Thomson Line Construction: Making of Mayflower

Tuesday 3 June 2014

Making of Mayflower

Contract T210 is for the construction of the Mayflower station and was awarded to Hong Kong-based Gammon Construction, who have completed both the North East Line (NEL) and Downtown Line (DTL) Chinatown stations and the Bukit Panjang LRT previously. Mayflower station will see the most exits on any Thomson Line station with 7 exit structures being built. Situated on a slight incline, the station will see construction taking place in close proximity to many HDB blocks around. Already, a number of trees have been chopped down to make way for the station construction and will be re-planted once construction is done. Some walkways between the blocks will be demolished in the process as well.

A view of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4 near the Kebun Baru CC on 4 May 2014

Looking down towards the main construction site.

A view of the existing tree cover on 4 May 2014.

A notice on bored pile work
4 May 2014

4 May 2014

Barricades set up by Gammon Construction
4 May 2014

An exit structure will come up here by 2020
4 May 2014

4 May 2014

Machinery to bore the secant bored piles
4 May 2014

4 May 2014

This linkway is one of those that will make way for station construction
4 May 2014

Alternative linkways will be built to replace those demolished
4 May 2014

4 May 2014

Another site where bored piling will commence
4 May 2014

4 May 2014

Secant bored piling which will form the retaining walls for the station is due to begin soon. During this phase of works, hollow piles will be driven into the ground. The soil within the hollow cavity will be dug out and a rebar cage subsequently lowered in and concrete poured. Finally, the hollow pile casing is removed leaving behind a concrete cylinder which will form the bored pile wall. Some level of noise can be expected during this period.