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COGNITION - SILVERTOWN TUNNEL
SILVERTOWN
TUNNEL
SITE: PROJECT OVERVIEW
SILVERTOWN TUNNEL
The SilvertownTunnel scheme (STT), when completed, will link Highway Works
LOCATION: North East and South West London from the North Greenwich In addition to the coach park construction, Cognition also completed
area to the Royal Victoria Doc area (Silvertown) and will serve other diversionary road works and created new access roads to
SILVERTOWN & GREENWICH, LONDON to reduce the current congestion at the Blackwall Tunnel. accommodate the new proposed site set up and facilitate access for
both local stakeholders and STT tunnel works.
PROJECT VALUE: The project involves the construction of a 1.6km long, twin-
bore road tunnel, accommodating large vehicles including M&E and Service Infrastructure Installation – Cognition supported the
£20 MILLION double-decker buses. It will include a dedicated bus, coach and project by carrying out many investigatory and diversion service works.
goods vehicle lane, enabling TfL to provide additional cross- Including installing the power ducting required for the future tunnel
CLIENT: river bus routes. As a result, each bore is 12m in diameter and and TBM at the Silvertown side of site. Street Lighting and car parking
the largest bore tunnel conducted using TBMs in the UK to infrastructure (barriers and ticket machines etc).
RIVERLINX date.
Complex & Major Civils – We undertook the creation of the Launch
The £1 Billion tunnel construction project was awarded to chamber for the TBM. The shaft was nicknamed “the peanut” due to
our client Riverlinx. A Joint Venture (JV) body created by BAM its unique shape. These works entailed seriously impressive reinforced
Nuttall, Ferrovial Agroman and SK E&C. concrete works, mass digging of the shaft 22m deep, complex Installation
of props, Remedial works to piled structures installed by others not
Cognition has successfully supported the JV in delivering key meeting the design and QA specification, complex lifting, complex
elements of the project to date culminating in our last project temporary works and logistics. Due to the programme constraints and
to construct the launch chamber for theTunnel Boring Machine issues encountered by the third-party pile works, we accelerated the
on the behalf of the JV. works at the request of the JV. This acceleration resulted in the works
being conducted 24/[Link] would accumulate in excess of 25,000 working
The total value of works conducted by Cognition at the STT hours a month during the project and we delivered the project with no
is £20 Million. major incidents or accident.
Remediation
COGNITION DELIVERED ELEMENTS As both Greenwich and Silvertown are on historic industrial and
Brownfield sites, the made grounds were impacted by contamination of;
Demolition – Silvertown and parts of Greenwich where sites of industrial Heavy metals, Asbestos in soils, Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH)
land prior to the works commencing. Cognition were employed to and Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs). Cognition were employed
undertake site clearance, asbestos removal and demolition in the early with their mobile treatment licences to conduct the earthworks,
preparation of the site for the main works. segregation and treatment of soils encountered across the project.
Enabling Works Cognition assisted RLX with their arisings. The treatments and
Cognition carried out major earth moving and cut and fill operations segregation tactics employed by Cognition offered both savings on
across the site. We also installed many crane and pile working platforms disposal and facilitated the maximum re-use of materials. This helped
to facilitate the civil works. the project not just by offering cost savings but also by ensuring it
maximised its potential from a sustainability and re-use perspective.
Coach Park Construction
Due to the portal of the tunnel at the Greenwich end emerging in Materials Management and Processing
what was historically the car parking and coach parking for the O2 Cognition were employed to manage the arisings generated across the
Arena. One of the first packages of works on the Greenwich side of site and undertake materials management in accordance with current
the site was to create a new Coach park complete with 65 coach legislation, Dowcop and Claire MMPs etc. We were also employed
parking bays and all the supporting M&E infrastructure required. to dispose of deleterious and surplus materials. We also undertook
The Coach park was constructed by Cognition to TFL and Highway asbestos picking of soils to facilitate re-sue of made grounds were
standards. possible, provide the pre-treatment required ahead of disposal as
normal when dealing with non hazardous and hazardous materials, and
lastly, reduce disposal costs for the client.
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TUNNEL ENABLING WORKS
ENABLING WORKS
• MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
• MMP
• CLAIRE / DOWCOP
•MATERIALS PROCESSING
• Screening / Crushing to produce recyclable
aggregates
• REMEDIATION
• On site treatment and grading of soils to facilitate
re-use and or savings on dipsoal from site
• Soil stabilisation
• Hazardous materials treatment
• TPH
• Heavy Metals
• Peat and deleterious materials segregation
• ASBESTOS REMOVAL WORKS
• Demolition
• Asbestos in soils
• SERVICE DIVERSIONS
• PILE AND CRANE MAT INSTALLATION
• BULK EARTHWORKS
• Pre excavations etc
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TUNNEL HIGHWAY WORKS
HIGHWAY WORKS
COACH PARK
GREENWICH COACH PARK
• Awarded contract as a civils company with
remediation expertise
• 14,000m2 car park constructed on stabilised
sub-base with HBM build-up (Cognition value
engineering)
• Turnkey project including treatment of
contaminated soils, installation of services including
drainage, M&E, technology (fibre optics, barriers,
cameras)
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TUNNEL MAJOR & COMPLEX CIVILS - LAUNCH CHAMBER
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HIGH PRESSURE PROJECT
WITH TIGHT DEADLINES
ACCELERATION
• 24/7 Working
• Design support and technical input
• Engineering and BIM support
• Temporary works and coordinating with suppliersy
• Multiple projects supporting a consortium Tier 1 JV
in completing the project
• Capacity to provide multiple packages for the client
across the scheme simultaneously / concurrently
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