Project Description
Festival Walk is a landmark shopping centre in Kowloon Tong. At the time of its opening in November 1998, it was the biggest shopping mall in Hong Kong. The seven-storey shopping mall occupies three lower-ground levels, a ground level and three levels above ground. There are also four floors of offices on top of the mall.
Festival Walk is directly linked to Kowloon Tong station, which is an interchange station of the East Rail line and the Kwun Tong line of MTR. It also has a pedestrian link to the City University of Hong Kong.
Scope of Works
Construction of diaphragm walls as retaining structures for the Festival Walk.
– Diaphragm walls: (a) 1,620m long, (b) 1.2m thick, (c) excavation area 18,462m2
Owner:
The Benbecula Ltd. (Swire Group)
Engineer:
Ove Arup & Partners
General contractor:
Gammon-Dragages-BSG Joint Venture
Period of works:
May 1994 to Oct. 1995
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