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Crossrail announces shortlist for running tunnels contracts

Crossrail Limited today confirmed the shortlist of bidders for two principal tunnelling contracts - Package C300 for Western Running Tunnels and Package C305 for Eastern Running Tunnels.
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Crossrail appoints Head of Procurement

Crossrail Ltd (CRL) today appointed Martin Rowark as Head of Procurement. Reporting directly to Commercial Director Martin Buck, he will lead the CRL Procurement Division to achieve best value in the delivery of the procurement requirements of the Crossrail project to programme and budget. Mr Rowark will join Crossrail on 21 December 2009.
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Farringdon to become one of London's busiest transport hubs - Minister sees work in progress - DfT & Network Rail release

Transport minister Sadiq Khan visited Farringdon station today to see Network Rail's progress on the £250m scheme which will transform it into one of London's busiest transport hubs.
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Crossrail at Civils 2009

Crossrail is exhibiting at Civils 2009 - the UK's largest civil engineering event being held at Earls Court 2, London on 25-26 November.
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Crossrail announces tunnelling academy public consultation

Members of the public are invited by Crossrail, the new railway for London and the South East, to view its proposals for a new tunnelling academy at three "open-day" consultation sessions.
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Four in a telephone box - why Crossrail and Tube investment are vital - London First release

Business organisation London First has today (Tuesday 27 October 2009) unveiled research (link to full report in notes to editors) which shows the benefits - to passengers and to the economy - of maintaining investment in the Tube, and the impacts for commuters of postponing it.
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New Crossrail route safeguarded - DfT release

The Government is to protect the route of a potential future Crossrail extension from Abbey Wood to Gravesend in Kent, Transport Minister Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP announced today.
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Crossrail will move five million tonnes of earth via river

London's business leaders have reiterated their support for the Crossrail project on the day Crossrail announces that more than five million tonnes of material excavated from the project will be transported by boat along the Thames for use in landscaping projects. These include a new 1,500 acre nature reserve at Wallasea Island in Essex.
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Crossrail demonstrates commitment to disability equality

Crossrail Ltd, the company behind the largest addition to Britain's transport system for more than 50 years, has become the latest organisation to join Employers' Forum on Disability's (EFD) gold group.
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Small firms make a bid for Crossrail - LCCI release

The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) is today bringing together small businesses from its membership and Crossrail bosses to discuss how firms can win contracts to supply the infrastructure project.
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