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National Grid helping turn weapons into workouts

28 August 2024

National Grid’s Community Grant Programme is contributing to the combat against knife crime – by melting down weapons and transforming them into gym equipment.

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LPT Clinches Project Team of the Year at Construction News Awards

13 December 2023

The LPT team is in celebration mode having secured two prestigious accolades at this year's Construction News Awards.

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LPT Clinches Project Team of the Year at Construction News Awards

13 December 2023

The LPT team is in celebration mode having secured two prestigious accolades at this year's Construction News Awards.

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Hurst site hosts Jules Pipe, Deputy Mayor of London for Planning, Regeneration and Skills

24 November 2023

The London Power Tunnels (LPT) team were delighted to recently welcome Jules Pipe to the Hurst site to visit the tunnels for the first time since completion.

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National Grid’s London Power Tunnels breakthrough completes £1 billion project’s tunnelling activity

3 October 2023

The last of the project’s massive tunnel boring machines (TBMs), named ‘Grace’, broke through on Saturday, having tunnelled over 11km eastwards from National Grid’s New Cross substation in Southwark.

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London Power Tunnels: Paving the Way to Net Zero

26 June 2023

As part of National Grid’s corporate commitment to ensure carbon neutrality in construction activities by 2025/26, LPT has embraced new construction methods and technology to ensure the impact of the project is limited and carbon usage kept to a minimum. Read on to find out a little more about the work the project team is doing to help deliver net zero.

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