November 2012

New Contractor at the Heath Road site

BBMV (a joint venture comprising of Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering, Duration of work Morgan Sindall and VINCI Construction) has been awarded the  Excavation of a shaft contract for the construction and fit out of the Crossrail within the Cambridge station. This is in addition to the works which BBMV are already Heath Road site from December 2012 onwards undertaking to construct access shafts and platform tunnels. BBMV will start works on the construction and fit out in the Cambridge Heath  Works are scheduled to take place during normal Road site (located south of Sainsbury’s car park) from Monday 3 working hours: December 2012 onwards. Weekday working hours BBMV will take over from Bam Nuttall Kier JV C511, who will leave 08:00 to 18:00 the Cambridge Heath Road site following the completion of the Weekend working hours capping beams which reinforce and join the diaphragm walls panels Saturday 08:00 to 13:00 of the shaft together. This work will provide structural integrity to the completed shaft. What to expect

Initial activity in the Cambridge Heath Road site will be low impact  Initial low impact enabling works such as the enabling works, to allow site establishment. These works will include construction of a concrete the installation of concrete foundations, slabs and the erection of site slab in the north of the site accommodation cabins. and the installation of a tower crane slab within the Works are expected to take place during normal site working hours east of the site between 08.00 and 18.00 Mondays to Fridays and from 08.00 to  Erection of 13.00 on Saturdays. accommodation cabins on the site perimeter New site accommodation cabins are proposed on the Cambridge Heath Road perimeter (to the north-east) of the site. The design of the existing cabins in the south-west corner of the site will be What we will do reconfigured, without any increased intrusion on local residents.  Monitor noise and dust. These plans are subject to local authority approval and may be We will keep within the levels permitted by subject to change. Final configuration is yet to be confirmed. London Borough of Tower Hamlets

We apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused as a result of our works. If you have any queries, please contact the Crossrail 24-hour public helpdesk on 0345 602 3813 or email [email protected] Please contact the Crossrail helpdesk if you would like to receive works information via email in advance of the printed copy. Alternatively you can sign up to receive email notifications about stations of interest by visiting www.crossrail.co.uk/contact Crossrail services will commence through the central tunnelled section in late 2018 followed by a phased introduction of services along the rest of the Crossrail route. C512-XRL-Z1-XBU-CR001-50001 About Crossrail Crossrail is the new high frequency, convenient and accessible railway for London and the South East.

When the service opens Crossrail trains will travel from

Maidenhead and Heathrow in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east via new twin tunnels under . It will link Heathrow Airport, the West End, the City of London and .

Travelling on Crossrail will dramatically reduce journey times:

Example journey times in With Now minutes Crossrail Slough – Tottenham Court Road 55 32

Romford – Bond Street 43 35 Whitechapel – Abbey Wood 49 15

Ealing Broadway – Farringdon 38 17 Heathrow – Liverpool Street 55 32

Heathrow – Canary Wharf 71 40

Maidenhead – Liverpool Street 71 46 Paddington - Canary Wharf 30 16

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We apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused as a result of our works. If you have any queries, please contact the Crossrail 24-hour public helpdesk on 0345 602 3813 or email [email protected] Please contact the Crossrail helpdesk if you would like to receive works information via email in advance of the printed copy. Alternatively you can sign up to receive email notifications about stations of interest by visiting www.crossrail.co.uk/contact Crossrail services will commence through the central tunnelled section in late 2018 followed by a phased introduction of services along the rest of the Crossrail route. C512-XRL-Z1-XBU-CR001-50001