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A Geology of London for Tunnellers and Engineers Technical Paper

The idea for this short paper arose from the views and encouragement of colleagues working on the Crossrail Project. The geological sequences under London were well understood by all the Engineers and Tunnellers the auth...

John Davis EurGeol CGeol MSc DIC 31/08/2016
Correlation study between in-situ auscultation and satellite interferometry for the assessment of nonlinear ground motion on Crossrail London Technical Paper

InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar) is a technology used worldwide in order to carry out ground motion surface monitoring without in-situ intervention, using data from radars on Polar-orbiting satellites. Pe...

Javier Garcia Robles, Mike Black BSc(Hons) MSc CSci CGeol FGS, Borja Salvá Gomar, ICE Publishing 31/08/2016
Sprayed Concrete Lining Falls and Exclusion Zone Management Technical Paper

Falling ground or immature concrete within sprayed concrete lined tunnels is a major safety risk to personnel, which has complex inter-relationships of design, workmanship, plant and materials contributing to any single ...

Mike King BSc CEng MICE, Adrian St.John, BEng (Hons) Eur Ing FICE CEng, David Brown, John Comins BEng HND ACSM, ICE Publishing 31/08/2016
Achieving Social Sustainability Objectives Through Performance Assurance Micro-report

In 2012 Crossrail introduced six Performance Assurance Frameworks (PAFs), intended to ensure that Tier 1 contractors met, and preferably exceeded, their minimum contractual obligations. The present paper examines Crossra...

Anne-Sophie Blin MSc, Andrew Eldred MA, MSc 14/03/2017
Audit Strategy Good Practice Document

The purpose of this audit strategy is to set out the principles of how audit is managed in Crossrail. This document covers all Crossrail audits:  Crossrail Internal Audits; Crossrail Compliance Audits; Industry Partner ...

Crossrail Ltd 14/03/2017
BIM Review Article Journal Publication

BIM review: The use of open and shareable asset information in the form of BIM. Opinion article published in Q2 2015 of Rail Review magazine sharing insight and knowledge on the development and use of BIM and identifying...

Malcolm Taylor 01/06/2015
Crossrail’s approach to Police liaison Micro-report

Having a serving police officer attached to the project allowed Crossrail to have a single point of contact for all police liaison across 16 Metropolitan Police Boroughs and 6 Police Services. High levels of collaboratio...

PC June Saunders 14/03/2017
Managing Construction Noise and Vibration in an Urban Environment Case Study

Noise was one of the main impacts and challenges during the construction of the Crossrail project. It was recognised that for Crossrail’s Tier 1 contractors to achieve the necessary levels of performance in noise manag...

Colin Cobbing BSc(Hons), CEnvH, MCIEH, MIOA, Andrew Bird BSc (Hons) MIOA, Cathy Myatt MA MSc, Rhian Locke BSc MSc CEnv AIEMA, Lorna Mellings BSc MSc CEnv MIEMA, Melissa Wellings, Ashley Webb 14/03/2017
Approach to Master Data Management at Crossrail Micro-report

When a new data warehouse was implemented to improve programme reporting, the inconsistent master data in the source systems became apparent. The master data in the source systems were aligned, a new master data system w...

Pontus Osmar Palmgren BSc 14/03/2017
Environment Webinar -The Use of Sustainability Assessments on Crossrail: CEEQUAL and BREEAM Video

This is the third in a series of Crossrail Learning Legacy webinars focused on the Environment Theme, hosted by our partners at CIRIA and IEMA. It describes how CEEQUAL and BREEAM were used to benchmark the environmental...

Mike de Silva BSc PhD FCIWEM MIEEM CSci C.WEM, Suzanne Bryon BSc (Hons) AIEMA 24/11/2016