M A G A Z I N E
London is, as ever, a building site and there are a number of major infrastructure construction projects ongoing. Such open- ended contracts provide regular work for Pirtek franchises and are an opportunity to showcase the company’s ability to handle diverse and complex jobs. One such mega-construction site is at Battersea, just south of the river. After many years standing derelict, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s historic Battersea Power Station was finally approved for restoration and redevelopment in 2012. The plan makes the power station the focus of a 40-acre site housing shops, cafes, restaurants, art and leisure facilities, as well as office space and residential development. There will be a riverside park and a high street linking the new Battersea Power Station tube station on the Northern Line extension built to serve the development with the power station itself. The mega-construction site is also a hub for the Thames Tideway project – mentioned on page 20 of this issue. While the Pirtek Docklands franchise is due to work on London’s super-sewer downstream at a later stage of the project, the massive tunnel boring machines Ursula and Millicent are currently in action from the Battersea site. Greenwich – Power project
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