London’s new £4.5bn super sewer, Thames Tideway, has completed all construction with the lifting of a 1,200t concrete lid to cap off the project’s deepest shaft.
The lifting of the 24m-wide lid at Abbey Mills Pumping Station marks the full completion of heavy civil engineering works for the project. Now this…
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Tideway hits another milestone as Albert Embankment cofferdam flooded
The Albert Embankment cofferdam built out into the River Thames in central London as part of Tideway has been re-flooded – signalling the latest milestone for the £4.5bn super sewer project.
The cofferdam along the Thames’ south bank in Lambeth was first created in November 2018 by building a wall of…
Thames Tideway ‘super sewer’ cost holds steady at £4.5bn
Tideway, the company building London’s new super sewer Thames Tideway, has released its latest annual report, confirming the capital cost of the project remains £4.5bn, as reported in April.
Tideway confirmed the figure in its financial results for the year ending March 2023, detailing a year in which almost all underground…
Future of Tunnelling | Complex Tideway sewer connection makes progress at Blackfriars
Tunnelling may be completed on London’s super sewer but there is still much work to be done to bring Tideway into operation.
Tunnel boring machine (TBM) launches and breakthroughs usually grab the headlines when it comes to delivery of new tunnel projects. But completion of the main drives is usually followed…
Tideway East contractors celebrate first shaft capping completion
The first shaft on the eastern section of London’s new super sewer - the Thames Tideway Tunnel - has been capped off marking a milestone for the £4.5bn project.
Tideway announced the completion of the concrete cover slab at King Edward Memorial Park (Kemp) foreshore site yesterday by its joint venture…
Tideway | Cost of London’s super sewer hits £4.5bn
Tideway has updated its cost estimate for the Thames Tideway Tunnel to £4.5bn, taking into account the remaining work programme and the impacts of inflation.
The super sewer project was initially costed at £3.52bn in 2014, but that figure has steadily crept up over the course of its construction. The latest…
Why PPE designed for women is as much about safety as comfort
Although women have been raising the issue of ill-fitting PPE for decades, the availability of such products remains low.
"It’s not a fashion show”. This is a typical comment women working in the construction industry receive if they complain about wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) designed for men, according to Tarmac…
Topcon helps infrastructure owners keep an eye on their structures
Topcon automated monitoring systems provide peace of mind on projects where the risk of movement is a safety consideration.
How a project impacts surrounding infrastructure is a concern for all companies that must continuously monitor and react to any risks to the stability of their job sites and nearby structures.…
Tideway spent £10M on tunnel lining innovation that it will never use
Tideway spent £10M developing an innovation to speed up the lining of tunnels, but it will never be used on construction of the super sewer.
Tideway chief technical officer Roger Bailey revealed that efforts to create a precast secondary lining machine were ultimately not delivered in time to be used on…
Tideway | Super sewer ventilation columns installed along Victoria Embankment
Giant bronze ventilation columns have been installed for the first time on the central section of the Tideway super sewer project.
The 5m-high columns at Victoria Embankment will serve as an exhaust system, removing air displaced by flows into the super sewer. This air will be filtered through air treatment chambers.…