Westfield Shoppingtowns Ltd are the developer of Westfield London, the new retail and leisure development at White City in West London. The development includes major investment in the local transport system. When completed, the development will provide a new transport hub connecting tube, bus, overground and taxi services in the White City and Shepherd's Bush area.
After an 18-month bidding process, D-Drill won the contract with Grant Rail at Westfield London to drill, install and resin in 30,000 specialist rail anchors - an essential part of the infrastructure and safety profile of the new White City sidings. To meet Westfield's strict timetable, an average 700 holes had to be completed each day.
Post-installation, D-Drill was required to carry out proof loading pull tests to a significant proportion of the anchors and issue a certificate of conformity.
To achieve the required drill rate, D-Drill adopted an innovative bespoke solution. This involved building a tailormade rail-mounted drilling system, complete with integral dust vacuum system. All specially built or configured machinery and processes had to meet Westfield and LUL's stringent approval procedures.