Barn Elms

In April 2019, the team at Barn Elms completed the new changing rooms and handed the keys over to London Borough of Wandsworth. In July 2019, the old changing rooms were demolished to gain access to the main construction area.

Around the changing rooms, the site team completed the turfing works in August 2019.

The end of October saw the site team complete the 34m deep excavation of their shaft. They are now preparing the site to start the tunnelling of the 212m connection tunnel.

The connection tunnel will be created using a Pipe Jacking Machine, which was delivered to the Barn Elms site at the end of October. This connection tunnel will join up to the main super sewer. You can read about the delivery of the Pipe Jacking Machine here.

For more information, look at the latest CLWG presentation on the tab below.

Extended Working Hours
From Monday 30 September, as part of our shaft construction works, we will be extending our working hours at Barn Elms until 31 December 2019.

Our standard working hours are (with a 1-hour mobilisation period before and after these times):

• Monday – Friday: 8am – 6pm

• Saturday: 8am – 12 midday

Additionally, we have maintenance periods on the weekend:

• Saturday: 1 – 5pm

• Sunday: 10am – 4pm

There will be approximately five months of 24-hour working. However, activities will be predominantly below ground.

The date for the next Putney Embankment Foreshore and Barn Elms CLWG will be announced soon.

You can see the minutes and presentation from the last CLWG below. If you are interested in finding out more about our community liaison working group please email [email protected].

24 October 2019 - CLWG Minutes
24 October 2019 - CLWG Presentation

18 July 2019 - CLWG Minutes
18 July 2019 - CLWG Presentation

Our Barn Elms team are committed to managing our works and mitigating any impacts. Examples of measures we currently have in place include:

• Hoarding has been erected along the site boundary

• Netting has been be erected above the hoarding to prevent balls from the playing fields entering the construction site

• Access and construction activities is minimised during times of heavy recreational use of the playing fields.

• Various other measures including using electric gantry cranes where practicable and electric forklifts are being used to reduce noise

• Onsite concrete batchers and static concrete re-mixers are screened and not used outside standard hours

• Concrete breakers are not to be used at night (22:00 to 08:00) except in cases of emergency

• Set limits to control activities, such as noise (Section 61 approval) from LB Richmond

There are lots of ways to find out what’s happening at this site, you can:

• Call our 24 hour Tideway Helpdesk 08000 30 80 80 or email [email protected].

• Take a moment to read the latest updates on the noticeboards on our hoardings.

• Visit Tideway's Community Information Centre at Carnwath Road, the first Tuesday of the month, 3pm – 7pm. Our team will be able to answer your questions and talk about the work.

• Join our regular Community Liaison Working Group meetings, to attend the meetings or receive the minutes and presentations from past meetings, email [email protected]. Meeting details will be emailed, published online and on site hoardings.

You can also follow our progress and what we're doing in our local communities on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.