Crossrail’s giant tunnelling machine Victoria has joined sister TBM Elizabeth in Canary Wharf box this week, after successfully breaking through…
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Crossrail achieves Canary Wharf breakthrough
London’s Crossrail project has celebrated its biggest milestone so far with today’s TBMs breakthrough into the new Canary Wharf station…
Stepney Green cavern completion
Crossrail construction at London’s Stepney Green shaft marked a major milestone this week with the completion of the eastbound cavern…
Public consultation launched on proposed routes for Crossrail 2
In the UK today, Tuesday, May 14, plans for Crossrail 2 moved a step closer with Transport for London (TfL)…
HS2 recommends a further 9km of London tunnel to eliminate bridge replacements
Britain’s high-speed rail network HS2 could have another 9km of tunnel added to its alignment under London. HS2 Ltd will…
Crossrail Tunnel fit-out award
Crossrail has announced that it intends to award the contract to undertake the major fit-out of the new rail tunnels…
Tunnelling boosts Morgan Sindall results
The Tunnelling business section of construction, infrastructure and design company Morgan Sindall has contributed to a solid set of preliminary…
Victoria Dock Portal begins
Construction work is now underway on a new tunnel portal at Victoria Dock which will help create a key 1km…
£12bn Crossrail 2 route proposed
London First, a group of business leaders chaired by former Transport Secretary, Lord Adonis, with the mission to make London…
Costain/Skanska JV for Bond Street Station
Crossrail today announced its intention to award the last of the main construction contracts for the new central section stations,…
Crossrail rejects blacklisting claim
Crossrail Limited has rejected the unsubstantiated claims made by the Unite union that blacklisting has taken place on the Crossrail…
Crossrail launches Thames TBM
Sophia, Crossrail’s fifth TBM, has begun her journey from Plumstead to North Woolwich as part of the construction of a…
Crossrail’s 4th TBM starts her journey
The latest addition to Crossrail’s tunnelling team – 1,000 tonne Victoria – has begun work, joining sister tunnelling machine Elizabeth…
Crossrail constructs 1000th ring
Crossrail’s first TBM, Phyllis, has constructed her 1000th tunnel ring under London’s Hyde Park. It comes as the Crossrail project completes…
Matias joins Normet UK
From October 2012 Sergio Matias has joined the Normet UK team as the Technical Manager for underground construction and mining….
Crossrail Eastern TBM assembly underway
Crossrail has marked another major milestone in the construction of London’s new rail line with the lowering of the first…
Crossrail's first SCL Breakthrough
Crossrail has successfully completed it’s first tunnelling “breakthrough” at the Limmo Peninsular worksite, near Canning Town in East London. The breakthrough…
Plumstead portal GE works complete
Crossrail’s contractor, Hochtief Murphy JV, has now completed the ground engineering for the Plumstead portal that will take Crossrail’s slurry…
Crossrail TBM milestones
Crossrail’s first TBM, Phyllis, has successfully reached Paddington, having travelled 750m from Royal Oak. A second TBM, Ada, has broken…
Crossrail East launch shafts near completion
Crossrail workers have now reached the temporary bottom of the two huge launch shafts at Limmo Peninsular in London where…
Crossrail starts first permanent scl tunnel
The construction of Crossrail’s first permanent sprayed concrete lined (SCL) tunnels on the project is now underway at Blomfield Street…
Laing O'Rourke for Tottenham Court contract
Crossrail has today announced its intention to award the main construction contract for the Western Ticket Hall at Tottenham Court…
Crossrail Eastern TBM assembly begins
Assembly of Crossrail’s next 1,000 tonne Herrenknecht TBM, Elizabeth, has commenced at Limmo Peninsula in east London. During the next…
Alun Thomas joins Ramboll
Ramboll has just welcomed Alun Thomas to their tunnelling team based in Copenhagen. Alun will head the development of their…
Normet acquires last 60% of TAM International
In April 2010 Normet acquired 40% of the construction chemicals manufacturer and supplier, TAM International (TAM), to form a global…
BBMV JV complete first Crossrail SCL tunnels
Crossrail’s BBMV JV (Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering, Alpine BeMo Tunnelling, Morgan Sindall and VINCI Construction) has completed the projects’ first…
First Crossrail TBM breaks ground
Crossrail’s first TBM, Phyllis, has broken ground at Royal Oak to begin construction of the mega-project’s first section of tunnel…
Douglas Oakervee appointed HS2 Chair
Douglas Oakervee has been appointed as the new chair of HS2 Ltd, the independent company set up by the Government…
Crossrail Canary Wharf Station Box complete
Canary Wharf Group plc has completed construction of Canary Wharf Crossrail station’s platform level five months ahead of schedule, making…
Crossrail announce tunnel fit-out shortlist
Crossrail has announced the shortlisted for the major fit-out of the new rail tunnels. The indicative value of the C610…
Vinci wins final Crossrail portal
Crossrail has announced its intention to award the contract for the last remaining tunnel portal at Victoria Dock, C340, to…
First Crossrail TBM prepares
The Mayor of London and the UK Secretary of State for Transport today revealed the first of the eight giant…
Laing O'Rourke set for Crossrail Liverpool Street Station
Crossrail has announced its intention to award the main construction contract C502 for Liverpool Street station to Laing O’Rourke Construction…
Prime Ministers visit Crossrail TBMs
UK Prime Minister David Cameron visited Crossrail’s Westbourne Park site in west London to view the TBMs ahead of Crossrail…
Crossrail segment facility up and running
A new tunnel segment manufacturing facility has begun full operations in west London, pouring the first batch of 250,000 concrete…
New method for Crossrail's Connaught
London’s Crossrail has announced that it has adopted a new approach using cofferdams to restore and enlarge the existing Connaught…
HS2 appoints CH2M Hill development partner
HS2 Ltd has announced the proposed appointment of CH2M Hill, parent company of leading UK consultancy Halcrow, as its development…
HS2 gets the go ahead – with additional tunnelling
The UK Government has today approved HS2. In her speech, Secretary of State for Transport Justine Greening announced that recent…
Crossrail awards muck away contract
Crossrail has awarded the contract to ship excavated material arising from Crossrail’s construction to Wallasea Island, Essex to create a…
First Crossrail TBM unveiled
Crossrail has unveiled the first its eight, 1,000 tonne Herrenknecht TBMs that will construct the 21km of twin-bore tunnels for…
Crossrail awards Farringdon and Whitechapel Stations
Crossrail has today officially announced that it has awarded the main construction contracts for Farringdon and Whitechapel stations. C435 – Farringdon…
Crossrail Bond Street landmark
The Costain Skanska JV has recently completed the construction of the first two of five compensation grout shafts as part…
Crossrail’s first portal completed ahead of schedule
The Costain/Skanska JV has completed construction of Crossrail’s Royal Oak portal almost one month ahead of schedule. Work is now…
Herrenknecht supply final Crossrail TBMs
The remaining two TBMs required to construct Crossrail will be manufactured by Herrenknecht AG, Germany. The final two TBMs will…
Crossrail begins procurement of major tunnel fit-out works
Crossrail today announced that a contract notice has been placed in the Official Journal of the European Union seeking expressions…
Keller wins US$50M Crossrail work
Keller Group plc has announced that it has been awarded two major contracts totalling US$50M relating to the main tunnels…
GLA chip in on HS2
The Greater London Authority’s Transport Committee is calling on the UK Government to rethink its proposals for High Speed 2 rail…
Procurement starts for last Crossrail portal
Crossrail today announced that a contract notice has been placed in the Official Journal of the European Union seeking expressions…
New Pudding Mill Lane station approved
The London Borough of Newham’s Strategic Development Committee has approved plans for the replacement DLR station at Pudding Mill Lane…
HS2 economically flawed says IEA
New research released today by the Institute of Economic Affairs, High Speed 2: the next government project disaster?, shows that the…
Crossrail appointments
Crossrail Limited today announced Former Arup Chairman Terry Hill CBE, will join the Crossrail Board as a new Non-Executive appointment…
Costain-Skanska for Crossrail's Paddington
Crossrail today announced its intention to award the first of the main construction contracts for the new central London stations….
Crossrail lease tunnel logistics facility
London’s Crossrail project has signed an agreement to lease land at Lafarge’s former cement works at Northfleet as a temporary…
Crossrail Station nears finish
Two years on from the start of Crossrail’s construction, Canary Wharf Station, one of the largest along the Crossrail route,…
New Crossrail Chief Executive announced
Crossrail has announced that Andrew Wolstenholme has been appointed as Crossrail’s new Chief Executive, succeeding Rob Holden, who is stepping…
Crossrail Academy to open in September with TBM and SCL training facilities
Crossrail has completed the structural building work on the UK Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy (TUCA). Crossrail and the Department…
Herrenknecht scoops six Crossrail EPBMs for C300 and C305
Crossrail today announced that six of the TBMs required to deliver the new rail tunnels will be manufactured by Herrenknecht…
Crossrail central London stations shortlist
Crossrail has announced the shortlists for the remaining central London stations – Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road, Liverpool Street and…
Crossrail awards last tunnelling contracts
Crossrail today announced its intention to award the remaining 3km of twin bore tunnel contracts, with the US$310M C310 for…
Bethan Haig joins TAM-Normet UK
TAM-Normet has announced that Bethan Haig has joined their team as a Project Manager for Tunnelling & Mining in the…
Crossrail station mock-up unveiled
Crossrail has unveiled a 20m long x 10m wide, with a ceiling height of 5m above the platform-edge doors, mock-up…
Costain/Skanska wins Bond Street enabling work
Crossrail has awarded the Costain/Skanska Joint Venture the contract for the advance civil engineering works at Bond Street Station. The…
Crossrail strengthens Board
Crossrail Limited today announced two new Non-Executive appointments to the Crossrail Board, strengthening it further to help deliver the major…
Crossrail confirms Farringdon shortlist
Crossrail today announced the shortlist for C435 Farringdon station. The following organisations will be invited to tender for the main…
Woolwich Station Box secures funds
Agreement has been reached to build a new ‘station box’ on the Crossrail line through Woolwich on the project’s south-eastern…
BASF gets Crossrail-ready – press release
BASF MEYCO is doubling the size of its UK tunnel team for MEYCO solutions to support the scale of London’s…
Crossrail central station tenders and Paddington shortlist
Following the major tunnelling contract awards last month, Crossrail today started the tender process for a further four central London…
Crossrail Chief Executive steps down
Crossrail Limited has announced that Chief Executive Rob Holden has decided to step down from his current role and will…
Crossrail – the full Ministerial statement
Theresa Villiers, the UK Minister of State for Transport, yesterday addressed government on the current state of Crossrail ahead of…
Crossrail awards tunnel contracts worth US$1.97bn
Crossrail Limited today announced its intention to award the major tunnel contracts for Europe’s largest infrastructure project. The winners are:…
BTS resurrects ‘Underground Construction Conference & Exhibition’
The British Tunnelling Society, in partnership with the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining, the ITA, and the Pipejacking Association,…
‘Striking’ Tottenham Court Road station design unveiled
Crossrail today unveiled striking new designs for the Tottenham Court Road Crossrail station, one of the biggest stations on the…
Crossrail aims for December tunnel contract awards
Crossrail is anticipating award of the major tunnelling contracts in December Tunnelling Journal can confirm. At the Tunnel Design &…
Breaking News – Crossrail safe
UK Chancellor, George Osborne has announced that London’s US$25bn Crossrail scheme has been spared the axe in the UK’s spending…
Ross Dimmock joins TAM-Normet
TAM International has announced that Ross Dimmock has joined the TAM International Group as “Regional Director – Europe & Middle…
VolkerFitzpatrick wins Crossrail Academy contract
VolkerFitzpatrick has been notified by Crossrail of its intention to award them the US$9.6M contract to construct the project’s Tunnelling…
Crossrail gives status report on cost saving opportunities
Crossrail today outlined the progress being made to ensure the scheme is delivered in the most cost effective way and…
Crossrail contract progress to date
Crossrail today announced the shortlist for the refurbishment of the Connaught Tunnel (C315), a major part of the Abbey Wood…
Bond Street Station award
The Costain/Laing O’Rourke JV has beaten off competition from Balfour Beatty and a Taylor Woodrow/BAM Nuttall JV to scoop the…
UK Transport Minister kicks off Farringdon Station construction
UK Transport Minister, The Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP last week helped lay the foundations of London’s next major transport…
BTS' APGUS gets last minute government support
The British Tunnelling Society’s All Party Parliamentary Group for Underground Space was re-convened last night under the UK’s new coalition…
Station visit shows government Crossrail support
UK Transport Secretary, Phillip Hammond further demonstrated the new Government’s intention to proceed with Crossrail, albeit with a firm eye…
Crossrail release Cable Tunnel contract
Crossrail has tendered the US$51M contract C503 construction works for the Broadgate ticket hall at Liverpool Street Station, that includes…
Crossrail’s Morgan strikes at rumour, whilst academy gets funds
Terry Morgan, Crossrail Chairman, last night told the Sky News Channel’s Jeff Randall Live that despite fears to the contrary,…
Crossrail submits OJEU notice for stations
Crossrail has submitted an OJEU notice for the construction of civil advance works for the five central stations, Bond Street,…