Jobcentre Plus advisers giving guidance to a job seeker at the Crossrail Visitor Information centre

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1 Crossrail Bulletin FREEPOST CROSSRAIL ISSUE 20 Mar 2010 Crossing the Capital Connecting the UK Jobcentre Plus - at the Visitor Information Centre Crossrail is committed to offering local people the chance to increase their skills and to work on what will be the largest construction project in Europe. As part of our commitment to ensure opportunities to work on the construction of Crossrail are made available to those in the areas the railway will serve, we have entered into an agreement with JobCentre Plus to provide staff at the Crossrail Visitor Information Centre to help walk-in enquirers. Jobcentre Plus offers a wealth of expertise and a service dedicated to the needs of Crossrail contractors. As well as offering invaluable advice and guidance to employers and applicants, Jobcentre Plus are in touch with a network of local and specialist job brokerage services to help source suitable candidates for vacancies. The job brokerage service sources job-ready candidates for contractor vacancies and supports local people in applying for jobs. They match the right people to the right jobs and help people to access the training and skills needed. Jobcentre Plus advisers giving guidance to a job seeker at the Crossrail Visitor Information centre For information, visit crossrail.co.uk/company/careers-andtraining/construction-jobs Drivers being trained Building Crossrail Safely - Lorry driver training Crossrail has introduced a training programme for every lorry driver who will be regularly working on the construction of Crossrail to be trained on how to drive carefully near cyclists. The programme aims to give drivers the skills needed to navigate London s busy roads safely. It is estimated that over the next seven years approximately 3,500 professional drivers will complete the tailored training course, which has been developed in consultation with cycling and road safety campaign groups and is supported by the freight industry. The training is based on that offered through Transport for London s Freight Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) and has been specially designed to focus on the lorry routes that drivers working on Crossrail will use. Crossrail aspires to build the railway in a way that achieves zero accidents across the Programme.

2 Design Contracts Crossrail awarded the remaining set of contracts for detailed design work on 5 January. These five awards conclude the competitions for the design of Crossrail under the framework agreement phase announced in December Material & workmanship specifications - Mott MacDonald Paddington Integrated Programme - Mott MacDonald Custom House station Atkins Rolling stock and depots - Mott MacDonald Communications & control systems - Parsons Brinckerhoff Crossrail Near You The Crossrail website now has a new function to enable information about Crossrail works to be easily located. Called Near You, it allows you to search a map, by zooming and scrolling or by entering street names or postcodes to zoom in, to locate areas where works are happening. Each work item shows the title, a brief description and the duration of the works. You can then access the relevant materials which have been created to describe and communicate the work. Near You will continue to develop over the course of the project and the information will be kept up to date by Crossrail and our contractors. The tunnel route will be added soon. These contracts complete the procurement of design work for Crossrail and finalise the members of a world class team of design consultants and architects working to deliver the railway. Tunnel Construction Contract Expressions of interest were invited for the third and final running tunnel contract, Package C310 - Thames Tunnel, on 16 February. The contract comprises the construction of twin 6m diameter bored tunnels under the Thames from Plumstead to North Woolwich. The length of each drive is approximately 2.6 km. Near You on the Crossrail website Crossrail Bulletin March 2010

3 New ticket hall at Bond Street TfL has invited tenders for the construction of the new London Underground Bond Street ticket hall on the north side of Oxford Street. Tenders are to be returned by April 2010 and the contract is planned to be awarded by the summer. Main construction is due to begin in late 2010 with the redevelopment of the station completed in early When work is complete in 2017 the station will benefit from a new ticket hall on Marylebone Lane, This will increase capacity and provide step-free-access to both the Central and Jubilee lines, with additional escalators to the Jubilee line and a new low-level passenger interchange between the Central and Jubilee lines which will reduce congestion and improve journey times. Passengers will no longer need to travel to the station s mid-level to interchange between these two lines. To facilitate the construction of the new northern ticket hall on Marylebone Lane, the buildings at Oxford Street will be compulsorily purchased and demolished. This process will begin in summer Utility diversions around Crossrail s Bond Street Hanover Square station entrance began in February and will continue throughout 2010 when the main works are expected to commence to excavate the station platform tunnels. 65 Davies Street was acquired on 1 March, Utility diversions are expected to commence in early April and will be phased in the surrounding roads to minimise impacts to local traffic and properties. Fisher Street All the properties required for the Fisher Street shaft have been acquired and hoardings have been erected to facilitate the start of the demolition of the properties at the end of March. The façade of the listed building at 8-10 Southampton Row is to be retained because of its heritage value. Façade of the listed building at 8-10 Southampton Row Royal Oak Network Rail began preparatory work to relocate some railway equipment at the site of Crossrail s future tunnel entrance just west of Paddington in late January. This work is being managed by Network Rail on behalf of Crossrail. Work on the tunnel portal structure by Crossrail will follow, involving the construction of a 190 metre long diaphragm walled box to form the foundation from which the first tunnel boring machine will start out on its 6.2km journey from Royal Oak towards Farringdon. Artists impression of the new London Underground Bond Street entrance Construction of the western tunnel portal will continue following the start of tunnelling and will be completed in keeping communities informed

4 Tottenham Court Road eastern ticket hall London Underground will start constructing the new Tube station at Tottenham Court Road this year. This follows the first stage of work completed during 2009 on Charing Cross Road London Underground has appointed VINCI BAM Nuttall as their contractor to build the station. Over the next twelve months, VINCI BAM Nuttall will set up on site and start the piling and excavations for an escalator shaft to the east of Charing Cross Road. When complete, this shaft will house three new escalators which will serve the Northern line and reduce crowding on both the existing escalators and the Northern line platforms. Work started on Dean Street ticket hall The development of the new Crossrail ticket hall on Dean Street at the Western end of Tottenham Court Road station started in November 2009 with preparations for the demolition of properties on the ticket hall site. Liverpool Street Land and property has now been acquired which is needed for the construction of ticket halls and station shafts for Crossrail s Liverpool Street Station. Buildings in Moorgate, Moorfields and Blomfield Street will be demolished to make way for Crossrail s Moorgate ticket hall and shafts for housing station equipment, ventilation, intervention and escape. Part of Finsbury Circus Gardens has also been acquired and will be used to build station platform tunnels and as a central supporting worksite for works at Broadgate and Moorgate. During the works environmental impacts will be mitigated as far as possible. On completion of the works in 2016 the gardens and bowling green will be fully reinstated in consultation with the City of London. Hoardings have been erected around the affected buildings and the contractor has begun to remove the internal fittings and fixtures. Structural demolition should begin in April 2010, when the buildings will be dismantled floor by floor in a similar manner to the site on the north-west corner of Charing Cross Road. This work will be complete by the end of the year and the site will then be prepared for station tunnelling works. Artists impression of Moorgate entrance Farringdon Work to deconstruct Cardinal Tower, the twelve storey building opposite the existing entrance to Farringdon station, has progressed well. Cardinal Tower is making way for an integrated ticket hall giving access to Thameslink and Crossrail services. The building is down to street level and in May work will have started on the foundations for the new ticket hall. This will be in use by the end of Crossrail s eastern Farringdon ticket hall will be located close to the existing London Underground Barbican station. Work will shortly begin on the demolition of buildings for the construction of this ticket hall. Crossrail Bulletin March 2010

5 Whitechapel Crossrail is working closely with the East London line project and will take over their construction site at Essex Wharf as soon as the East London line works are completed to minimise the disruption and land take in the area from the construction works. This will enable early preparatory works in advance of the main construction works for the new Crossrail station at Whitechapel. Stepney Green Crossrail is working closely with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to ensure that Stepping Stones farm can operate despite Crossrail requiring land in that area for the construction of a ventilation shaft. To this end, a first phase of works is planned for April to reconfigure the fields and install fencing. Canary Wharf The coffer dam in West India Dock North has been completed. On 11 February Rob Holden together with the Transport Minister Sadiq Khan MP switched on pumps to drain nearly 100 million litres - the equivalent of 40 Olympic swimming pools - from within the coffer dam. The pumps transfered water from inside the site s specially constructed coffer dam to the North Dock at a maximum rate of 13,500 litres per minute. When the water level dropped to approximately one metre above the dock bed, specialist contractors went into the dock to safely remove and relocate the fish and aquatic life that was present. Now the draining works are complete, the station box can be constructed in a dry environment - a similar technique to that used in the construction of the London Underground Canary Wharf station nearby. This is being done in advance of the requirements of the project programme for the benefit of the farm. It will mean the growing season will not be interrupted this year for the allotment holders and allow time for the grass to establish in the fields for the animals in advance of the winter. Pigs at Stepping Stones Farm The dewatered station site at West India Dock keeping communities informed

6 Paddington Station Underground Construction Academy on the way Crossrail needs an Underground Construction Academy to address the shortage of people with the necessary skills to work on the project. On 17 March 2010 Terry Morgan CBE, chairman of Crossrail Ltd welcomed the announcement by Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson that the Learning & Skills Council is to provide 5m of funding for the development of a new Underground Construction Academy. Artist impression of canal side entrance The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment Crossrail design review panel has given its support to Weston Williamson s designs for part of Paddington station, including the Hammersmith & City and Circle line Underground station and the new canal side entrance. When complete it will create a much improved facility for passengers. We are delighted to receive 5m in funding from the Learning & Skills Council. This is great news for the programme and great news for the tunnelling and underground construction industry, said Mr Morgan. This decision means we can now progress our plans to build this fantastic training facility, which the industry so urgently needs. A site for the tunnelling academy has been acquired at Aldersbrook Sidings in Newham. Enabling works have begun including general site clearance, utility surveys and site fencing. The contractor for construction is expected to be appointed in the summer. Information about the Academy can be found on the Crossrail website at tunnelling-academy The worksite for the new ticket hall has been established. Work will now proceed with piling to protect the canal wall and provide foundations for the new facilities and the demolition of the existing (disused) ramp. Work to facilitate the construction of the Crossrail station box on the south west side of Paddington station is expected to commence in July 2010 with utility diversions along the length of Eastbourne Terrace. Artists impression of the Underground Construction Academy Contact Information helpdesk (24-hours, 7-days a week) helpdesk@crossrail.co.uk website post FREEPOST CROSSRAIL (no postage or address required) Delivering a world-class affordable railway safely through effective partnerships