Geoff is a chartered Civil Engineer with a background in the planning and design of major infrastructure projects in the UK and abroad. Geoff joined the Crossrail Chief Engineer’s Group in October 2008, initially supporting procurement of the Final Design and Tunnel, Portal and Shaft construction contracts; thereafter Client Package Manager of Contract C122 (Bored Tunnels and Building Damage Impact Assessment), focussing initially on de-risking tunnelling. In 2011 he was given the role of Crossrail’s Third Party Development manager leading a small team with support from disciplines across the Project’s spectrum, to manage and mitigate Crossrail’s ground settlement impact on the built metropolis and its stakeholders, and also conversely, to manage and control the impact of Outside Party developments on Crossrail
Over time Crossrail’s management structure changed in sync with project’s progression. Geoff’s role changed to Crossrail Infrastructure Protection Manager, reporting to the Manager of Engineering. He continued guiding and assuring Outside party development impact, but also managing the Settlement Deeds, managing several survey contracts, and providing technical advice and support to Crossrail’s Insurance team to close out ground settlement claims alleged against the Crossrail project. Geoff’s final years on Crossrail until mid-2022, focussed mostly on the revising infrastructure protection guidance and procedures to align to the Elizabeth line Rule Book and Infrastructure Managers’ access and egress procedures; also on migrating the Infrastructure Protection duty to the TfL Infrastructure Protection team.
