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…
Sewage will be diverted from the River Thames in increasingly large proportions from summer 2024 as London’s super sewer Thames Tideway Tunnel starts the process of commissioning.
When the £4.5bn project is completed, it is projected to divert 95% of the sewage pollution that currently spills directly into the River Thames.…
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…
The £4.5bn Thames Tideway Tunnel super sewer project has reached a milestone with the placement of a concrete lid on the Nine Elms site, the most central on the 25km project.
Back in 2018, the 30m wide and 50m deep shaft on Kirtling Street saw two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) lowered…
The Tideway project has taken another step towards completion, with the secondary lining finished in the super sewer's eastern section - the final section to be completed.
Tideway’s tunnel boring machines finished excavating the main tunnel in the spring of 2022, but the secondary concrete lining was need for added strength…
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…
The Thames Tideway Tunnel has hit another milestone with the completion of the 4.5km Greenwich connection tunnel between Greenwich and Bermondsey.
This section of tunnel stretches from Greenwich Pumping Station to Chambers Wharf, where it connects with the main super sewer. It will tackle sewage overflow into the Deptford Creek and…
The Brunel Museum has opened its Tunnelling Today exhibition for the school summer holidays, which focuses on Thames Tideway.
It’s a family-friendly exhibition at the museum in Rotherhithe, on the Thames, where visitors of all ages can learn about London’s history and the its once infamous “Great Stink” caused by an…
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…
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…
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