Notice of tower crane installation at Old Oak Common

What we are doing

Tower crane installation 

From Monday, 24 February, we will be installing a heavy lift tower crane on our site.

The crane will be delivered outside of working hours to avoid disruption to traffic, expected to be between 2am and 4am. The crane will be escorted by a specialist team for road safety reasons and to ensure it causes minimum disruption.

That mobile crane – used for the assembly of the tower crane – will leave site on the weekend 8-9 March.

How will we reduce disruption to the local community?  

To minimise noise caused our operatives will use silent hand signals to communicate. There will be some engine noise, but this will be confined to site and will be minimal.

There is a possibility that bad weather conditions or program changes could impact the tower crane installation date. If this happens, installation will take place later in the week. If that happens this notification will be updated online.

During the assembly of the tower crane, operatives might be visible walking on the jib of the crane. Please do not be alarmed, this is a normal part of the installation.

All works for the tower crane installation will be carried out from within the site boundary.

The tower crane works are expected to be completed in 2026. This work will cause minimal noise, and we do not expect this to be disruptive for the local community.

Download information relating to these works

• Notice of tower crane installation at Old Oak Common

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• Old Oak and North Acton

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