Page 5 - John F Hunt Group Newsletter - SEP 2023

1 Liverpool Street... Organ Reuse at London City Temple - London to Chicago!
Works continue to progress at 1 Liverpool John F Hunt do get involved in some unusual things!! Recently, we played a key role
Street. Cementation Skanska and in disassembling and transporting a 15-metre high, 18-metre wide organ, from our
William Hare are currently delivering the London City Temple site to St. James Cathedral, the largest cathedral in Chicago,
piling and steelwork installation for phase for the purpose of restoration.
1 works in line with their programme.
The erection of Tower Crane 01 was The team at London City Temple thoroughly reviewed the methodology proposed
an important milestone for the project, by the restoration team from John-Paul Buzards, ensuring its compliance with all
which was carried out successfully in relevant UK legislation regarding removing this unique piece of musical heritage...
August by Select and Ainscough.

The 1957 J.W. Walker & Sons 40-tonne organ was loaded onto a total of 8 wagons
Our Limited team is on target to and sent to the yard in Grays, where it was packed in four 40ft shipping containers.
complete the piling and structural From our Head Office, the containers went to the port where they were safely loaded
steelwork in late November when onto a ship which then set sail to the States!
the basement excavation bulk dig
will commence. This will then allow
the basement permanent works
construction to start with an anticipated
contract completion in September 2024.

We are sharing fantastic updates from 1
Liverpool Street on the John F Hunt Group
LinkedIn page! Click here to watch the
latest video with Davinder.

Euston Station...
Over the weekend of 26th – 28th August,
John F Hunt carried out partial balcony
removal at Euston Station (Parcel Deck)
during weekend 22 of possession.

The section of the balcony was situated
directly above Platform 15. Due to
various site constraints, such as limited
working space and existing Network
Rail assets, the cut and lift method
was selected to undertake the works,
utilising concrete cutting and a pick
and carry crane. Following the balcony
removal, we were tasked to install the
temporary bridge, which consisted of
RMD propping and GRP decking.

As a result of meticulous planning
followed by careful execution, both the
balcony removal and temporary bridge
installation were completed safely and Want to see a demonstration of the organ in action? St. James
on time. The main demolition works will Cathedral has kindly provided a video of the organ testing conducted
re-commence on 18th September 2023. in February 2023 - watch here!

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