Project Brief
A project between the Environment Agency and the Port of Tilbury to protect thousands of homes and businesses in the local area from flooding. The project has 3 pairs of lock gates at the entrance lock to the port is replaced. Each gate is approximately 15 metres tall and 19 metres wide: the equivalent approximately of 3 double decker buses high and the length of a cricket pitch wide.
The outer gates were to be raised in height and tie into the adjacent flood walls so that they perform the dual function of a navigational and flood risk management asset.
Scope of work:
- Machine House
- Flood Gate
- RCC Civil Work
- Drainage & Ducting work
- Allied Temporary works
RPC was responsible for the following
- Progress Update meetings
- Periodic Programme submissions
- Prepared 18 Extension of Time (EOT) Claims
- Internal Management Reports & Progress Dashboards
Project Information
Project Name
Port of Tilbury Dual Flood Gates
Client
Thames Estuary Asset Management 2100 Programme (TEAM2100)
Main Contractor
Belfour Beatty
