The UK’s Crossrail project has awarded four contracts worth £1.25bn ($1.97bn) for tunnelling works, which will deliver the construction of 18km of twin-bore tunnels under central London.
Nearly 21km of twin-bore tunnel will be constructed for the Crossrail project.
A joint venture (JV) of BAM Nuttall, Ferrovial Agroman and Kier Construction won two contracts worth £500m ($789.4m).
These include two 6.2km C300 Western running tunnels from Royal Oak to Farringdon, and a separate deal for the C410 early access shafts and sprayed concrete lining works for Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road stations tunnel work.
A JV of Dragados, John Sisk & Son Holdings won the C305 Eastern running tunnels deal from Limmo Peninsula to Farringdon and Victoria Dock, and from Stepney Green to Pudding Mill Lane.
C510 early access shafts and sprayed concrete lining works for Whitechapel and Liverpool Street have been awarded to a JV comprising Alpine BeMo Tunnelling, Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall and VINCI Construction Grands Projects.
Tunnelling activity between Paddington and Whitechapel will commence in late 2011 and Crossrail services are expected to begin by 2018.
