Xiong’an station, China – how the largest station in Asia was built in just 2 years

Xiong’an railway station near Beijing in China is the largest railway station in Asia. It was opened in December 2020 and took just 2 years to build. Novel features include extensive use of fair-faced concrete, self-sufficiency in lighting energy, sound-absorbing platform walls and artificial intelligence for real-time building management. The construction team focused on quality management and control throughout delivery, with extensive use of smart construction techniques. These included cloud computing, the internet of things, big data, artificial intelligence, mobile internet and building information modelling technology. The result is a world-class transportation hub delivered in record time.