Our tunnel boring machine (TBM) Selina started her 5.5km journey from Chambers Wharf in early 2021. In April 2022, Selina reached Abbey Mills Pumping Station, marking the end of tunneling for the super sewer.

Also in April 2022, TBM Annie arrived at Chambers Wharf. She had safely completed her 4.5km underground journey between Greenwich Pumping Station and Bermondsey. In December 2020 we also saw the arrival of TBM Ursula who arrived at Chambers Wharf following completion of her 7.6km journey from our Kirtling Street site in Battersea. 

The team are currently dismantling TBM Annie before she is taken away from site by barge. We are also reconfiguring the site layout so that we can start the secondary lining process. This is where we add a second layer of concrete onto the inside of the tunnel.

If you have any questions about our works at Chambers Wharf please get in touch with our helpdesk on 08000 30 80 80 or [email protected].  

Continuous working 24/5

We are working 24-hours per day, Monday to Friday within the acoustic enclosure. The doors of the enclosure are closed for the night from 6pm to 7am, although there may be occasions when they are re-opened in the evening (up to 10pm) for plant movements. 

Certain activities such as barge movements within the river foreshore and those that are dependent on the tide, may take place between 5am - 22pm. 

Standard working hours

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

With a a 1 hour mobilisation period before and after these times.

Maintenance periods also take place on:

• 1pm to 5pm Saturday
• 10am to 4pm Sunday

The last Tideway meeting was held on the 4 July 2022. If you are interested in attending the next meeting, please email [email protected]. Minutes and presentations from recent meetings can be viewed below: 

• 4 July 2022 - Community Liaison Working Group presentation
• 4 April 2022 - Community Liaison Working Group presentation
• 4 April 2022 - Community Liaison Working Group notes and May 2019 presentation (referenced in notes)
• 13 December 2021 - Community Liaison Working Group presentation
• 13 December 2021 - Community Liaison Working Group notes
• 4 November 2021 - Community Enhancement Fund walkabout notes
• 27 September 2021 - Community Liaison Working Group presentation
• 27 September 2021 - Community Liaison Working Group presentation
• 26 July 2021 - Community Liaison Working Group presentation
• 26 July 2021 - Community Liaison Working Group minutes
• 26 July 2021 - Section 106 presentation from Southwark Council 
• 26 April 2021 - Community Liaison Working group minutes
• 26 April 2021 - Community Liaison Working group presentation 
• Glossary of Terms

• All static machinery and plant will be screened or enclosed
• The excavated material handling area will be enclosed
• Noise enclosure to remain over tunnel drive shaft during main tunnel construction
• Noise-generating activities are located as far away from sensitive receptors as possible
• The contractors use best endeavours to position offices and storage containers in the site layout to act as noise barriers, with consideration for loss of light on adjacent properties
• No scheduled lorry movements take place between 8:30am to 9:15am and 3pm to 3:45pm during school term time. Traffic marshals at Jamaica Road stop construction deliveries during this period
• Vehicle movements outside of standard hours are restricted
• Signage is provided for pedestrian diversions to clearly identify alternative routes during construction
• No loading/unloading or movement of vessels at night (10pm to 8am)

• 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 regular 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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The artist Leo Fitzmaurice has been commissioned by Tideway to create an artwork in bronze and steel, for the site at Chambers Wharf, 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 Chambers Wharf site. Read more here.