Project Update 09/06/2025

Tides over the last week have not been good. We have experienced low tide either very early hours of the morning or very late afternoon, with tide heights still very high at between 2 and 4mtrs, it is virtually impossible to get where we need to be.

Short Sea Outfall SSO – All bays to the top of the SSO are complete. Tapered sides of the SSO covered reinforced and covered with Fosroc 250. Lower side walls are being broken out and prepped. Again, only limited time on the lower walls this week due to the tides. The entire structure will be completely skimmed with Fosroc ST05 which will give the structure an extra 10 years of protection, adding to the 30 years protection that the Fosroc 250 offers. We expect all works to be complete on the SSO by the end of June.

Long Sea Outfall LSO – Not a lot of progress on the LSO this week due to tides. We have all the upper supports in place, 7 in total. We have 8 lower supports to install, 5 of which have already been installed. We identified 2 new leaks that had not previously been seen, and authorization was sought and granted by NWL to go ahead and fix them, this will require an extended encapsulating collar of 1500mm (usually only 600mm long) being manufactured and installed. Our contractor UTS are back on-site 24th June to install this collar. Our other contractor Steelway /JHT are also back on site on the 24th June to install the final supports. We expect all works on the LSO to be complete by the end of June. It is possible that NWL will release more works on the LSO, but this will fall under an amended programme.

Should you have any questions please comment on this page or contacts us at NWL.Customer@esh.uk.com

Thanks

Alice