29.02.16
Crossrail to share lessons learned with infrastructure industry
Crossrail have launched a new website to share lessons learned from the project with the wider UK infrastructure industry.
The Crossrail Learning Legacy project will share material such as technical papers, peer-reviewed case studies and procedures, dealing with topics including health and safety, project management, engineering and the environment, on a special website, which can be viewed here.
The website, which will be updated every six months, launched at an industry event on Friday.
Andrew Wolstenholme, Crossrail chief executive, said: “Passing on the lessons and good practice that we have learned at Crossrail is an absolutely essential part of raising the bar in the delivery of major projects.
“With an unprecedented number of infrastructure schemes around the corner, now is the time to start sharing what we have learned so the UK can build on its reputation for delivering safely, on time and on budget.”
It was also announced last week that Crossrail is to be named the Elizabeth Line in honour of the Queen.
The central section of the east-west railway, which will allow 24 trains an hour in both directions to run across London and the south east and eventually stretch from Reading and Heathrow to Shenfield and Abbey Wood, is due to open in 2018.
The most recent edition of RTM includes an interview with Crossrail railway systems construction manager Greg Purcell who discussed the complex task of fitting out the new £14.8bn railway’s tunnels.