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Canary Wharf station is a jewel in the crown of the Jubilee Line Extension. Its vast scale and stunning architecture are simply breathtaking - but entirely appropriate for the fast-expanding financial centre that it now serves in London's Docklands. After all, the station is one of the main reasons for the line being built. But construction of a 290 m long, 27 m deep underground box in the middle of a dock surrounded by stop-start office developments was never going to be easy. As this paper explains, a major redesign was needed just as the work started and, despite round-the-clock working, led to it taking 6 rather than 4.5 years to finish.
Keywords:
POSFORD DUVIVIER,
SIR NORMAN FOSTER,
L G MOUCHEL,
TARMAC CONSTRUCTION,
BACHY,
JUBILEE LINE,
CANARY WHARF,
LONDON,
DOCKLANDS,
ENGLAND,
UK,
JUBILEE LINE,
EXTENSIONS,
STATIONS,
DESIGN,
CONSTRUCTION,
RAILWAYS,
UNDERGROUND,
ARCHITECTURE,
CITIES,
URBAN,
TRANSPORT,
REDESIGN,
DELAYS,
PROJECTS,
DOCKLANDS,
TRACK,
PLATFORMS,
TICKET HALLS,
GEOLOGY,
GRAVEL,
THAMES GRAVEL,
WOOLWICH BEDS,
READING BEDS,
SAND,
THANET SAND,
CHALK,
AQUIFERS,
CLAYS,
LONDON CLAY,
ENTRANCES,
SLABS,
WALLS,
DIAPHRAGM,
CONTRACTS,
JOINT VENTURES,
CONTRACTORS,
CONSULTANTS,
BULK,
EXCAVATIONS
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© 1999 Thomas Telford Ltd
1999
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