Choosing a route Desk Study The proposed bridge will serve The Borough of Wandsworth as well as The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. For those living in the new multi million pound housing complex, south of the river, it will allow for an easy commute to Pimlico underground station. Pimlico station is significantly the … Continued

Day 2 Diary: Today I carried on with the research part of my project and ultimately decided the alignment of the bridge that I will be designing which was very exciting. There were many factors that I had to take into consideration when deciding where to position the bridge; I started off by re-assessing the … Continued

01. I completed a desk study to decide on an alignment out of options 1, 2 and 3. I considered various factors within my study, in order to eliminate options and ultimately decide where I would build my bridge. I used google maps to measure the distance of the different options from the three nearest … Continued

  Word Documents which work is on: Desk study and partial risk assesment   Choosing an alignment   Reflective Diary day 2  

Day 2- Choosing a route Who are the Stake holders? Wandsworth’s Council- They are the council on the south bank of the Thames and would need there planning permission for the bridge to go ahead. Kensington and Chelsea Council- They are the council on the north bank of the Thames and would need there planning … Continued

desk study pedestrians will be coming from bus stops & train stations. There also will be cyclists – there are quite a few borris bike stations in the area & the A3212 has cycle lanes. Therefore stairs should be avoided. __________________________________________________________________ walking distances & calculated times from pimlico stn to sites 1 2 & 3: … Continued

Option on the bridge In my opinion option 1 would be the best as it doesn’t disturb the view of the power station, and it is alongside of the existing rail bridge which would be cheaper as most of the support would be from the existing bridge, but this would cause a lot of noise … Continued

Technical Constraints   Clearance   The river Thames is a working river: Chelsea Harbour, for example, upstream of Nine Elms, operates a daily river bus service. The River Thames is the busiest inland waterway in the United Kingdom, carrying 60% of all goods lifted on the UK’s inland waterway network. Latest Department for Transport statistics … Continued

I spent the first part of my day carefully planning the amount of time I would spend on the different parts of work I had to research about during the day. I then begun on the ‘Desk Study’ section of my work, The three locations I have been asked to choose from to start the … Continued