Posts Tagged ‘Crossrail’

So, one of the worst kept secrets at Crossrail is official: Rob Holden CBE will take over from Doug Oakervee OBE as Chairman in April. Here’s the press release. Difficult to think of a better guy for the job with his proven track record of delivering to time and to budget on High Speed 1. [...]

Barack H. Obama has been sworn in as the new US President. In these undoubtedly hard times, America and much of the world looks to him as a beacon of hope. Today the celebrations cease and the hard work begins.
And there is plenty of work to do, whether it’s in the US, here in the [...]

Among the reasons 12% more visitors came to Civils 2008 than the year before were the great mix of exhibitors, the conference, seminars and the overall networking opportunities. That said, there is no denying that major projects exhibitors drew the crowds, with Crossrail being one of the biggest and most popular.
Hailed by Gordon Brown as [...]

So it’s January 2009 now and we’ve all been back at work for at least a week. I hope you were able to have a relaxing time over Christmas and New Year, because it sure looks like it’s going to be a really tough year in 2009. If people were being gloomy about the economy [...]

I was lucky enough to attend the breakfast briefing with Theresa Villiers MP, Shadow Transport Minister and Kulveer Ranger, Boris Johnson’s Director of Transport for London: both very interesting. Theresa Villiers was quick to confirm that the Conservatives would continue to support Crossrail if they form the next Government. In the light of the Tories’ [...]

Well I am no politico, but I did find myself agreeing with a lot of what Nick Raynsford MP has to say at today’s keynote speech. He started by telling Faisal Islam, the conference chair and Channel 4’s Economics Correspondent that politicians and the media are talking up the downturn too much. Well, he would [...]

It’s refreshing to hear good news these days. Steve Norris, Jarvis Executive Chairman, TfL board member and former Transport Minister opened Civils 2008 with a very upbeat assesment of the industry’s prospects in his breakfast briefing today. He said workloads are secure for civils consultants and contractors. In London alone he highlighted the wealth of projects [...]

I’ve managed to get a sneak preview of the Civils show floor and conference centres today and it’s looking like it’s going to be a great show. ACO, the channel drainage people have a very large and impressive stand in the entrance and the Major Projects exhibitors like Crossrail, Metronet, BAA, The Highways Agency, Sellafield, [...]