http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk Linking Southwark and the City of London across the River Thames Thu, 20 May 2010 07:27:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/grit-blasting-southwark-bridge http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/grit-blasting-southwark-bridge#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 07:25:24 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=536 Industrial painting contractors Pyeroy, have now started grit blasting Span 4. Polythene wraps have been applied to the scaffolding, which prevents particles of paint or dust escaping into the natural environment. More than 1,000 tonnes of expandable abrasive will be used to blast Southwark Bridge back to its metal framework before repainting. Watch a video of Pyeroy [...]]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/grit-blasting-southwark-bridge/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/scaffolding-on-span-4-of-southwark-bridge http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/scaffolding-on-span-4-of-southwark-bridge#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 08:19:38 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=514 Industrial painting contractors Pyeroy, continue to erect scaffolding around Span 4 on Southwark Bridge. The whole section will be encapsulated with polythene wraps to catch old paintwork as it falls, protecting Thames river life. ]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/scaffolding-on-span-4-of-southwark-bridge/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/work-is-underway-on-span-4 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/work-is-underway-on-span-4#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:40:37 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=483 Span 2 of Southwark bridge has now been grit-blasted and repainted. Scaffolding is now being erected around Span 4. You can follow every stage of the restoration of Span 4 on our website over the coming weeks. ]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/work-is-underway-on-span-4/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/whats-going-on-under-southwark-bridge http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/whats-going-on-under-southwark-bridge#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:09:45 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=468 Industrial painting contractors apply the Finish Coat ‘Southwark White’ to the underside of Span 2. ]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/whats-going-on-under-southwark-bridge/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/polythene-wraps-on-southwark-bridge http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/polythene-wraps-on-southwark-bridge#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:37:47 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=408 Polythene wraps have now been applied to the east and west sides of Span 2. The generators and compressors have been delivered at Southwark Bridge and work on grit blasting the underside will begin shortly. ]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/polythene-wraps-on-southwark-bridge/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/21st-january-2010 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/21st-january-2010#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:01:15 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=364 Work has now started on erecting scaffolding around Span 2 on Southwark Bridge. The work being carried out is within the existing Traffic Management arrangements. ]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/21st-january-2010/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/16th-june-2009 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/16th-june-2009#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:02:50 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=140 The polythene wraps and scaffolding have now been removed from Span 5 of Southwark Bridge, revealing its bright colours of green and yellow. ]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/16th-june-2009/feed 1 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/removing-the-envirowraps http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/removing-the-envirowraps#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:26:30 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=103 Work continues on removing the polythene wraps from the scaffolding which surrounds span 5 of Southwark Bridge. ]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/removing-the-envirowraps/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/22nd-april-2009 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/22nd-april-2009#comments Sat, 30 May 2009 16:55:43 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=9 The old coatings have been removed and the Blast Primer applied. Work on applying the High Build Aluminium Primer gets underway on Span 5. ]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/22nd-april-2009/feed 0 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/7th-may-2009 http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/7th-may-2009#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 08:33:01 +0000 admin http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/?p=1 These images of Southwark Bridge were taken on 7 May 2009 and show Spans 2, 3 and 4 before restoration. Contractors Pyeroy have already completed Span 1 and are currently working on Span 5 (north approach). ]]> http://www.southwarkbridge.co.uk/images/7th-may-2009/feed 0