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Design of Paddington Station Technical Paper

A flagship Crossrail structure, the new station at Paddington will be constructed at the heart of one of London’s most significant existing transport hubs.  The opportunity to connect Crossrail with international air ...

Richard Scantlebury MEng MA(Cantab) CEng MICE, Gerard Brennan BE MSc DIC CEng MIStructE, Mark Raiss MA MSc DIC PhD CEng FICE FIStructE FCS, ICE Publishing 03/11/2014
Design of Crossrail’s Precast Tunnel Linings for Fire Technical Paper

This paper describes the approach taken to design Crossrail’s precast concrete running tunnel linings for structural stability during a severe fire incident. In recent decades there have been a number of fire incidents...

Jessica Ryburn BEng (Hons) MSocSci CEng MICE, Harnaik Mann MEng, Stephen Doran BSc CEng FICE, Karen Cheung BEng MSc CEng MICE, ICE Publishing 03/11/2014
Data management, analysis and visualisation on Crossrail Drive X Western Tunnels Technical Paper

Crossrail Drive X Western Tunnels extend from Westbourne Park to Farringdon Station. With the TBM and SCL contracts working under the most expensive real estate in the world, the safeguarding of assets is paramount for s...

Daniel Rendell, Paul Thurlow, ICE Publishing 03/11/2014
Crossrail Sprayed Concrete Linings Technical Paper

This paper looks at the sprayed concrete lined (SCL) tunnel design by Mott MacDonald for the Crossrail project. The SCL design consists of five new underground stations, shafts and two Crossovers which will be the larges...

Andrew Pickett BEng CEng MICE, ICE Publishing 03/11/2014
Comparison of Drilling Methods used for TaM installations in London Clay Technical Paper

This paper seeks to compare and contrast observations made of different techniques for drilling horizontal holes within London Clay, and to make recommendations as to how subsequent drilling operations from grout shafts ...

P Pérez Lupi MSc, E Lewis MEng, J Adetoye BEng, X Gonzalez TEd, N Gallego Ramirez MSc, Z Munn BEng, D Campos MSc, ICE Publishing 03/11/2014
Development of two different station designs – a comparison of Paddington and Farringdon Stations Technical Paper

Crossrail Central includes the construction of eight new underground stations and one new surface station linked together by 21km of new twin bore tunnels. This paper describes some key design features of two of the unde...

James Paterson MA MSc DIC CEng FICE MIStructE CPEng FIEAust, Mark Raiss MA MSc DIC PhD CEng FICE FIStructE FCS, ICE Publishing 03/11/2014
Installation of Optical Fibre based Sensors within Sprayed Concrete Lined Tunnels to measure Strain and Temperature Technical Paper

The purpose of this paper is to summarise the practical applications and benefits of optical fibre based sensors over traditional monitoring systems installed within a sprayed concrete lined tunnel. The installation was...

Joe O’Donnell, Dr Giorgio Nosenzo, James Preston, Tom Sturman, ICE Publishing 03/11/2014
The Urban Archaeology of the Crossrail Project Journal Publication

Crossrail passes through the heart of the West End of London and along the north edge of the Roman and Medieval city where deep construction for several new stations has required the careful assessment and evaluation of ...

Jay Carver BA (Hons) MIFA 15/11/2010
Sustainability Strategy Good Practice Document

The sustainability strategy for delivering the Crossrail programme sets out the key sustainability themes that are material to delivery of the project and identifies key performance indicators to be used to track perform...

Crossrail Ltd 26/02/2016
The Design of Thermal Tunnel Energy Segments for Crossrail Technical Paper

In recent years the drive to reduce carbon emissions and reliance on oil and gas has led to the increase in the use of renewable energy heating systems. The ground source heat pump systems are an example of these renewab...

Duncan P Nicholson BSc MSc DIC CEng MICE, Qing Chen BSc MSc FGS, Mike de Silva BSc PhD FCIWEM MIEEM CSci C.WEM, Alan Winter BSc MSc CEng MICE, Ralf Winterling MSc Dipl.-Ing, ICE Publishing 03/11/2014