22.09.2021 | 1800-1930

Southbank Place – The Redevelopment of the Shell Centre, Waterloo, London

Speakers: Stuart Hardy and Anton Pillai.

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Introduction

This event is free to attend, advance booking is required via the link below.

Covid restrictions

The Institution of Civil Engineers are following the Government guidelines surrounding Covid-19 in order to make events as safe as possible.

Recommended safety measures when inside the building are:

  • Making use of the hand sanitizer available upon entering the building as well as in each of the meeting rooms.
  • Where possible wear a face mask when walking around the building, especially in confined areas such as toilets or lifts.
  • Check-in to the venue via the NHS Covid QR code. This is displayed at the entrance to the building on the reception desk.

The event will be webcast live – to view on-line please register and select the on-line option. The viewing link will be sent 1 week before the event and reminder 1 day before.

  • Date & Time
    Date & Time

    22.09.2021

    1800 - 1930

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  • Location
    Location

    Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, London SW1P 3AA

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  • Event Type
    Event Type

    BGA Meetings

Synopsis

The talk will present the work completed on the redevelopment of the Shell Centre in Waterloo, London. The project, known as Southbank Place, has been undertaken by a joint venture of Qatari Diar and Canary Wharf Group. Completion of the sub-structure in 2017 brings to a close many years of involvement for Arup geotechnics. The talk will cover:

  • The site history including the historic measurements of the Bakerloo Line from the original 1950s development
  • Foundation design for the eight new buildings
  • Results of preliminary pile testing under bentonite in London Clay and Lambeth Group
  • The installation of piles 1m off live running LUL tunnels, including a full scale instrumented field trial
  • A novel method for assessing the re-use of existing under-reamed piles
  • Use of instrumentation in LUL tunnels

Speakers

  • Stuart Hardy

    Arup

  • Anton Pillai

    Arup

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