Battersea Power Station Phase 1

The first phase of the iconic Battersea Power Station redevelopment transformed 12 high-rise residential blocks on the west side of the 39-acre site, delivering around 850 apartments alongside retail spaces, a theatre, business studios, and two levels of parking. The buildings range from 9 to 18 storeys; all set over a podium slab and a double-level basement of approximately 17,000 m².

Byrne Bros was responsible for the reinforced concrete substructure and superstructure works. The raft foundation slab, ranging from 1.5 m to 3 m deep, required 80,000 m³ of concrete and 15,000 tonnes of reinforcement. To meet the programme’s demands, an on-site batching plant was established, supported by nine tower cranes and a peak workforce of around 500 operatives.

A variety of construction techniques were deployed to satisfy both specification and schedule requirements, including jumpform and slipform cores, precast and twin-wall cores, post-tensioned superstructure slabs, precast balconies, biscuit slabs, columns, and walls. The extensive use of precast elements proved critical to achieving the ambitious programme constraints.

• Contract: Battersea Power Station, Enabling Works
• Client: Carillion 
• Location: Nine Elms, SW11
• Value: £60m
• Duration: 65 weeks
• Scope: Reinforced concrete substructure and superstructure frame works for Phase 1 of the Battersea Power Station regeneration project.