Assurance Archives - Crossrail Learning Legacy

Crossrail Management System – 2023 Addendum

This paper is an addendum to the original Crossrail Management System Learning Legacy paper (April 2017) which examined Crossrail’s concept of establishing and implementing a management system that ensured key processes were mapped, describing the approach taken and outlining how the management s [...]

Technical Surveillance – lessons learned

This report provides the Crossrail technical surveillance methodology that can be adopted on future projects of this nature. The surveillance process is important as it provides an independent check of on-going works, risk-based sampling of works to ensure its conformance to the works information an [...]

Managing Contractor Self-Certification on Crossrail

Based on processes and lessons from High Speed 1, the requirements for Self-Certification were written into Parts 13, 20 and 29 of the Works Information 2B and supplemented with procedures and templates specific to civils, fit-out, MEP and Routeway systems. Each contractor was responsible for pro [...]

Design Gates Process

An essential part of the Crossrail design review process involved the completion of both single disciplinary and inter-disciplinary design reviews. This provided an opportunity for interfacing Framework Design Consultants (FDCs), third parties, infrastructure maintainers as well as the Chief Enginee [...]

Management and Client Assurance of Contractual Drawing Deliverables

This document aims to provide insight into Crossrail’s method of processing contractual drawing deliverables received from the supply chain, ensuring a simple approach where possible to manage the extensive output from contractors during busy “Gate reviews” of the Crossrail project constructio [...]

The Crossrail Fraud Risk Assurance Group

Research indicates that fraud and corruption remains commonplace in the UK construction industry. This report describes the measures put in place to help mitigate fraud risk on the Crossrail project. Benefits of communication and collaboration are highlighted as key areas of learning. This report wo [...]

Crossrail’s approach to Police liaison

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 collaboration were evident from all of the project contractors and other stakeholders. [...]

Risk and Assurance

For Crossrail Risk and Assurance played a key role in keeping the organisation on track and within its project delivery targets. As a public sector funded project, Crossrail has to provide assurance to a number of external bodies in relation to its governance and effectiveness of delivery. This pape [...]

Commercial Assurance Procedure

This document sets out the agreed process for operating Crossrail’s Commercial Assurance Function. The purpose is to provide a clear and consistent overview of: the vision for Commercial Assurance the process of operating Commercial Assurance accountabilities for the implementation of C [...]

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