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Construction (Design and Management) (CDM) Procedure Good Practice Document

This procedure describes the Control Points used by Crossrail to provide assurance that all applicable Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) duties have been discharged. Crossrail Ltd (CRL) has made a co...

Crossrail Ltd 14/03/2017
Covered Way 126 – Safeguarding a Brittle Structure over a Live Railway during Ground Movements Technical Paper

Covered Way 126 is a Victorian structure enclosing the London Overground railway at Whitechapel.  It consists of masonry abutments supporting cast iron roof beams and masonry jack-arches. It is close to Crossrail tunnel...

Richard Bailey, Mark Steele, Paul Braddish, ICE Publishing 31/08/2016
Environment Webinar – Delivering Projects in Urban Environments: Temporary Construction Noise Control Video

This is the second in a series of Crossrail Learning Legacy webinars focused on the Environment Theme, hosted by our partners at CIRIA and IEMA. It describes how Crossrail has worked in collaboration to mitigate and mana...

Andrew Bird BSc (Hons) MIOA, Colin Cobbing BSc(Hons), CEnvH, MCIEH, MIOA 27/10/2016
Environment Webinar – The Green Line Environmental Behaviour Initiatives Video

This is the fifth in the series of Crossrail Learning Legacy webinars focused on the Environment Theme. The Green Line is Crossrail’s environmental award scheme. It rewards individuals and teams on Crossrail’s constr...

Lorna Mellings BSc MSc CEnv MIEMA, Cathy Myatt MA MSc, Kenneth Hills 02/03/2017
Low Carbon Concrete Micro-report

Concrete production is responsible for signficant carbon emissions as a result of the conversion of calcium carbonate into calcium oxide, releasing carbon dioxide, and of the use of hydrocarbon derived fuels. Yet it is a...

Mike de Silva BSc PhD FCIWEM MIEEM CSci C.WEM 14/03/2017
Crossrail Dewatering Works Close-out Report Dataset

Temporary dewatering was necessary at some Station, Portal, Shaft and Cross Passage construction sites to ensure ground stability, to control inflows into open excavation and to allow safe construction. The potential eff...

John Davis EurGeol CGeol MSc DIC 14/03/2017
Fire Alerts Good Practice Document

The learning from this partnership has been used by Crossrail and the LFB to produce fire safety guidance bulletins for contractors, and publications free of charge for the wider construction sector to inform fire safety...

Crossrail Ltd, London Fire Brigade 14/03/2017
Long-term settlement following SCL-tunnel excavation Technical Paper

Long-term settlement at the start of the project was considered marginal and was believed to not be significant in comparison to the magnitude of the direct settlement influence from tunnel excavation. However, long-term...

Nigel Hill, Dr Alfred Stärk Dipl Ing Dr Ing, ICE Publishing 31/08/2016
Taking the strain, coping with pressure or shooting targets? An objective comparison between monitoring solutions within sprayed concrete lined tunnels at Crossrail Farringdon Station, London Technical Paper

Methods of monitoring the structural behaviour of tunnels during construction traditionally rely on in-tunnel displacement monitoring, with designers occasionally specifying the use of pressure cells in critical areas. T...

Petr Salak Eur Ing, MSc, CEng MICE, Angelos Gakis Dr. Dipl-Ing, MSc DIC, CEng MICE, Adrian St.John, BEng (Hons) Eur Ing FICE CEng, ICE Publishing 31/08/2016
Cast in-situ Cross Passages: Thermal Stress Assessment Technical Paper

The C310 Thames Tunnel comprises twin 2.72km long bored tunnels between North Woolwich and Plumstead Portal. Four cast in-situ cross passages link the tunnel drives and the junction between the running tunnels and cross ...

Agnieszka Mazurkiewicz, ICE Publishing 31/08/2016