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Contract to ship excavated material to Wallasea Island

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Crossrail has now awarded the contract to ship excavated material from Crossrail’s construction to Wallasea Island, Essex to create a new RSPB nature reserve.

Crossrail tunnelling to start in less than 100 days

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Crossrail has unveiled the first of eight, 1,000 tonne tunnel boring machines (TBM) that will construct the new Crossrail tunnels under central London.

TUCA delivered on time

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:00:00 +0100

Crossrail's Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy (TUCA) has been completed within the thirty week design and build period.

Historic landmark removed for safekeeping

Thu, 05 May 2011 08:00:00 +0100

Stratford Place’s historic ‘Porter’s Lodge’ has been removed for safekeeping in advance of demolition work.

Reuse of the Connaught Tunnel

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:00:00 +0100

Crossrail has unveiled plans to reuse the Connaught Tunnel in East London.

Originally built in 1878, the currently disused Connaught Tunnel is 550m long and was constructed using the ‘cut and cover’ method, i.e. excavating a trench then roofing it over.

Lorry driver training update

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:00:01 +0100

Crossrail’s Logistics Team reached a major milestone last month when they delivered the 50th session of the Crossrail Lorry Driver Induction Training Course.

Interesting finds at Liverpool Street

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:00:02 +0100

The construction of Crossrail through the heart of London will result in one of the most extensive archaeological programmes ever undertaken in the UK.

Future engineers animate Crossrail

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:00:00 +0100

Students from two London schools took part in a media workshop at the BBC last week as part of an engineering project inspired by Crossrail.

Crossrail is good news for Maidenhead students

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:00:00 +0100

Three pupils from Claires Court School in Maidenhead visited Crossrail HQ at the beginning of this month as part of the ‘BBC News School Report 2011’.

Crossrail platform mock-up

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Images of a full size mock-up of a below ground Crossrail platform were released by the Crossrail press team last week.

John Soane's Museum visit

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:00:00 +0000

18 primary school students from across London visited Crossrail’s Canary Wharf offices on 8^th March, as part of a project being run by the John Soane’s Museum.

Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy progress

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:00:01 +0000

Construction of the Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy (TUCA) is progressing well.

Reuse of waste material

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Crossrail encourages the reuse of construction waste on its worksites. Not only is it better for the environment to reuse waste material, it’s also often cheaper than having to buy new material.

Crossrail – committed to Apprenticeships

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Crossrail held a landmark event yesterday, as part of National Apprenticeship Week.

Archaeology students at Stepney

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:00:02 +0000

Eight groups of children from local schools attended a series of archaeology events at Crossrail’s Stepney City Farm last week, facilitated by Young Crossrail and MOLA (Museum Of London Archaeology).