TDUK webinar — Rafter Walk

March 2026
Timber Development UK has announced its latest webinar in its designTimber series — on the award-winning Rafter Walk at Canada Dock in Rotherhithe, London.

TDUK designTimber – Rafter Walk free lunchtime webinar : 13 May 2026, 1pm
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Whitby Wood associate director and structural engineer Gioele Nunziatini and specialist timber subcontractor Martin Self (Xylotek) will take us through the design and fabrication of Rafter Walk — a striking 170m pedestrian bridge that brings together steel and sustainably sourced timber.

As TDUK says … “With a synthesis of form, engineering and environmental design, Rafter Walk showcases how timber and steel can work together in complex geometries to create public realm infrastructure that is technically robust and deeply contextual.”

Rafter Walk
photo : Luke Hayes

architect : Asif Khan Studio
landscape : Townshend Landscape Architects
project manager : AECOM
cost consultant : Gardiner & Theobald
main contractor : Galldris Construction
steel + timber connection design : Whitby Wood
main subcontractor : Xylotek
subcontractor / steel fabrication : SH Structures

• Royal Fine Art Commission Trust, Building Beauty Awards 2025 : Engineering Award
• NCE Bridges Awards 2025, Active Travel Project of the Year
• The Wood Awards 2025, Education & Public Sector : highly commended