State Library precinct work notifications

Structures and lining works

A'Beckett Street site

24-hours, Monday to Sundays, ongoing

• Ongoing structures and lining works continue at the A’Beckett Street site, involving the use of a custom-built gantry system to install waterproofing materials, formwork, and concrete along the arch of the central cavern and rail tunnels
• Delivering steel and concrete using trucks and unloading materials within the acoustic shed
• Overnight continuous concrete pours will take place more frequently at the A’Beckett Street site to construct the platform tunnel invert and lining works.

Structures and lining works

Franklin Street site

24-hours, Monday to Sundays, ongoing

• Works continue at the Franklin Street East and Franklin Street West sites. Key activities within the acoustic sheds involve strut removal, steel tying, waterproofing and concreting to construct slabs and walls from the bottom level up
• Delivering steel and concrete using trucks and unloading materials within the acoustic shed.

Laydown area changes

Franklin Street West site

7am to 6pm, Monday to Fridays, and 7am to 1pm, Saturdays

Shaft construction

Little La Trobe Street site

Shaft construction

7am to 10pm, Monday to Fridays, 7am to 6pm, Saturday, ongoing

Concrete finishing works and oversized deliveries

10pm to 7am, Monday to Fridays (as required)

• Shaft construction is ongoing at the Little La Trobe Street site and involves the use of excavators, a tower crane, concrete pump, hand tools, an elevated work platform, and trucks to remove spoil and deliver construction materials including concrete and steel
• Construction of the shaft floors, walls and columns involve steel fixing, waterproofing, formwork installation and concrete pours
• Concrete pours involve concrete trucks, a tower crane and concrete finishing equipment
• Concrete pours must be continuous to ensure structural integrity and therefore may occasionally continue outside of notified hours
• Concrete finishing works are expected to generate low levels of noise and vibration
• For safety reasons, ventilation equipment will be required during all works within the shaft, and site lighting will be required for evening and overnight works
• Trucks will continue to use the loading zone on Little La Trobe Street to deliver and remove equipment, construction materials and excavated material.

Adit construction

Little La Trobe Street site

24 hours, Monday to Saturdays

• Construction of an adit (underground passenger connection) between the Little La Trobe and La Trobe Street will recommence from within the Little La Trobe Street shaft in December
• Adit construction involves the use of an excavator, a tower crane, a shotcrete rig, a concrete pump, and trucks to deliver concrete and remove excavated materials
• Shotcreting and rockbolting works are required overnight to ensure safe ground conditions within the adit
• Shotcreting involves the use of a shotcreting rig within the adit and a concrete pump on the surface
• Rock bolting requires the use of an electric powered rock bolting machine within the adit
• Truck movements to remove excavated material will conclude by 12am
• There will be up to four concrete deliveries per overnight shift
• Ventilation equipment and site lighting will be required during adit construction works.

Shaft construction

La Trobe Street site

7am to 10pm, Monday to Fridays, 7am to 6pm, Saturdays, ongoing

Excavation and steel fixing

10pm to 12am, Monday to Fridays, ongoing

Concrete finishing works and oversized deliveries

10pm to 7am, Monday to Fridays (as required)

Little La Trobe Street concrete pump operation

7am to 6pm, Monday to Saturdays, ongoing (as required)

Swanston Street concrete pump operation

24-hours, Monday to Sundays, ongoing (as required)

• Shaft excavation involves the use of excavators, a tower crane, and trucks to remove excavated materials from the site
• Excavation using a clamshell excavator above ground, and excavators below the ground floor slab will continue to take place between 10pm and 12am on weeknights
• Construction of the shaft floors, walls and columns involve steel fixing, waterproofing, formwork installation and concrete pours
• Steel fixing below the ground floor slab using hand tools will take place between 10pm and 12am on weeknights
• Concrete pours involve regular deliveries, and the use of concrete trucks, concrete pumps, and concrete finishing equipment
• Concrete pours must be continuous to ensure structural integrity and therefore may occasionally continue outside of notified hours
• Concrete finishing works are expected to generate low levels of noise and vibration
• Hydro demolition works will also recommence underground within the shaft in October
• These works will take place primarily during the day and will generate intermittent periods of medium level noise
• The concrete pump on Little La Trobe Street is used to support construction at the La Trobe Street site
• The concrete pump on Swanston Street is used to support construction at the La Trobe Street site and tunnelling works in the cavern beneath Swanston Street
• For safety reasons, ventilation equipment will be required during all works within the shaft, and site lighting will be required for evening and overnight works
• There will be regular truck movements to deliver and remove equipment, construction materials and excavated materials.

Groundwater monitoring

Victoria, Franklin, Swanston, and Therry streets

7am to 6pm, Monday to Fridays, 7pm to 5am, Monday to Fridays, under lane closure (as required)

• There will be intermittent testing of previously installed groundwater wells on Victoria, Franklin, Swanston, and Therry streets on the road and footpath
• This involves setting up small, localised traffic controls on footpaths and overnight lane closures on Franklin, Victoria, and Therry streets
• Traffic management will be in place to safely guide pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists around the work areas
• Local access for residents and businesses will be maintained at all times
• These works are expected to generate low levels of noise.

Oversized deliveries

All sites

10pm to 7am, ongoing

• In addition to regular deliveries to site, out of hours deliveries will occur intermittently to minimise traffic disruption and to ensure the safety of the public and our workers.