Heathrow Terminal 5: twin rivers diversion

doi:10.1680/cien.2007.161.5.25

Heathrow Terminal 5: twin rivers diversion

Authors: David Palmer ¹ ; Phil Wilbraham ²
Source: Proceedings of the ICE - Civil Engineering, Volume 161, Issue 5, pages 25 –29 , ISSN: 0965-089X, E-ISSN: 1751-7672

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Moving two rivers from the middle of the Terminal 5 project site at London's Heathrow airport to a new alignment around the western airport perimeter was a critical and highly environmentally sensitive sub-project of the T5 programme. The rivers diversion had to be completed before the original river structures could be demolished to enable continuation of the main terminal development. As described in this paper, the £45 million diversion project included the creation of two 3 km long river channels, phased realignment of 3 km of highway and landscape works to the western boundary of Heathrow.

Keywords: waterways & canals; river engineering; environment
Document Type: Research Article
DOI: 10.1680/cien.2007.161.5.25
Affiliations: 1: Associate at Buro Happold; 2: Head of build, T5, BAA

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