Traffic levels throughout Greater London have increased dramatically over the past ten years. Constraints on efficient logistic movements are faced daily by all vehicle operators and construction projects alike. This coupled with the obvious need for environmental issues to be addressed has made us at Walsh look at the river as a means to help ease this problem.

We are not new to river works having been involved with our partners at General Port Services, in major disposal and material supply contracts such as Canary Wharf, CTRL 320 and various Thames River dredging projects. We are currently moving over 100,000m3 of material from DLR Woolwich Arsenal tunnel extension via barge to our East Tilbury site. Over the past few years we have looked at securing new sites that enhance our strategic position for river works. We believe our sites at Victoria Deep Wharf, Barking River Side and Cleanaways Pitsea together with our East Tilbury location have allowed us to meet this objective. We are in a position to offer services including soil washing, recycled aggregates, primary aggregates and waste transfer, with the ability to supply all materials and remove all types of waste by river.

Projects on or near the river in London have always looked at barging as a transport option for materials in and out, and this is a service we hope to make more attractive. With our new river sites and strategy, it is the projects away from this immediate area that can gain both environmental and financial benefits that previously would have been unrealised.