Crossrail project: engineering design management on the Elizabeth line, London

Document type: Journal Publication
Author: Jean-Marc Barsam BSc CEng MICE, David Harris BSc MSc DIC CGeol FGS, Adrian Hooper BEng MSc CEng MICE MAPM, ICE Publishing
Publication Date: 24/03/2017

Abstract

This paper describes the design management for the central tunnelled section of the £14·8 billion Crossrail project to deliver the Elizabeth line east–west railway across London. It explains why the processes, procedures and areas of responsibilities of the designers and employer needed to be robust and resilient to cope with the levels of design change experienced at all stages of the project.

In particular, it shows how the size and procurement of design packages required careful management of numerous interfaces and the challenges this posed.
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Authors

Jean-Marc Barsam BSc CEng MICE - CH2M, Crossrail Ltd

David Harris BSc MSc DIC CGeol FGS - Mott MacDonald

Adrian Hooper BEng MSc CEng MICE MAPM - Crossrail Ltd

A Chartered Civil Engineer with 20 years’ experience in the construction, management and design of large infrastructure projects. Adrian Hooper is currently the Senior Project Engineer for HS2 on the proposed Old Oak Common Station. Between October 2011 and January 2016, he was the Engineering Manager on Farringdon Station at Crossrail responsible for providing multidisciplinary engineering leadership on the project during the detailed design and construction phases. He has held both technical leadership and project management roles within client and international consultancy organisations in the UK and overseas.

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