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Latest News
Network Rail signs up to delivering Crossrail surface works for £2.3bn
Network Rail has agreed that it will deliver its work on the £14.5bn Crossrail project for no more than £2.3bn.
Crossrail muck away starts
Following the launch of Crossrail’s first tunnel boring machine at Royal Oak earlier this month, the first train load of excavated material has been transported towards Wallasea nature reserve.
Crossrail shafts contract awarded
Crossrail has announced that the contract for the construction of ventilation shafts at Eleanor Street and Mile End Park has been awarded to Costain and Skanska working in joint venture.
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First sprayed concrete Crossrail tunnels complete
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Crossrail's first TBM breaks ground at Royal Oak
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Crossrail appoints new health and safety director
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Crossrail's Connaught tunnel refurbishment surges ahead
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Crossrail plans to transform Tottenham Court Road and West End approved
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Work begins on Crossrail's Heathrow link
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Crossrail Moorgate over site development given green light
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Crossrail’s Canary Wharf station box completed
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Industry figurehead Oakervee to be new High Speed 2 chairman
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Shortlist for £400M Crossrail tunnels fit-out contract confirmed
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: On the blocks
Construction of the mammoth £14.5bn Crossrail project is on the cusp of full-blown construction, with the first tunnel boring machine ready to launch. Mark Hansford updates on progress.
Tottenham Court Road: Underground sensation
The £480M upgrade of Tottenham Court Road Underground station is possibly one of the most fiendishly complex schemes ever tackled in the capital. Yet it is on time and on budget. Mark Hansford reports on a pretty impressive construction effort.
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Crossrail tunnels: Delivery driver
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Infrastructure 2012: Thinking along the right lines
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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
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
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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.
