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Lifting Operations Good Practice Document

Best Practice Guides were produced in collaboration with Crossrail’s Tier 1 contractors and other industry specialist bodies. Guides were produced in response to specific project activities and were aimed at raising He...

Crossrail Ltd 27/09/2016
Project Information Compliance Principles Case Study

The Crossrail project has generated in the region of 15 million pieces of highly complex documented information. Having a well structured and rigorously controlled information environment that facilitated a smooth flowin...

Cynthia Akufo-Addo MSc BSc 27/09/2016
Programme Baseline Control Micro-report

This micro-report describes the process to establish the Crossrail Programme Baseline and the components of the Baseline, including the high level Work Breakdown Structure.

Walter Macharg MA FCA 27/09/2016
Advances in Numerical Modelling for Complex Tunnelling Projects Technical Paper

As computer technology has evolved in the recent years, numerical modelling appears to be an increasingly preferable solution in all engineering fields, including tunnelling. The finite element method has become one of t...

Ali Nasekhian, Dr-Ing, Angelos Gakis Dr. Dipl-Ing, MSc DIC, CEng MICE, P Spyridis, Thomas Schwind BSc, ICE Publishing 07/09/2015
Depressurisation and surface settlement at Vallance Road Garden, Whitechapel Technical Paper

In 2011 BBMV C510 Joint Venture was awarded the contract for the construction of the Vallance Garden Crossover tunnel. Originally the Crossover was located in Fisher Street, but in 2011 it was relocated to the Vallance G...

Alessandra Colace, Dr Alfred Stärk Dipl Ing Dr Ing, ICE Publishing 07/09/2015
Design of Crossrail Farringdon Station – from an Engineers Perspective Technical Paper

Farringdon Crossrail, a key interchange station is one of the eight new underground stations being built through central London. The purpose of this paper is to describe a number of key design features of the underground...

Ghanshyam Kumar BEng MTech MEng CEng MIStructE, David Sharples BSc(Hons) CEng MICE, ICE Publishing 07/09/2015
Risk Management Procedure Good Practice Document

The purpose of this document is to set out Crossrail’s requirements for risk management activities within its organisation, including the interface with its Contractors. This procedure: Addresses management and commun...

Crossrail Ltd 27/09/2016
Crossrail Construction Carbon Model Micro-report

Crossrail’s carbon footprint development and measurement provides a benchmark for future rail projects. A spreadsheet based tool was developed to measure the overall carbon footprint through Scope 1,2,3 in construc...

Navid Hojjati, Mike de Silva BSc PhD FCIWEM MIEEM CSci C.WEM 27/09/2016
Sub-surface dewatering for an inclined SCL tunnel Technical Paper

The Crossrail station at Liverpool Street, London required the downward construction of a 37m long by 6m diameter inclined ventilation tunnel using sprayed concrete lining (SCL) techniques. The tunnel penetrated into wat...

T.O.L Roberts, R. Smith, Dr Alfred Stärk Dipl Ing Dr Ing, W. Zeiszig, ICE Publishing 07/09/2015
Collaborative Approach to Health and Safety Assurance Activities Micro-report

Traditionally, assurance activities have consisted of legislation/contract focussed audits, potentially leading to Corrective Action Requests (CARs), which the Contractor closes without assistance. Crossrail assurance au...

Ian Charlick 27/09/2016