Search Results: 'crossrail'

What goes up
19 December, 2013
Ensuring the correct lifting strategy is vital to the success of any tunnelling project, reports technical journalist Bernadette Ballantyne.

Eaves Machining win Crossrail cross passages
04 December, 2013
Manchester-based Eaves Machining announced this week it has secured a tunnelling contract worth GBP 1.2M with Spanish contractor Dragados. The contract, to be completed within the next eight weeks, emerged following the completion of the main tunnel drive on the Crossrail Contract 305 earlier this year.

Excavation of new 'dive-under' begins in London
07 November, 2013
The excavation of 34,000t of earth for a new rail underpass outside Acton Main Line station has begun as part of works to prepare the route for the full arrival of Crossrail services in 2019, Crossrail stated last week.

New chair of HS2 announced
16 October, 2013
Doug Oakervee, chairman of HS2, the planned high speed rail line in the UK, has announced today that he will be standing down at the end of the year.

Crossrail completes first tunnel
10 October, 2013
The first Crossrail TBM has finished tunnelling in London. Crossrail announced yesterday that TBM Phyllis had reached Farringdon, the central station, ending its drive from Royal Oak, the western portal. The machine launched 17 months ago by the Bam Ferrovial Kier JV.

Crossrail in practice
10 October, 2013
As Crossrail, Europe’s largest civil engineering project, reaches the advanced point of construction, Simon Pugh, lead engineer in the route Control Centre for Crossrail presents to the BTS and Minsouth audience about how it is built and how it will be run

London swings
10 October, 2013
Tunnellers are coming to London this autumn. The excitement of major tunnel projects in the city has caught the attention of conference organisers and the speculation of further major projects in and around London is making the rest of the world take note.

Facing the future
25 September, 2013
The population of London is expected to reach 10 million by 2030, and the future of the Underground is crucial to supporting this growth. Neil Moss, principal tunnel engineer, and Keith Bowers, profession head for tunnel engineering, both of London Underground, review possible future developments in the near future

Funding Gap
25 September, 2013
Highlights such as the Jubilee Line Extension stand out from the economic mire of the past 50 years. The second half of the 20th century was not kind to a Britain newly stripped of superpower status, or the capital’s metro, which following WW2 entered a half century of neglect and underinvestment

Crossrail reaches Woolwich milestone
28 August, 2013
Crossrail has announced that tunnelling work in south east London has reached the halfway stage with tunnels between Plumstead and the Woolwich box now complete.

Evidence of 9,000 year old London settlement discovered
13 August, 2013
Evidence of humans living on the Thames 9,000 years ago have been discovered by Crossrail archaeologists, the company announced earlier today. The discovery of a Mesolithic Œtool-making factory¹, which included 150 pieces of flint, among them blades, were found at Crossrail¹s tunnelling worksite in North Woolwich.

Crossrail 2 consultation to close
24 July, 2013
People are encouraged to share their views on Crossrail 2 before the consultation closes on 2 August 2013, Transport for London (TfL) announced late last week. Proposed routes would help relieve congestion, TfL stated.

TfL announces shortlist of bidders to run Crossrail services
28 June, 2013
Transport for London (TfL) has announced the names of the companies shortlisted to bid to run Crossrail services. The bidders are Arriva Crossrail, Keolis/Go Ahead, MTR and National Express.

Invisible options
21 June, 2013
As urban infrastructure moves underground, SEM has proved to be a very flexible tool to construct complex underground structures. With blasting restrictions in many cities, roadheaders are providing reasonable production rates combined with low noise and vibration levels. Enrique Fernandez and Alejandro Sanz, both of Dragados, and Juergen Laubbichler of Dr. Sauer & Partners, explain why the industry should consider SEM in urban environments.

TBM Victoria breaks through at Canary Wharf station
20 June, 2013
Crossrail’s tunnelling machine Victoria has joined sister TBM Elizabeth in Canary Wharf box last week, after successfully breaking through earlier this month.

Ilford Yard stabling project awarded
17 May, 2013
The contract for the Ilford Yard stabling project has been awarded.

Bond street models
16 May, 2013
Congested Bond Street Station at the heart of London's Underground is one of the key challenges for an upgrade project. Ali Nasekhian, Thomas Schwind and Stefan Pinter of Dr Sauer explain 3D modelling for the project

Major works carried out to Victorian rail tunnel for Crossrail
10 May, 2013
A hole has been drilled in the exposed crown of the Connaught Tunnel, which runs beneath the Royal Victoria Dock, following work to drain 13 million litres of water from a section of the docks that lie above, Crossrail announced recently.

London tunnel fit-out contract awarded
09 April, 2013
A tunnel fit-out job for the new rail tunnels under London has been awarded to a JV comprising Costain, French trackwork specialist TSO and Alstom Transport, Crossrail announced last week. The job to design and install track and tunnel equipment is the last major construction contract to be awarded.

Invitation to tender for Crossrail's Stratford to Shenfield route
02 April, 2013
Network Rail has issued an invitation to tender for the majority of Crossrail works planned on the northeast surface section of the Crossrail route, between Stratford in east London and Shenfield in Essex, it was announced late last week.