Victoria Embankment Gardens, London, UK: Ground investigation in high-profile, restricted public space
Victoria Embankment Gardens, London, UK: Ground investigation in high-profile, restricted public space
1 PagesThames Tideway Tunnel Ltd commissioned Structural Soils Ltd (an RSK company) to construct a 75-m-deep borehole within a public park alongside the River Thames in Central London. The Thames Tideway Tunnel is a major new sewer urgently needed to protect the tidal River Thames from increasing levels of pollution. The purpose of the borehole was to provide detailed information on the ground, groundwater and contamination conditions with particular reference to water quality for the design and construction of the scheme. The site The Victoria Embankment Gardens are part of a chain of public spaces along Victoria Embankment and were designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, the 19th-century civil engineer who devised the sewerage scheme for London that is still largely in use today. Structural
