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Thursday 5th January 2012

Environmental Excellence

During 2011 fantastic progress was made on the project environmentally.... Read More

Monday 19th September 2011

Limbless Lizards Saved

A colony of slow worms has been discovered at our worksite in Old Oak Common.... Read More

Thursday 5th May 2011

Reusing and recycling demolished material

The construction industry is responsible for about 120 million tonnes of construction, demolition and excavation waste every year – around one third of all waste in the UK.... Read More

Thursday 28th April 2011

Fish rescue!

You may not be aware that much of the new Canary Wharf Crossrail station will be underwater.... Read More

Monday 18th April 2011

Remaining tunnelling contracts awarded

A short while ago Crossrail announced which contractors were awarded its two remaining tunnelling contracts.... Read More

Monday 11th April 2011

Shortlist of train providers announced

Crossrail has confirmed the shortlist of five companies who are being invited to tender for the new Crossrail trains, otherwise known as ‘rolling stock’.... Read More

Tuesday 29th March 2011

Tunnel preparation

Building in central London can be difficult at the best of times as there are lots of established roads and properties to work around.... Read More

Thursday 17th March 2011

Crossrail and nesting birds

With spring upon us, we need to keep an eye out on all Crossrail worksites for nesting birds.... Read More

Tuesday 8th March 2011

Royal visitor at the Crossrail offices

Because of the scale and importance of Crossrail, we regularly get high-profile visitors coming in for meetings and tours.... Read More

Tuesday 4th January 2011

Crossrail’s Carbon Footprint

Here at Crossrail we are committed to keeping our impact on the environment to a minimum, including making every effort to reduce our carbon footprint.... Read More