Search Results: 'crossrail'

Wrapping Farringdon
20 November, 2014
Angelos Gakis was a runner-up for this year’s Harding Prize. This article is based on his paper, ‘Design of a SCL wraparound tunnel utilising a 3 D geological model at Crossrail’s Farringdon Station’.

Crossrail 2 preferred route outlined
30 October, 2014
GREAT BRITAIN - Mayor of London Boris Johnson has outlined a preferred route for Crossrail Two. The GBP 20bn (USD 32bn) scheme will run north-south through London. This second route is vital to the UK capital’s growth, according to Johnson, who expressed confidence that the private sector could contribute over half of the cost “in the right circumstances”.

Crossrail unworried by crane operator strikes
29 October, 2014
GREAT BRITAIN - Crossrail does not expect operator strikes against crane hire company HTC will cause any delays to construction, due to limited presence by that company on Crossrail sites. Construction union UCATT said in contrast: “Sites that are set to be affected by the industrial action includes: Crossrail, the London Bridge redevelopment, Nova Square Victoria, Elephant and Castle redevelopment and the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermarston.”

Fire Testing of a Composite Sprayed Concrete Lined Tunnel
17 October, 2014
This paper was entered for consideration in the British Tunnelling Society's Harding Prize competition by Leigh Holland of Crossrail. It was given recognition as one of two runners up. Holland looks at the lining design philosophy and testing on London's Crossrail project.

Crossrail Western tunnels: TBM Breakthrough at Bond street station
10 October, 2014
The construction of the Crossrail Western tunnels saw two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) build 13.7km of tunnel below the streets of central London.

Crossrail C310
10 October, 2014
Geotechnical and tunnelling related specifics in urban tunnelling, and a river crossing with low overburden are covered in this BTS presentation on Crossrail contract C310, Thames Tunnel.

Paddington station excavation reaches London's Crossrail train tunnels
12 September, 2014
GREAT BRITAIN - Costain Skanska JV has excavated down to the new Crossrail tunnels,breaking into the top of the tunnels 16m below ground level, as part of construction of the new station at Paddington.

It's later than you think
26 August, 2014
AS the tunnelling community plans to descend upon London for the British Tunnelling Society conference next month, Mayor Boris Johnson has set out a GBP 1.3 trillion (USD 2.2 trillion) development plan that lays down a treasure trove of underground opportunities for the city. The plan outlines the infrastructure developments needed to keep pace with London's growth.

Crossrail¹s Jessica breaks through
22 August, 2014
GREAT BRITAIN -Crossrail¹s TBM Jessica has completed a new train tunnel from Limmo Peninsula, near Canning Town, breaking into Victoria Dock Portal in east London. The 7.1m diameter TBM completed the journey in nine weeks, travelling up to 41m per day.

Crossrail chief says worker who died in tunnel "shouldn¹t have been where he was"
21 July, 2014
Crossrail chairman Terry Morgan has said that the death of a Crossrail construction worker on the London project happened because ³the individual went into an area that was excluded".

Chancellor unveils London's newest tunnel
25 June, 2014
Chancellor George Osborne unveiled London's newest tunnel under the River Thames in early June, Crossrail announced. The Thames Tunnel, part of the GBP 14.8bn (USD 25.2bn) Crossrail project, stretches for almost two miles is planned to open in 2018.

Ellie breaks through into Stepney Green
24 June, 2014
Crossrail TBM Ellie has broken through into a cavern 40m beneath Stepney Green, in the East End of London. The breakthrough marks the structural completion of tunnels for Crossrail’s north east spur, between Whitechapel and Pudding Mill Lane.

Crossrail launches its smallest TBM
23 June, 2014
Crossrail has launched its smallest tunnelling machine Molley to build a new Thames Water sewer in west London. The 1.45m diameter TBM is 3.3m long.

Stockholm prepares for tunnelling boom
18 June, 2014
Sweden’s capital city is going underground to improve transport connections to Stockholm meaning that a tunnelling boom is on its way in this part of Scandinavia. Bernadette Ballantyne reports.

Tunneller to retire after 50 years in the business
17 June, 2014
A tunneller currently working on Crossrail is set to retire after 50 years underground working on some of London’s largest infrastructure projects. Peter Bermingham, 70, is to retire at the end of May this year.

A third of Crossrail jobs filled by women
19 March, 2014
Crossrail has revealed that almost 30 per cent of people building Europe's largest infrastructure project are women. This is compared to 20 per cent of job roles across the UK construction industry.

Crossrail Two wins infrastructure project award
17 March, 2014
Crossrail Two has won the Global Engineering Project of the Year at the seventh Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum.

First sections of Custom House station arrive in east London
17 March, 2014
Crossrail has received the first sections of Custom House station from an East Midlands factory, the company announced recently.

Crossrail names apprentice of the year
17 March, 2014
A former self-employed labourer who was struggling to find work during the difficult economic times has been named apprentice of the year after winning the Crossrail award in early March at the Houses of Parliament.

Crossrail worker killed
07 March, 2014
A worker has died on the Crossrail project in London. The man was pronounced dead at the scene after London Fire Brigade and ambulance crews arrived at the Fisher Street site in Holborn at around 05:40 this morning.