Innovation in HMR Project by L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited Mr. VB Gadgil, CE & MD, L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) Limited ‘onstruction Equipment forms the backbone of any Metro Project. All Metro Projects are equipment intensive in comparison to residential projects, which are more our intensive. Metro Projects are constructed in an urban pvironment right in the middle of the road. Itis therefore nperative that we use the right set of equipment to erect the ructures taking into consideration safety and quality thereby ausing minimum inconvenience to the general public In general, the superstructure works of any Metro Project, re done using precast technology. There are designated yards here these segments are cast under strict supervision. After ne segments are cast they are lifted using Gantry Cranes of high spacity and transported to the erection site using trailers. These egments are then lfted and placed in position using custom ult erection tackles (called Launching girders). An alternative vethod would have been constructing the entire superstructure sing staging and formwork followed by cast-in-situ onstruction. This would have caused a great deal of hindrance » the general traffic and public. Further, this would require uge quantity of structural steel for staging works and additional sorkmen would be required for cast-in-situ construction. novation in Hyderabad Metro Rail Project HMRP) Hyderabad Metro Rail Project is 72 km elevated Metro roject including 64 stations and 3 depots criss-crossing through ve heart of the city. Since the project is an elevated one, we ave ensured that the inconvenience to the general public is tnimized. We have adopted the concept of Pre-cast Pre ressed Technology in this project. We have been provided land n temporary basis in Uppal and Qutubullapur by Hyderabad letro Rail Limited (PSE) wherein we have established our re-cast Yards for both the Viaduct as well as Stations. It's the argest Pre-Cast Yard in nia, ‘The Pre-cast segments are cast in these Yards and then ansported to the site and erected at place using erection ickles called Launching Girders (LGs). Since the traffic is peak sting day time, we transport these segments only during night 2. between 11 pm and 6 am. ‘The LGs are designed considering the sharp curves across le city. We have introduced a hinge box also in the LGs so as to negotiate through these curves. We have also introduced Under slung LGs to take care of erection of Station viaduct construction activity. We are taking utmost care by testing the LGs 25% more than the allowed Maximum load. All the Safety and Quality checklist is verified before transporting the LGs to the designated Viaduct location. ‘Another unique thing we have adopted is for Station Construction. Station construction, in almost all Metros, is being constructed by cast-in-situ method. This has caused a lot of inconvenience to the general public. The method of construction is generally slow due to sequencing of operations. In HMRP, we have introduced the concept of Spine and Wing for Concourse level of the stations. This is the first time this concept has been adopted in india. The station box rests (on a row of single piers (10 nos.) and is of balanced cantilever type. The segments which are cast at the Pre-cast yards are transported and erected using custom-built Launching girders. ‘The segments are then pre-stressed/ post tensioned in both directions thus making the whole box act as a single system. The very concept of this system has eliminated the construction of ‘Major Equipment Deployed In The Project Ea Batching Plant - 60 cim/hr 4 Batching Plant - 30 cum/hr 2 Transit Mixers 68 Boom placer 13 75 T Gantry Cranes 16 50T Gantry Cranes 2 207 Gantry Cranes 2 10 T Gantry Cranes 13 Cranes- 150/200 T cap 4 Cranes- 75/40/20 T cap 58 Piling Rigs 9 Power Generators 142 RMS units 2 ‘Stone Crushers 2 Wheel loaders 9 Rail Cum Road (RRV) 2 Flash Butt Welding 1 Launching Girders 30 Track Masteradditional columns at station locations which would have caused great inconvenience to public. The pre-cast/pre-stressed technology adopted in this Project has helped in reduction the total construction time, thereby reducing the overall cost and also ensuring strict adherence to quality and safety standards. Erection Works for Station Elements- Spine and Wing Other Important Technicol Features: 1. The trains will be using Regenerative Electric Braking thereby converting the momentum into electrical energy and feeding back to power supply system while braking, As a contribution towards the CDM this will reduce the energy requirement from the gr. 2. The advanced signalling & Train Control technology, ‘Communication Based Train Control (CBTC), is adopted for Hyderabad Metro to control the trains. Hyderabad Metro would be firstin India to claim train control by CBTC technology. 3. Hyderabad Metro Rail Project is using “Track Master’ - A Unique instrument for checking the parameters of Track and to enhance the quality of track installation. This has been procured from M/s. Trimble USA. This instrument is being used in India for the second time after Chennai; L&T is the first to introduce this technology in india, both in Chennai & Hyderabad, 4, Simulation Study is based on Track Design. This type of designing the Track is being adopted for the first time in the Country. In this process, prior to the Track design, the. probable speed of train in a particular stretch is determined by carrying out a simulation study. Based on this data the Track is accordingly designed only for that particular speed in that particular stretch. This avoids designing the Track for much higher speeds than required. This process has the following advantages: 1. Better ride comfort to the passengers. |. Reduces the Rail and Wheel wear. Il Reduces loading on the Viaduct and IV. Increases the productivity in Track installation. The innovative concepts adopted in HNRP ensured speedy construction and no inconvenience to the general public.