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Observed differences in the behaviour of the London Clay sub-units during SCL works for Bond Street Station and Tottenham Court Road Station (C300/410) Technical Paper

Crossrail contract C300/C410 involved the construction of a number of SCL tunnels at Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road Stations, and the Fisher Street crossover as well as six cross passages between the two running tu...

Shawn Sismondi, BEng FGS, Vicky Potts MA MSc PhD, Wolfgang Weinmar, MSc MEng, ICE Publishing 07/09/2015
Risk Management Policy Good Practice Document

Managing risk and uncertainty is critical to the successful delivery of Crossrail. This Risk Management Policy was put in place to ensure that risk management is an integral, visible and consistent part of routine manage...

Crossrail Ltd 27/09/2016
Environmental Assessment of Oversite Developments Micro-report

This paper explains the Crossrail approach to and process for undertaking environmental assessments to accompany planning applications made for Oversite Development (OSD). The legal context for carrying out EIA for Cross...

Claire Wright BSc(Hons) MSc AIEMA 27/09/2016
Real time determination of the utilisation of a sprayed concrete lining during tunnelling Technical Paper

The displacements of sprayed concrete lining must be measured during tunnel excavation. In order to assess stability the displacements are checked against predictions. Generally, if the measured displacements are equal o...

Dr Alfred Stärk Dipl Ing Dr Ing, Dr Rudolf Zachow, ICE Publishing 07/09/2015
Quality Professional Resourcing and Development Case Study

This case study describes Crossrail’s approach to resourcing the client and supply chain teams for quality.  Early on there were concerns that, in terms of quality, the construction industry is playing catch-up in...

Andrew Holt 27/09/2016
Effective and sophisticated supply chain intelligence Micro-report

During the Crossrail project the Programme Supply Chain Team closely monitored the Tier 2 supply chain. This activity saw the team monitoring all ‘critical’ packages across every site, seeking to identify potential f...

Simon Pain BA(Hons) ACA MCIPS 27/09/2016
Reinforced Shotcrete with Bar Diameters up to 32mm Technical Paper

The Crossrail project in London is currently the largest infrastructure project in Europe. The contract C510 comprises the construction of two underground stations in sprayed concrete lining (SCL), Liverpool Street and W...

Martin Fischer, Matthias Hofmann, ICE Publishing 07/09/2015
Variation in permeability and dewatering performance for part of the Crossrail route in east London Technical Paper

The Crossrail project is a new underground railway crossing London from west to east. The project involves the construction of 21km of twin bore tunnel and 8 new underground stations. In the east the route alternates bet...

Dr Ursula Lawrence PhD Eur.Geol C.Geol FGS C.Sci, R. Beagley, S. Norgate, A. Thrower, ICE Publishing 07/09/2015
Multi-aquifer pressure relief in east London Technical Paper

Two adjacent deep shafts in east London involved excavation to 30 m below standing groundwater level and required temporary control of pressures in the Lower Aquifer below the London Clay. Three distinct aquifer horizons...

T.O.L Roberts, E. Linde, C. Vicente, G. Holmes, ICE Publishing 07/09/2015
Volume Loss and Long Term Settlement at Kempton Court, Whitechapel Technical Paper

Predictions of ground movements due to tunnelling extensively rely on empirical methods based on published case studies of tunnels constructed in similar ground conditions. Prediction of ground movement is necessary to e...

Nigel Hill, Dr Alfred Stärk Dipl Ing Dr Ing, ICE Publishing 07/09/2015