{"id":5694,"date":"2025-05-30T07:46:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T07:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=5694"},"modified":"2025-05-30T07:46:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T07:46:51","slug":"thames-water-seeks-tunnelling-contractors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/thames-water-seeks-tunnelling-contractors\/","title":{"rendered":"Thames Water seeks tunnelling contractors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"172\" data-end=\"375\">Thames Water is calling on tunnelling specialists to deliver a key part of its \u00a3242m Teddington Direct River Abstraction project.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"670\">The utility giant has issued a formal tender for the tunnelling and connection works after a year of market engagement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"377\" data-end=\"670\">The twin-tunnel scheme forms a central part of its long-term Water Resource Management Plan, approved by government and backed by Ofwat for the 2025\u20132030 investment cycle.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"942\">The nationally significant project will provide up to 75 million litres of water per day during drought, supported by water recycling from Mogden sewage treatment works. Thames Water forecasts a daily water shortfall of 1 billion litres by 2050 unless action is taken.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1033\" data-end=\"1154\">The tunnelling and connection works have now been formally tendered under a two-stage NEC4 contract. The works include:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1155\" data-end=\"1472\">\n<li data-start=\"1155\" data-end=\"1321\">\n<p data-start=\"1157\" data-end=\"1321\">A 4.2km tunnelled conveyance route using a 3.5m diameter TBM from Mogden Sewage Treatment Works to a new discharge point on the Thames upstream of Teddington Weir<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1322\" data-end=\"1472\">\n<p data-start=\"1324\" data-end=\"1472\">A 150m pipe-jacked water transfer pipe from a new abstraction point to the existing Thames Lee Tunnel, linking with East London\u2019s reservoir system<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1474\" data-end=\"1548\">Four access shafts will also be constructed as part of the tunnel works.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1239\" data-end=\"1589\">Head of procurement and supply chain Mohit Farmah said: \u201cWe\u2019re seeking industry leading tunnelling experts to help us deliver this nationally significant infrastructure project. The capital and our customers rely on us for a secure supply of water. This scheme will be vital as we respond to the challenges of climate change and population growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1591\" data-end=\"1835\">Construction is expected to start in 2029 subject to planning approval. The tunnels will enable recycled water to be released upstream to compensate for drought-time abstraction, protecting wildlife and river health while bolstering supplies.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1837\" data-end=\"2026\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Interested firms must register to access tender documents (<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=zb56VRQyu0-OUUFLaOu3ljMaVmeD31JAkhT_shZ_UxpUOVhYQk1RRU9FWEZHTzUyR0dDNFJMVksyNS4u&amp;route=shorturl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>). The contract will be awarded following a two-stage NEC4 process, with up to four bidders shortlisted for the invitation to tender.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1837\" data-end=\"2026\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-05-30-at-08.00.36.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-498272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2025-05-30-at-08.00.36.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2046\" height=\"1644\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/rl8d0at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thames Water is calling on tunnelling specialists to deliver a key part of its \u00a3242m Teddington Direct River Abstraction project. The utility giant has issued a formal tender for the tunnelling and connection works after a year of market engagement. The twin-tunnel scheme forms a central part of its long-term Water Resource Management Plan, approved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-5694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5695,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5694\/revisions\/5695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}