Mike Black BSc(Hons) MSc CSci CGeol FGS - Crossrail Ltd

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Mike is the Head of Geotechnics within Crossrail’s Chief Engineer’s Group.  Mike’s role is to provide technical and professional leadership for all geotechnical aspects for the tunnelling and civil engineering sub-surface infrastructure work.  He has been on the Crossrail Project since 1993 and has been involved in all stages of development of Crossrail from feasibility design, through the Parliamentary Bill process, ground investigations, civil design and construction.  Prior to joining Crossrail, Mike worked in the oil and gas industry in the North Sea, the Channel Tunnel, the A27 Brighton & Hove Bypass and the Jubilee Line Extension.

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Figure 1. Geological section along southeast branch of the Crossrail tunnel alignment
The Geology and Geotechnical Properties of the Thanet Sand Formation – an Update from the Crossrail Project.

Crossrail will provide a high frequency, high capacity train service serving 40 stations and linking Reading and Heathrow to Shenfield and Abbey Wo...

07/09/2015
A regional scale groundwater monitoring programme for the Crossrail project: strategy and implementation
A regional scale groundwater monitoring programme for the Crossrail project: strategy and implementation

Crossrail is a 21km tunnelling project under London from Paddington in the west and Pudding Mill Lane and Plumstead in the east. The entire sequenc...

31/08/2016
Correlation study between in-situ auscultation and satellite interferometry for the assessment of nonlinear ground motion on Crossrail London
Correlation study between in-situ auscultation and satellite interferometry for the assessment of nonlinear ground motion on Crossrail London

InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar) is a technology used worldwide in order to carry out ground motion surface monitoring without in-s...

31/08/2016
Crossrail project: managing geotechnical risk on London’s Elizabeth line
Crossrail project: managing geotechnical risk on London’s Elizabeth line

Understanding the ground and the specific geotechnical risks it presented was critical for successful delivery of Crossrail, the £14·8 billion pr...

14/03/2017
Crossrail’s Technical Papers Competition
Crossrail’s Technical Papers Competition

On a project the size and complexity of Crossrail there is much interest from professionals from all industries in learning how such a project impl...

13/03/2018
Crossrail’s Experience of Geotechnical Baseline Reports – A Client’s Perspective – Presentation
Crossrail’s Experience of Geotechnical Baseline Reports – A Client’s Perspective – Presentation

This recorded presentation describes Crossrail’s experience of GBRs from the client’s perspective. It covers why Crossrail adopted GBRs, where ...

17/05/2018