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Crossrail Programme Recovery Journal Publication

In early 2020, following the 2018 announcement of significant delay to the opening of Crossrail and the associated cost increases, the Crossrail programme was hit by yet another blow – COVID-19. The programme stopped...

Jim Crawford MRICS, Rob Carr BEng MSc CEng MRINA, Rob Scopes BEng CEng MICE 05/04/2023
Crossrail Business Case Good Practice Document

The Business Case for Crossrail had various iterations during the development, authorisation and delivery of the Crossrail Programme. Cross London Rail Links Ltd published the Crossrail Economic Business Case in 2003. ...

Crossrail Ltd 02/04/2023
Third Party Technical Interface Management Technical Paper

The Elizabeth line traverses some of London’s most dense and evolving metropolitan areas. Safeguarding of the route has played an important part since the identification of a tunnelled route back in the early 1990s, fo...

Geoff Rankin CEng MICE MAPM 14/02/2023
Joint Trial Operations Lessons Learned Good Practice Document

Trial Operations formed the final key phase of delivery towards successful completion of Stage 3 of the Crossrail project – opening of the Central Operating Section between Westbourne Park, Pudding Mill Lane and Abbey ...

Rail for London 15/08/2022
Register of Undertakings and Assurances Good Practice Document

The Crossrail Register of Undertakings and Assurances was drawn up during the progress of the Crossrail Bill through Parliament and kept updated. The first version was published December 2006 and the final version was p...

Crossrail Ltd 08/12/2006
A Systems Approach to Infrastructure Delivery – Part 2: Putting the principles into practice Case Study

The second report from ICE’s Systems Approach to Infrastructure Delivery review shows how infrastructure projects, programmes, and supply chain businesses are using systems thinking to deliver better outcomes. In Decem...

Institution of Civil Engineers 20/04/2022
2021 Technical Papers Competition Event Video

The new papers can be found here: Winner – Door forces in underground infrastructure by Dr Fathi Tarada Highly Commended – Digital railway – Telecoms technologies for the Elizabeth line – an Infra...

Professor Rhys Vaughan Williams FRSA FIET FIMECHE, Simon Bennett BEng(Hons) FCILT MCIPR AMICE, Chris Binns, Dr Fathi Tarada BSc LLB MBA DPhil CEng FIMechE FIFireE FICE, Archana Radhakrishnan MSc MIET, Philip Bartholomew MEng MSc CEng MIET MIRSE 02/12/2021
Door Forces in Underground Infrastructure Technical Paper

During the course of commissioning the Crossrail stations, it was observed that a wide range of forces was required to open these doors, some of which appeared to be excessive. Within the stations, certain door opening f...

Dr Fathi Tarada BSc LLB MBA DPhil CEng FIMechE FIFireE FICE 02/12/2021
Digital Railway – Telecoms Technologies for the Elizabeth Line – An Infrastructure Manager’s Perspective Technical Paper

The construction of the Elizabeth Line by the Crossrail project and its operation by the Infrastructure Managers has brought together a whole new set of technologies for Operating and Maintaining a railway, never seen to...

Philip Bartholomew MEng MSc CEng MIET MIRSE, Archana Radhakrishnan MSc MIET 02/12/2021
Elizabeth Line Earthing Electrode Testing Lessons Learned Technical Paper

As part of the design, construction and commissioning of the Elizabeth Line earthing system, measurements for soil resistivity and earth electrode impedance have been undertaken. Much has been learned on the design and c...

Malcolm Anderson BEng(Hons) CEng MIET 02/12/2021