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The job of an environment adviser is
incredibly important to me. I want us to
have a world and resources available to
our children the same way we have now.
My name is Nathan Quigley. I'm the
communications manager of the
Blackfriars Project which is part of
the Thameslink programme.
What we're doing here is building a new
station across the Thames.
In essence what we're working to
achieve is increasing capacity and also
frequency and better customer
journeys overall.
Today we're here to look at good
environmental practice. We're actually
delivering and removing materials from
site via barge using the River Thames.
The recycling process at Blackfriars
involves removing materials from the
bridge deck itself, loading them onto a
barge and then taking that barge down to
Thames Wharf. Once it gets down to
Thames Wharf it's then off-loaded and
taken off to a recycling facility.
At the same time, a lot of our materials
to build the new bridge deck are
actually loaded at Thames Wharf, then
brought back up to Blackfriars and
loaded up and then used in actually
forming the new bridge deck itself.
My name is Terry Lawrence.
I'm Deputy Harbour Master in the upper
district for the London Port Authority.
Just using one barge on the river can
take the capacity of up to 60 lorries
off the road.
We're keen to promote the River Thames
as a means of transportation.
It's environmentally very friendly.
It's very important that particularly
the larger companies do all they can to
show their concern to the environment.
Environmental management is important
because we have to manage our planning
requirements and our environmental
legislative requirements and also we can
demonstrate we're being a
responsible company.
On a personal level it's great to be
involved in the Blackfriars Project.
Not only are we building a landmark
station to span the River Thames,
we're also doing work in an
environmentally responsible
and sustainable manner.
What we're doing here is really
reducing our carbon footprint and it's
something our business should
be really proud of.