GHD & GHD Design appointed to deliver integrated design services for new Sydney Olympic Park metro station
Professional services company GHD, together with its design practice GHD Design, is part of the delivery team appointed by Sydney Metro to design the new Sydney Olympic Park Integrated Station Development Precinct.
GHD Design is delivering the station’s back-of-house architecture – the plant rooms, station control and operational circulation spaces that make up around 65% of the station’s floor area. These spaces support the station's safe and reliable operation, including during major crowd surges. The back-of-house design is being coordinated with Architectus' front-of-house architecture as part of a single, integrated station design.
GHD is Lead Consultant for the station design, providing multidisciplinary coordination and design program services while specialists across building engineering, pedestrian modelling, traffic and transport, durability, security and hydrogeology will deliver the detailed design for the precinct.
The station is designed to operate across everyday, minor-event and major-event modes moving around 25,000 passengers an hour during major events, in addition to the 40,000-an-hour capacity already handled by the neighbouring Sydney Olympic Park heavy rail station.
GHD & GHD Design are working as part of the FCC Construction Australia and Ecove Group delivery team together with Architectus and Robert Bird on the station's design and delivery. The design is underway and will continue through construction of the station and surrounding precinct, which is expected to start around mid-2027.
Chris Aucott, GHD Design Director of Architecture, said the project demonstrates the value of treating operational architecture as a critical part of the passenger experience.
"The public may never see most of the spaces we are designing, but those spaces are essential to how safely, reliably and efficiently the station operates. Developing and proving this solution took a significant effort from the team and it's rewarding to see that work recognised in this appointment. It reflects what's possible when architecture, engineering, operations and construction come together to create a station that's more efficient, easier to maintain and can respond to both everyday demand and the crowd movements generated by major event.
Rebecca Want, GHD's Rail Sector Leader for Australia and New Zealand, said the appointment adds to GHD's delivery across the Sydney Metro West corridor.
"Sydney Metro is one of the most significant transport projects underway in Australia, and this appointment builds on our long history of delivering major infrastructure on the network such as Central Station, Sydenham and the Bankstown line and Western Tunnelling Package for the Sydney Metro program. Bringing lead consultant capability together with architecture and multidisciplinary engineering allows us to resolve complex interfaces early and deliver infrastructure that will serve Sydney for generations."
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