The Projects

An example of recent projects which the Finance team have been involved with include:

Project - Idea Stores - not just a library…

The Idea Store at Whitechapel, is one of the boroughs four Idea Stores.

This building, designed by David Adjaye, the leading young architect appointed by London Borough of Tower Hamlets, was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2006.

These are libraries but their being dubbed idea stores is more than an exercise in re-branding, it is an accurate representation of their mixed activities. The Idea Stores combine Library, Learning and Information, to bring the community places where people can browse and borrow books, learn new skills, surf the net, or simply relax and meet friends over a coffee.

 

Project – Waste Disposal – Procurement of Long Term contract

A very different project from the Idea Stores, but one that equally enhances the lives of everyone working and living in the borough of tower hamlets. The procurement of an affordable long term waste disposal contract to enable the Council to meet Government waste minimisation targets was of crucial importance to the Council.

The Council has procured a contract which will result in residual waste after recycling initiatives transferred onto barges at the Council’s Northumberland Wharf transfer station and transported along the Thames to Rainham for processing through an autoclave facility. This process uses high-pressure steam to treat mixed municipal waste, converting the majority of it into a cellulose ‘floc’ which will be used as a raw material in the manufacture of new products or as a fuel in the cement or power industries.

The success of this Project will enable Tower Hamlets to exceed its statutory performance standards for recycling and composting household waste.