Ikea Store, Greenwich

Project: Construction of a new Ikea store on an existing brownfield site in Greenwich London
Client: Ikea
Main contractor: McLaughlin & Harvey
SG Civil Engineering Ltd Contract Value: £2.4m
Duration: 52 weeks

Scope of works:

  • Completion of demolition package
  • Cut and spill with excess spoil off site
  • Piling mat construction
  • Piling attendance
  • UXO survey attendance
  • Exploration and surveying of existing services
  • Breaking down of piles and installation of pile caps
  • Below ground escape tunnel
  • Attenuation tank
  • Foul pumping chamber
  • SW and FW drainage systems
  • Incoming services and ducting
  • Paving works
  • Construction of concrete services yard
  • Installation of pre-cast concrete stall risers to perimeter of the building
  • Concrete plinths / sprinkler tank base and formation of new substations
  • Insitu concrete retaining walls at various locations around the project