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Crossrail appoints Commercial Director
Date: 03.07.2009
Date: 03.07.2009
Crossrail Ltd has appointed Martin Buck as Crossrail's Commercial Director. Working directly with Chief Executive Rob Holden, Martin Buck will lead Crossrail's commercial function to ensure that Crossrail establishes and fulfils all the necessary commercial agreements required to deliver the Crossrail project. Mr Buck who was previously on secondment to Crossrail as Commercial Director from 2005 to 2008 will start his new role on 6 July 2009.
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Crossrail Implementation Director appointed
Date: 15.06.2009
Date: 15.06.2009
Crossrail Ltd today appointed David Bennett, currently Deputy Crossrail Project Representative to the newly created position of Implementation Director. Mr Bennett will start his new role on 20 July 2009.
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Crossrail to award second batch of detailed design contracts
Date: 12.06.2009
Date: 12.06.2009
Crossrail today announced its intention to award the second set of contracts for detailed design services under its framework agreements.
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Crossrail awards first batch of detailed design contracts
Date: 29.05.2009
Date: 29.05.2009
Crossrail today announced its intention to award the first set of contracts for detailed design services under its framework agreements.
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Crossrail announces Small Claims administrator
Date: 26.05.2009
Date: 26.05.2009
Crossrail has today appointed OSG-Miller International as the administrator for its Small Claims Scheme
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Mayor listens and acts on reaction to Crossrail planning charge proposals
Date: 18.05.2009
Date: 18.05.2009
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has today published revised proposals for alterations to the London Plan to help fund Crossrail. The alterations were first announced last December so that new office developments, in central London and in the northern part of the Isle of Dogs could be required, through the planning system, to make a financial contribution towards the cost of Crossrail.
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Crossrail Programme Director Appointed
Date: 18.05.2009
Date: 18.05.2009
Crossrail Ltd today appointed Andrew Mitchell, the current Major Programme Director with Network Rail's Thameslink Programme, as Programme Director for Crossrail. Dr Graham Plant, Interim Crossrail Programme Director will remain with the project until Mr Mitchell joins later in the year, to enable a smooth transition to be made at Crossrail and the Thameslink Programme.
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Construction of Crossrail begins as foundations laid for new Canary Wharf station
Date: 15.05.2009
Date: 15.05.2009
Crossrail, London's first new major railway in a generation, reached a landmark moment today as the Mayor of London Boris Johnson and the Prime Minister Gordon Brown marked the start of construction of Crossrail at a breakfast briefing with UK business leaders.
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Laing O'Rourke selected as preferred bidder for Isle of Dogs Crossrail Station
Date: 08.05.2009
Date: 08.05.2009
Canary Wharf Group plc (CWG) has selected Laing O'Rourke as preferred bidder for enabling and civil engineering works at the Isle of Dogs Crossrail Station at Canary Wharf in London.
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Next stage of Tottenham Court Road Tube station redevelopment to get underway shortly
Date: 01.05.2009
Date: 01.05.2009
With the next phase of redevelopment works at Tottenham Court Road Tube station about to begin, Transport for London (TfL) is preparing to install a 40 metre-high crane to assist with the works in the Charing Cross Road area.
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