All crossrail articles – Page 6
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Former Crossrail boss points finger at supply chain for delays
Andrew Wolstenholme tells MPs project was given timescales that were “materially inaccurate and wrong”
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Part of Crossrail testing programme slips further behind schedule
Work to run trains close together now won’t start until June, nearly three months after original plan
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Past and present Crossrail bosses to face MPs, all at the same time
The current and previous project leadership teams will be questioned next week
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Crossrail told to ‘incentivise’ contractors to get job done
NAO warns contractors unlikely to prioritise Crossrail work on lump-sum, fixed-price contracts
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Crossrail: the NAO report shows the dangers of believing your own hype
Blind belief has been this project’s undoing; realism and certainty are now the order of the day
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Multiplex picked for £50m Crossrail office job at Bond Street
The contractor has been signed up under an early engagement contract
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Crossrail: Regrets, it has a few
Today’s NAO report shows a litany of very costly programming mistakes, can the new bosses get it back on track?
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Features
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Scheme’s boss reveals tunnelling to blame for Bond Street Crossrail delays
Mark Wild told the London Assembly that tunnelling had held up the station by a year
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Crossrail overspend on stations tops £2bn
National Audit Office report also reveals Crossrail has spent £936m on ‘compensation events’
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Latest Crossrail delivery timetable to be tested by London Assembly
Crossrail heavy hitters to answer questions on plan to finish late-running rail project
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More grillings coming the way of Crossrail bosses
Public Accounts Committee set to get its chance after last week’s news scheme won’t open until March 2021
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Office workers getting the shakes from Laing O'Rourke on Crossrail
Contractor says nearby businesses were given warning about the work
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Crossrail: Heads would have rolled, if they hadn’t gone already
Who will finally admit it was their fault the job is so late?
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Crossrail won't open until March 2021
Chief executive says six month opening window to start from October 2020
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London Assembly says others need to take their share of Crossrail blame, not just Terry Morgan
Former chairman the ‘fall guy’ but ex-chief executives including Andrew Wolstenholme also responsible for debacle
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New opening date for Crossrail set to be made public next week
TfL chief and London mayor expected to join railway's bosses at London Assembly briefing next Thursday
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TfL boss facing further grilling over Crossrail woe
London Assembly to question Mike Brown why "nobody seems willing to take responsibility" for scheme's problems
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Crossrail chief challenged decision to withhold bonus months before scheme bust deadline
City Hall report says Andrew Wolstenholme’s attitude was ‘symptomatic of culture which encouraged denial of responsibility’
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Crossrail opening ‘could be delayed until 2021’
The “best case scenario” would see Crossrail open in spring 2020