At our Blackfriars Bridge Foreshore site, we are working in a cofferdam, a dry working area built into the river, which we have split into two sections. 

We are currently removing sheet piles in the eastern section of the cofferdam. We are using a vibration hammer to loosen the steel from the riverbed to allow us to lift the piles out and onto a barge for removal. There will be some extra noise associated with the use of the vibration hammer.

Our working hours will be 8am to 6pm, Monday – Friday and we will be taking regular breaks throughout the day. Noise and vibration levels will be monitored constantly during the works. 

The western section of the cofferdam will remain in place for a further year.

If you have any questions about this or our site at Blackfriars Bridge Foreshore please get in touch with our helpdesk on 08000 30 80 80 or [email protected]

Standard working hours

• 7am to 10pm Monday to Friday
• 7am to 3pm Saturday

There may be occasional working on Sundays, 7am to 3pm. 

We notify residents via email if there are changes to the times listed above. To be added to our site email list email [email protected] 

Our last resident drop-in meeting was hosted on 20 August 2020. 

If you'd like to join our next community meeting, please get in touch via email at [email protected].

• All static machinery and plant is screened or enclosed
• The excavated material handling area has been enclosed
• Vehicle movements are strictly limited to set times and coordinated to ensure that no lorries queue outside of the site
• Footpath diversions are clearly signposted
• Hoarding has been erected on the site boundaries

• 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 dedicated Community Relations teams available to answer your questions or meet with you, via [email protected]
• Join our Community Liaison Working Group meetings, to attend the meetings or receive the minutes and presentations from past meetings, email [email protected]. 

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At Blackfriars we are creating a large new area of public realm, right on the foreshore. For more information on our public open spaces, visit our Open Spaces page. 

The artist Nathan Coley has been commissioned to create a new permanent artwork for the site at Blackfriars, read more here.

Dorothea Smartt has been commissioned to produce poetry to adorn the signature ventilation columns for 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 Blackfriars site. Read more here.