Tideway-Reconnecting Londoners with the River Thames
An overview of construction progress of the ‘Super Sewer’ as it nears 90% completion, a forward look to its commissioning and delivery of wider legacy benefits.
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Tideway - Reconnecting Londoners with the River Thames
With the Tideway ‘super sewer’ in its final commissioning phase and approaching completion, this IET lecture offers a timely opportunity to explore the engineering journey behind one of the UK’s most complex infrastructure projects. Spanning over a decade of design, construction and system integration, the 25 km Thames Tideway Tunnel is now fully operational — intercepting millions of tonnes of untreated sewage and transforming the environmental health of the River Thames. This session will provide a technical overview of the complex engineering challenges and methodologies that underpin the delivery of this groundbreaking engineering feat beneath the London. Join us to examine how Tideway set new benchmarks in resilience, sustainability and wider legacy benefits beyond the core purpose of creating a cleaner healthier River Thames.
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Continuing Professional Development
This event can contribute towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours as part of the IET's CPD monitoring scheme.
20 Nov 2025
6:30pm - 9:00pm
Organiser
- Berkshire Local Network
Speakers
Stuart Grant
Director of Commercial Agreements & Property - Tideway
Stuart Grant is a Chartered Civil Engineer and senior leader on the Tideway project, responsible for the strategic management of commercial agreements, land acquisition, and property interfaces across the tunnel alignment. With over two decades of experience in complex infrastructure delivery, Stuart has played a pivotal role in aligning commercial frameworks with engineering delivery, ensuring the successful coordination of multiple contractors, stakeholders, and regulatory bodies.
Prior to joining Tideway, Stuart was UK Operations Manager for the Dutch utility Eneco and Project Director for their joint venture with EDF - Navitus Bay Offshore Wind Park. He was the UK Operations Director for TCI (Australian Communications / Renewables Group) and was on the board of several group companies and start-ups including Personal Broadband UK . His early career was with the major project’s division of Costain on projects including the Jubilee Line Extension (London Bridge) and the A34 Newbury Bypass.
Programme
· 19:00 - Doors open with light refreshments available · 19:30 - Presentation commences · 20:15 - Q&A · 21:00 - Session close