Canary Wharf RT4 Retail Redevelopment

Scope of works

Canary Wharf Contractors appointed Kilnbridge to undertake the redevelopment of the RT4 retail link to create additional retail and restaurant space for both existing and new businesses.

The project involved the construction of a new mezzanine level within the original structure, a new external cantilever structure (that provided additional seating space for Jamie Oliver’s restaurant), internal stairs and a bespoke curved cleaning gantry along with other major structural works.

The Kilnbridge scope also included the construction of reinforced lightweight and dense in-situ concrete and all formed reinforced concrete for columns, floors, walls and roof slabs. The project also involved concrete cutting and controlled demolition, fabrication and the erection of structural steelwork including connection detailing and fabrication drawings.

The work had to be undertaken with little or no impact to surrounding business, which meant that the majority was carried out at night. Given the close proximity to an adjacent waterway, environmental factors also had to be considered.

Challenges / Achievements

• A special adaption was designed to enable a UNIC Crawler crane to undertake complex lifts whilst minimising the transferred loads on the ground
• Adoption of a methodology that minimised noise and dust emissions