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Latest News
Crossrail amends Connaught Tunnel works
Crossrail has changed its restoration and improvement plans for the Connaught Tunnel in the Docklands, east London, to what it says is a safer and easier method.
Crossrail awards £50M marine transportation contract to Bam Nuttall/Van Oord
Crossrail has awarded its marine transportation contract to a joint venture between Bam Nuttall and Van Oord UK, it announced on Friday.
Crossrail’s first TBM ready for delivery
The first tunnel boring machine for London’s Crossrail project is going through final testing and will soon be dismantled for transport to the Royal Oak portal near Paddington.
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Contractors reveal cut price deals for latest Crossrail contract awards
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Major contracts awarded for the big Crossrail jobs
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Crossrail confirms Farringdon and Whitechapel contract awards
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Crossrail awards major station contracts worth around £625M
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Crossrail goes out to tender for Custom House station job
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Unite announces strike ballot at Balfour Beatty Engineering Services
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Bond Street station shafts mark Crossrail earthworks milestone
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London transport projects dominate English local authority spending
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Crossrail submits Tottenham Court Road plans
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Crossrail 2 business case to be examined by working group
Contracts news
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Crossrail awards £50M marine transportation contract to Bam Nuttall/Van Oord
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Keller wins two Crossrail tunnel contracts
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Crossrail seeks bids for £70M shafts contract
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Procurement process underway for remaining Crossrail tunnel portal
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Bauer wins two Crossrail contracts
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Laing O'Rourke lands Crossrail Farringdon station piling and foundations contract
Picture Stories
Crossrail completes first tunnel portal
Construction of the first Crossrail tunnel portal — Royal Oak Common near Paddington in West London — was completed this month.
Features
Crossrail tunnels: Delivery driver
Crossrail’s first tunnel boring machine, is now being built on site ready to start work in March. Claire Symes reports from west London.
Infrastructure 2012: Thinking along the right lines
The rail industry in 2012 looks set to reward great partnering with myriad lucrative contracts on offer.
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Infrastructure 2012: Keeping the economy growing
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Infrastructure 2012: Bring on the tunnelling machines
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Start of the line
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Time to make a change
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Teutonic Tunneller
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Piling & foundations spotlight: Tube squeezers
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Crossrail: piling forward
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Doug Oakervee: let's get going now
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Cliff Mumm: Delivery Dynamo
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Holden the line
covering the construction of the new express railway which will run beneath central London from west to east, largely underground
- Relevant links:
- Crossrail website
- Crossrail Twitter feed
- Crossrail route details
Alexandra Wynne
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Comment
Holden's departure comes as Crossrail enters a new phase
As Crossrail chairman Terry Morgan says this week, losing chief executive Rob Holden is not what the project wants right now.
Crossrail: Major Project Report
Delivering Crossrail: Major project report
NCE presents its major project report on Crossrail - a comprehensive guide to the project featuring interviews with Crossrail chief executive Rob Holden and Crossrail chairman Terry Morgan.








