Lee Tunnel Project

Location:Beckton

Sector:Industrial & Energy

Date:2015 - 2016

Project Background:The Lee Tunnel is the first of two tunnels, which will collectively capture an average of 39 million tonnes of sewage a year from the 35 most polluting combined sewer overflows built by the Victorians. A sewerage network that still serves London 150 years later. The four mile tunnel runs beneath the London Borough of Newham, from Abbey Mills Pumping Station to Beckton Sewage Treatment Works. The tunnel will aid in preventing more than 16 million tonnes of sewage mixed with rainwater from overflowing into the River Lee each year, through capturing it and transferring it to Beckton, which has been expanded by 60 per cent to enable it to deal with the increased volumes. The £635m tunnel collects discharges from London’s largest combined sewer overflow at Abbey Mills situated in Stratford, which previously accounted for 40 per cent of the total overflows each year Construction of the 80 metre deep shaft at Beckton began in September 2010.

Works Completed:Fastglobe were privileged to be contracted to work on this legacy contract. We completed two-part sealant to external retaining walls and to the pumping shaft roof areas. Fire-rate sealant was also supplied and installed to the 80 metre deep shaft. Our specialist operatives received confined space training working in these conditions.