metro Consortium is delivering the Sydney Metro - Western Sydney Airport Metro Line, Stations, Systems, Trains, Operations and Maintenance (SSTOM) Package project. 

The project includes the construction of six stations between the St Marys interchange station and Bradfield Station, a workshop depot for storing and the maintenance of trains at Orchard Hills, and also the superstructure, the signalling systems and mechanical and electric systems of the entire line, and the supply of new driverless trains.