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Major engineering and contracting companies engaged on the Crossrail project to November 2011
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CONTRACT PACKAGES

Contract	Package description	Engaged constructor
C300	Running Tunnels West - Royal Oak to Farringdon
C410 C435	Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road Station early access shafts works Farringdon Station
C305	Running Tunnels East - Limmo Peninsula to Farringdon; Limmo Peninsula to Victoria Dock; Stepney Green to Pudding Mill Lane
C405 C330 C248	Paddington Station Royal Oak Portal Civils Pudding Mill Lane Portal TBM reception chamber
C510 C512	Whitechapel and Liverpool Street early access shafts and works Whitechapel Station
C502	Canary Wharf station delivery by sub-partner Canary Wharf Group Liverpool Street Station
C701	Instrumentation Monitoring
C200	Pudding Mill Lane - Site Facilities	Hot!
C210	Liverpool Street Station Advance Works Package 2
C245	Whitechapel Station Civils, Demolition & Utilities
C240	Bond Street - Civils
C244	Whitechapel Station Civils 1 - Steel Deck Over East London Line
C271	Paddington Integrated Project - Advanced works

DESIGN PACKAGES

Contract	Package description	Engaged firm
C100	Architectural Component Design
C146	Custom House Station
C102	Material & Workmanship Specification
C121	Sprayed Concrete Lining
C124	Railway Systems & Tunnel M&E Services
C131	Paddington Integrated Project
C138	Liverpool Street Station
C122	Bored Tunnels - Alignment & Track	Hot!
C134	Tottenham Court Road
C123	Intermediate Shafts	Hot!
C130	Paddington Station
C136	Farringdon Station
C152	Pudding Mill Lane
C164	Bulk Power Distribution & HV System
C132	Bond Street Station
C140	Whitechapel Station
C154	Victoria Dock Portal
C150	Royal Oak Portal
C156	North Woolwich & Plumstead Portal
C170	Communications & Control System	Hot!

The first of two slurry Mixshields that will excavate 2.6km of twin-running tunnels under the River Thames in London for Crossrail is launched.

TBM Sophia launches for River Thames crossing

The launch of 7.1m diameter TBM Sophia from the Plumstead shaft for the Hochtief/ Murphy joint venture means that five of the eight Herrenknecht machines that will excavate more than 40km of tunnels under London are now in the ground.

To date just over 4km has been completed, and five of the 10 drives are now under way. Sophia's sister machine Mary, which will excavate the parallel tunnel under the River Thames, is scheduled for launch in the middle of this year (2013).

TBMs Phyllis and Ada, the first pair to be launched for the BAM Nuttall/ Ferrovial Agroman/ Kier (BFK) joint venture in May and August last year (2012), have already achieved 2,050m (Phyllis) and 1,038m (Ada) of their 6.4km drives respectively.

TBMs Elizabeth and Victoria, launched a few days apart last month (December 2012), have so far achieved just over 200m of their 8.4km drives for the Dragados/ Sisk joint venture.

Eight TBMs will complete 10 parallel drives for Crossrail

Sophia, launched yesterday (9 January, 2013), is one of only two slurry Mixshields that have been procured for the project, the rest being EPBMs. She is specially equipped to deal with the chalk, flint and wet ground conditions that will be encountered in southeast London. The other six EPBMs will bore through mainly London Clay.

"The launch of Sophia, Crossrail's fifth tunnelling machine, demonstrates the great progress the project is making, stimulating the economy, generating thousands of jobs during construction and delivering huge transport improvements to people living in southeast London," said Stephen Hammond, Crossrail Minister.

"The start of tunnelling in southeast London marks another milestone for Crossrail, a project that will transform public transport in and around the capital," said Andrew Wolstenholme, Crossrail Chief Executive. "The benefits for southeast London are huge - for the first time people living between Abbey Wood and the Royal Docks will be able to travel right through the centre of the capital without having to change trains, bringing Canary Wharf, the West End and Heathrow closer than ever before."

The Crossrail route will pass through 37 stations and run 118km (73 miles) from Maidenhead and Heathrow in the west, to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east. The total cost of the project is estimated at £14.5 billion (US$23.2 billion).

* All eight TBMs for Crossrail are manufactured by Herrenknecht
** TBMs Elizabeth and Victoria will complete Drive G following completion of Drive Y
An up to date version of this table (September 2014) is available here

References

Crossrail launches first TBM - TunnelTalk, May 2012
SCL to create Crossrail junction caverns - TunnelTalk, September 2012
Herrenknecht begins roll out of Crossrail orders - TunnelTalk, December 2011
Crossrail launches TBM interactive mapping - TunnelTalk, October 2012
All Crossrail TBMs in the Herrenknecht basket - TunnelTalk, September 2011

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