Having completed a 拢140m upgrade for Thames Water in 2014, Laing O鈥橰ourke has now been handed an 拢80m contract to build a new inlet works and extend aeration lanes and settlement tanks. The project represents an overall investment by Thames Water of 拢123m.
Beckton, already the largest sewage treatment works in Europe, needs to grow further to take wastewater from the Thames Tideway sewer that is under construction.
The contract award to Laing O鈥橰ourke was first revealed by waterbriefing.org. It said that the three-year upgrade would start early next year as the first major contract in Thames Water鈥檚 AMP7 programme.
Declan McGeeney, Laing O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 head of UK infrastructure, said: 鈥淪ix years ago, we delivered a substantial upgrade to Beckton and we鈥檙e delighted Thames Water has trusted us to return. The project will maximise the use of digital engineering and off-site manufacture, with every detail of the works being built virtually before the real thing.
鈥淢any of the tanks, such as the walls of the new activated sludge plant, will be built at our factory in Nottinghamshire before being transported for assembly on site. These modern methods of construction help us to deliver six months faster than traditional methods would allow.鈥�
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