Award Winner's Webinar: Heading underground - upgrading Thanet’s sewers

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The Land-based Pipeline Projects Awards were introduced in 2016 to showcase technical expertise, achievement and challenges overcome in delivery of land-based/onshore pipeline projects. Projects may be of any length, any diameter pipe or in any sector, including; renewables, unconventional gas, power and infrastructure. Land-based pipelines are those predominantly operating on land, and not underwater, but can include fresh water lake operations. Land-based pipelines are generally onshore large diameter pipelines and may include outfalls and infrastructure projects. We are delighted to have the Winner from the 2020 Awards, Mark Newman of Southern Water and Keiron Lonergan of TPMD to speak about their winning entry

 

 

In the early 1900s Thanet was thriving, the railway had brought in hundreds of visitors looking to benefit from the healing properties of seabathing. At the same time, up to 28-meters below the busy streets, miners were digging tunnels through the chalk; this subterranean labyrinth was to become Thanet’s sewer network, with pipes resting at the bottom of tunnels carrying away the wastewater. Each tunnel is unique, matching the stature of those that created them – some tall and thin, some wide and stout.   

Southern Water has invested more than £30m upgrading this ageing network across Ramsgate and Broadstairs, ensuring it’s fit for future generations. Delivered by confined space and trenchless tunneling experts TPMD, at its peak the project had an 80-strong specialist workforce scattered across 15 separate sites. With access and egress via existing manholes in streets ranging from wide avenues to tight terraces, this was a challenging and high-risk project included tunnel repairs, Cured-in-Place-Pipe lining, shaft construction and manhole rebuilds.

 

When
September 24th, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 12:45 PM