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Salt Fleet Flats, Kent

  • Civil Engineering
  • ClientDP World
  • Value£3,500,000
  • Duration72 weeks
  • D&B Partner Byrne Looby & Partners
Salt Fleet Flats, Kent

Environmental mitigation works as part of the new DP World Port on the River Thames.

Works involved the creation of an environmental habitat and tidal salt marsh through the construction of a 2km long flood protection embankment inland of the existing defences.

Once completed, the existing Thames flood embankment was breached to allow the land to flood at high tide.

Awards

ICE South East England Engineering Excellence Award for Sustainability and Resilience for Salt Fleet Flats

ICE South East England Engineering Excellence Brassey Award for Engineering Excellence for Salt Fleet Flats