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Crossrail Bond Street Station

Bond Street, London, UK · 2009-2022 · £110 million (main station works contract for Costain/Skanska JV, part of the larger Crossrail budget)

The judgement call

Account-gated at launch

The project experienced significant delays and cost overruns, resulting in Crossrail taking over construction from the initial joint venture. - Highlighted the complexities of managing large-scale infrastructure projects with multiple stakeholders and challenging underground conditions. - Lessons learned in contract management and risk mitigation for complex urban tunnelling and station builds.

Key engineering challenges

Construction of a deep underground mined station in a congested urban area. - Integration with existing London Underground Jubilee and Central lines while maintaining operations. - Managing complex ground conditions and existing utilities. - Significant project management challenges leading to delays and cost overruns.

Project facts

Client / owner: Crossrail
Lead contractor: Costain Skanska Joint Venture (CSJV) (initially); Crossrail (took over construction in 2020)
Lead designers: Atkins (as part of Halcrow Atkins JV); Hawkins\Brown (Elizabeth Line station design)
Project type: new build; upgrade
Scale: Mined station, 28m below ground; platforms up to 255m; two new ticket halls (Davies Street and Hanover Square).
Disciplines: Civil engineering; structural engineering; tunnelling; architecture; fire safety engineering; project management
Standards & frameworks: Crossrail project standards; UK building and railway standards.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_Street_station; https://learninglegacy.crossrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/7K-008-Evolution-of-the-design-for-Bond-Street-Elizabeth-line-station.pdf; https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/bond-street-the-story-behind-crossrails-problem-station-11-02-2022/; https://group.skanska.com/media/press-releases-articles/45162/Skanska-awarded-Bond-Street-Crossrail-main-station-works-in-the-UK%2C-worth-GBP-55-M%2C-about-SEK-554-M; https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/crossrails-bond-street-what-lessons-can-we-learn-24-10-2022/; https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/bond-street-crossrail-station-delayed-until-2019; https://www.dr-sauer.com/projects/bond-street-station-upgrade-execution

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