Albert Embankment Foreshore

Lack's Dock concrete removal

From early November the team is removing concrete from the Lack’s Dock entrance at Albert Embankment between Vauxhall Cross and Camelford House. Works involve saw cutting concrete elements, there will also be some breaking works with an excavator or concrete hammer. To remove the concrete segments from the site we will be using a roll on roll off skip. These works will be undertaken during standard hours 8am to 6pm. We expect the works to take up to four weeks to complete.

River works

From mid November, the team is undertaking works to protect our structures from river erosion. As this work is dependent of the tides, this will require some earlier starts and later finishes depending on the type of operations we are carrying out. Most of these works will be non-noisy such as diving operations or barge movements.

Noisier river works will take place just before or just after Christmas when we will be installing rip-rap material. Rip-rap is a range of rocky material placed along shorelines, bridge foundations, steep slopes and other shoreline structures to protect them from scour and erosion. We are aiming for this work to be finished by mid January 2025.

While there may be extra noise associated these works, we will be monitoring throughout and will make every effort to mitigate the noise levels. 

If you have any questions about these activities, our site at Albert Embankment, or want to be added to the distribution list for notifications, please get in touch with our helpdesk on 08000 30 80 80 or [email protected]

Standard working hours

• Monday to Friday: 8am to 6pm 
• Saturday: 8am to 1pm 

We may need to occasionally work outside of these times due to the tides and for concrete pours. 

Our last community liaison working group meeting was held on 21 November 2021. 

• 21 November 2021 - CLWG Presentation Slides and notes
• 23 February 2021 - CLWG Presentation Slides
• 4 November 2020 - CLWG Presentation Slides

• All static machinery and plant is screened or enclosed
• The excavated material handling area is enclosed
• Hoarding has been erected on the site boundaries
• Footpath diversions are clearly signposted 

Tideway is creating new areas of public realm to connect the capital's residents and visitors with the river more closely than is currently possible. This includes two new areas of foreshore at Albert Embankment. You can find out more here.

Following the end of our works the Thames path will also be reinstated.

Artist Richard Wentworth CBE has been commissioned by Tideway to create an artwork for the new public realm site at Albert Embankment. Read more here. 

Dorothea Smartt has been commissioned to produce poetry to adorn our signature ventilation columns at many of our sites, read more here and Marina Willer of design studio Pentagram is also creating a unifying identity for a series of bronze plaques for 12 of Tideway’s sites across London including our Albert site. Read more here. 

• Call our 24 hour Tideway Helpdesk 08000 30 80 80 or email [email protected]
• Read the latest updates on the noticeboards on our hoardings.
• Email our Community Relations team to answer your questions or meet with you, via [email protected] 

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