Integrated working for Thames Water

A project completed under a new capital works framework with Thames Water Utilities gave May Gurney Utility Services an opportunity to demonstrate its integrated working capabilities between different teams within its business.

The project, at Lullingstone, near Shoreham in Kent, involved the replacement of four existing contact tanks with two new contact tanks, 2.2 metres in diameter and 20 metres long.

The site has two boreholes from which water is drawn from the chalk strata below. The water is then disinfected in the contact tanks prior to pumping to an underground reservoir for storage, and ultimately use in water supply.

Works included all below ground pipework and foundations - undertaken by the Utility Services' construction team - and above ground pipework and sampling/dosing equipment, which was installed by the Utility Services' M&E team.

Getting the two new tanks to site was a challenge in its own right. A specialist haulage company pre-planned a route through narrow country lanes, and an escort accompanied the articulated rear wheel steer lorry unit that was used to deliver the tanks.

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