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THE RENEWAL OF LONDON’S SEWAGE SYSTEM POWERED BY OPEN BIM
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he Thames Tideway Tunnel project is a significant undertaking that will tackle the problem of sewage overflows and expand the capacity of the London sewage network to meet European environmental standards. Evolve Consultancy works as a technology and information advisor in the project, and for them, Solibri has had a key role in assuring the quality of the project’s model data. When you close your eyes and think of London, one of the things you might imagine is the river Thames that flows through the city. Underneath the city lies a sewerage network, a system designed in the Victorian Era. Even though the sewer structure is still in good condition, despite its age, it has a shortcoming – it can’t handle today’s population. Due to the increase of people, it spills millions of tonnes of sewage into the tidal section of the Thames every year, polluting the river. The Thames Tideway Tunnel project was established to solve the pollution problem. Preparatory work on the project began in 2015 and is due to be completed in 2024, consisting the design and construction of a large tunnel below the river. In practice, this means 24
