Panattoni to build 106,453 sq ft Reading logistics park

Located at Junction 12 of the M4 in the Thames Valley, the scheme will include two grade-A warehouses spanning 50,329 sq ft and 56,124 sq ft. The post Panattoni to build 106,453 sq ft Reading logistics park appeared first on Property Week.

£7bn Abingdon reservoir moves to next planning stage with DCO expected in November

Regulators have confirmed that plans for the proposed White Horse Reservoir, in the Upper Thames catchment, have reached a detailed stage of development and will receive further funding to progress towards planning permission. The post £7bn Abingdon reservoir moves to next planning stage with DCO expected in November appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

TBM starts on Thames power tunnel

A Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine has been lowered into the ground using a Weldex crawler crane, for Ferrovial Bemo JV, who are building a new power tunnel under the Thames for National Grid.

Barhale secures £17M contract to complete Greenwich Trunk Main programme

Thames Water has awarded Barhale the contract to complete the final leg of the £17M Greenwich Trunk Main scheme, “securing water supply and improving network resilience for Southeast London”. The post Barhale secures £17M contract to complete Greenwich Trunk Main programme appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Barhale, Suez, ice pigs, to finish Greenwich trunk main

Thames Water has picked Barhale to complete the final leg of the £17m Greenwich Trunk Main in South London, using ice pigging with Suez to efficiently commission the line.

Tideway London, TUNNEL VISION: Episode 12 – River special, ahoy!

This month, Taylor takes a trip on the Thames to see Tideway's marine logistics operation up close. We travel to Chambers Wharf to watch as chalk spoil is loaded onto a giant barge!

Tideway London, TUNNEL VISION: Episode 7 - Creating new land in the Thames

With 24 construction sites, many right in the heart of London, how does the Tideway project create enough space to build the #SuperSewer? This episode of Tunnel Vision looks at how cofferdams are constructed, how fish are rescued as these structures are built into the Thames, and how some will be turned into new public spaces for London.

Tideway London, TUNNEL VISION: Episode 5 - Concrete Proposals

Episode 5 of Tunnel Vision is here, created and produced in the middle of the new national lockdown. The main Thames Tideway Tunnel only has 5.5km left to dig, but the 20km of tunnel we’ve constructed now needs the crucial secondary lining, and we take a closer look as to what that means and how it’s created. We then take a look at how the giant shafts across the project sites are built and why they’re so important.

Tideway London, TUNNEL VISION: Episode 4 - A year like no other

Filmed pre-lockdown, watch as we review an extraordinary year across the project, and take to the Thames to show you an alternative view of the sites. We take a look back on all of the key milestones hit across the #supersewer project in 2020.

Tideway London, TUNNEL VISION: Episode 1 – Cleaning up the Thames in Blackfriars, London

Tunnel Vision is a new web series from Tideway that will take a closer-then-ever look at the two dozen construction sites that make up the project, its amazing engineering and the people dedicated to cleaning up the River Thames. Episode one showcases Blackfriars, one of the most important sites on the Tideway project, and hears from engineers on site as the innovative ‘floated culvert’ manoeuvre took place.