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CITB TTT Brochure.Pdf Constructing a healthier London 1 Thames Tideway Tunnel: 5 London’s Victorian sewer system Our cleaner river, your great opportunity The Engineering 6 is a triumph of engineering that Constructing your future 8 Be part of the team 11 has served us well for 150 years Get involved 12 Science, technology, engineering 14 In fact, it’s still the heart of our sewerage infrastructure, Thames Tideway Tunnel is the major new sewer that will help even today. But London is a far bigger city now than it was prevent increasing pollution in the Thames. and maths in action in Victorian times and it’s time to ensure future generations The £4.2bn, 25km (15 mile) super-sewer is the deepest and of London can enjoy a cleaner, healthier River Thames. longest ever constructed in London. During construction Build your career in construction 16 Originally designed for four million residents, the system there’ll be 24 construction sites, from Acton in the west would overflow into the river only after a bad storm, maybe to Abbey Mills in Stratford in the east. once or twice a year. Now, about eight million people live in Between 2015 and 2023, construction work here will create Questions answered 18 London and overspills are happening just about every week. thousands of job opportunities – especially for local residents. In 2013, the sewage overflow topped 55 million tonnes. This Working on the project is your chance to be part of a cleaner, is way above the average annual figure of 39 million tonnes Want to know more? 19 healthier future, for both the river and those who enjoy and the same as eight billion toilets being flushed directly travelling, working or living nearby. into the Thames. Get involved Underground This brochure tells you more about construction Sir Joseph Bazalgette was the visionary Victorian engineer opportunities on Thames behind London’s sewerage system. He designed the sewers Tideway Tunnel following the ‘Great Stink’ of 1858 when the stench from the river just about brought London to a standstill. His sewers are made up of 318 million bricks, all laid by hand. Next time you walk down the Embankment, see if you can hero find the memorial to Sir Joseph, overlooking the Thames near the new Golden Jubilee bridges. Thames Tideway Tunnel will build on Sir Joseph’s great legacy, protecting the Thames for the next 100 years. 2 3 Thames Tideway TunnelOur cleaner river, your great opportunity Construction work on Thames Tideway You have the skills we need Tunnel has committed to: There are so many ways for you to get involved and be part • Achieve excellent standards of health, safety of London’s history. These projects have roles for all sorts and well-being on sites. of construction workers including; construction design and management staff, skilled construction workers, plant operatives, • Ensure a suitable workforce with the right skills is available underground workers, piling operatives and site engineers. to deliver the project. • Give opportunities to local and under-represented groups. Over the coming decades, there’s going to • Promote education and construction careers through its be a huge demand for construction jobs science, technology, engineering and maths programme. in London and throughout the UK. A role on Thames Tideway Tunnel could be your Tunnel your way to a career in construction stepping stone to a rewarding career for life. Thames Tideway Tunnel is part of a huge programme of construction in London that will last for the next few decades. Work on the tunnel will generate more than 9,000 jobs overall, with most roles being available from 2016. Thousands of these will be construction-related roles. The opportunities for you could be immense. Above ground, underground and on the river… 4,500 4,000 Estimated construction 3,500 3,000 programme 2,500 Thinking about your 2,000 Key Management and planning future today could lay 1,500 Engineering professionals Skilled construction the foundations for a 1,000 Labourers Miners/UG workers great career tomorrow 500 Steel fixers Electricians 0 Mechanical fitters 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 4 5 Abbey Mills Pumping Station 23 Lee Tunnel Beckton Sewage TOWER HAMLETS Treatment Works 24 CITY OF LONDON The Limehouse Cut 22 NEWHAM The CITY OF WESTMINSTER 15 21 EALING 14 1 HAMMERSMITH 16 17 AND FULHAM KENSINGTON Greenwich connection 18 AND CHELSEA tunnel 2 10 13 12 11 19 9 20 Engineering SOUTHWARK Thames Tideway Tunnel is the biggest GREENWICH 3 7 8 infrastructure project ever undertaken RICHMOND 4 UPON 5 by the UK water industry THAMES 6 Frogmore LAMBETH connection tunnel LEWISHAM WANDSWORTH • There are 24 construction sites on Thames Tideway Tunnel, What is a tunnel boring machine? 11 of which are located on the river. Tunnel boring machines are huge, underground diggers that • Constructed by world-class contractors, the tunnel will adopt use rotating cutters to make circular tunnels. Tunnel boring ground-breaking and innovative techniques using the most machine operators are very skilled and have a lot of Site sustainable and cost-effective methods of construction. responsibility. Most start their careers • At 25km long, up to 65 metres deep and seven metres by helping to remove the waste types in diameter, you could fit three London double decker buses before working up to operate Main tunnel drives site 1 Acton Storm Tanks 9 Cremorne Wharf Depot 17 Chambers Wharf inside it – side by side! the machines. 9 Main tunnel reception site 2 Hammersmith Pumping Station 10 Chelsea Embankment Foreshore 18 Earl Pumping Station • Technology and design skills are crucial to construction Tunnel operatives can CSO site 3 Barn Elms 11 Kirtling Street 19 Deptford Church Street projects. Innovative engineering has been able to reduce the work all over the world Did you know… tunnel from the initial 32km down to 25km, and the number but to do the job you You could fit three London Short connection tunnel drive site 4 Putney Embankment Foreshore 12 Heathwall Pumping Station 20 Greenwich Pumping Station of construction sites needed from 45 to 24. need to be able to double-decker buses inside Long connection tunnel drive site 5 Dormay Street 13 Albert Embankment Foreshore 21 King Edward Memorial Park Foreshore work in a confined • The tunnel will generally follow the route of the River Thames, the tunnel – side by side! System modifications 6 King George’s Park 14 Victoria Embankment Foreshore 22 Bekesbourne Street environment for a so 4.2 million tonnes of waste will be moved by barges on the Main tunnel 7 Carnwath Road Riverside 15 Blackfriars Bridge Foreshore 23 Abbey Mills Pumping Station long time. river. This is why environmental and planning skills are vital to Connection tunnels 8 Falconbrook Pumping Station 16 Shad Thames Pumping Station 24 Beckton Sewage Treatment Works make construction works more sustainable. Lee Tunnel (under construction) Proposed drive direction • There will be three major ‘drive sites’ where tunnel boring • Short connection tunnel drive sites are where underground machines are lowered into the ground and driven below the structures connect CSOs to a shaft that will transfer sewage The route and the tunnel river bed to construct the tunnel from east, west and central flows from the CSO to the main tunnel. Acton Storm Carnwath Road Kirtling Chambers Abbey Mills locations. These sites will be operational for six to seven years, • Long connection tunnel drive sites at Greenwich Pumping Tanks Riverside Street Wharf Pumping Station much longer than other sites. Station and Dormay Street are longer tunnels which may • Main tunnel reception sites, such as Acton Storm Tanks, connect several CSOs to the main tunnel. The Greenwich will be operational for about three years. Acton receives connection tunnel, joins the CSOs at Greenwich Pumping the tunnel from Chambers Wharf and connects the main Station, Deptford Church Street and Earl Pumping Station m 1 tunnel to the Lee Tunnel, which will transfer sewage to the main tunnel at Chambers Wharf. Work on these sites 3 flows to Beckton Sewage Treatment Works. should be about four years. Clay • Blackfriars Bridge Foreshore is a Combined Sewer Overflow • System modification sites include Beckton Sewage Treatment 66m (CSO) site. Work here includes reclaiming land above ground, Works where work is needed to allow the additional storm while underground, it will intercept the existing local CSO. flows from the main tunnel, arriving via the Lee Tunnel, Sand Along with works at Victoria Embankment Foreshore and to be pumped out and transferred for treatment. System Chelsea Embankment Foreshore, mean that we do not need modification sites can be operational for between one to five additional sites to intercept ten CSOs between Battersea years, depending on the work being done. Chalk Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge. Work here should take about four years. West Central East 6 7 Plant Operatives Scaffolders Non Construction/ and Crane Operators Non Construction Operatives Scaffolder Crane Operator Aluminium Tower Cleaner Lifting Operative Storeroom Slinger/Signaller Construction Management Site Admin Appointed Person Transport – Driver Construction Supervisor Constructing Heavy Plant Operative Public Carriage Vehicle (PCV) (over 30T) Site Manager Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) Light Plant Operative Ganger Light Goods vehicle (LGV) (Less than 10T) Supervisor Medium Plant Operative (Over 10T, less than 30T) Professional/ Electrical Trades Technical Services your future Plant Fitter Electrician CAD (inc. FAS and Comms) Labourers (including Traffic Clerical/Admin Thousands of jobs on Thames Tideway Tunnel will be Marshalls, Banks Persons, etc.) Right time, right people Commercial Manager External Envelope construction related. And as most will be available from General Operative 2016-2023, there’s plenty of time to get training so you’re Because of the skills needed on the project, Thames Tideway Cost Manager/Engineer Brick/Block Layer ready when roles become available.
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