Crossrail Station in Canary Wharf London, United Kingdom A unique wooden structure is located in the heart of London since the end of March 2014. In a period of just six months, the Austrian company WIEHAG built the roof with a total length of 300 m for the Crossrail rail- way station situated in the business district Canary Wharf. Crossrail is a railway and infrastructure construc- tion project in Greater London which is to be completed by 2018. The cost for the entire project with its route network, which is about 100 km long, is estimated at approximately 18 billion euros. WIEHAG was not only responsible for the construction work but also for the planning and structural analysis of the timber grid roof. The structural calculation of the beam structure including altoge

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