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Wolstenholme told RTM: “I think Reading is a great result, both politically and for passengers. It is a better use of capacity on the Great Western Main Line.
“From a delivery standpoint there is a little less work to do at Maidenhead – where the line was originally going to finish – in terms of finding the infrastructure you need for the trains. There is an extra trainset to buy, but the extension has had very little bearing on additional capital costs – but it comes with a great extra service provision and great extra choice. It is a popular move all-round.”
Safety legacy Skills legacy
The Crossrail chief executive added that before anything else he wants to deliver a “first class railway on time, on budget and safely”.
He added that he wants to leave the industry that is delivering the railway “safer and healthier”. He also spoke of his desire to leave a lasting legacy on safety and construction quality.
And, for the most part, this is being delivered. However, unfortunately, earlier this year, the first fatality occurred on the project, when 43-year-old Slovakian national Rene Tkacik, who was employed by a subcontractor working for the Bam Ferrovial Kier joint venture, was killed when he was hit by a falling piece of concrete in Crossrail’s Fisher Street shaft. The inquest is at St Pancras Coroner’s Court in September.
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Crossrail will offer another legacy too, in its people and their skills. The Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy (TUCA) in east London will have offered training to at least 3,500 people in underground construction alone by the end of the project. An apprenticeship programme for 400-500 apprentices has also been put in place, as well as the graduate programme.
“The skills side is very important to Crossrail and to me personally,” said Wolstenholme. “And we have to remember this isn’t just a London and south east based project.
“When you have invested £6bn as we have, so far, in the supply chain, we know that three out of five of all our contracts go outside of London and the south east, and that is very important.”
Crossrail programme director Andy Mitchell said: “Our thoughts and sympathies are with our worker’s family and his colleagues, who have been offered support and counselling. Safety remains the top focus on Crossrail and we strive to make our sites as safe as possible.”
Crossrail health and safety director Steve Hails said: “Our safety record is better than the UK construction industry average and comparable with other large infrastructure projects at a similar phase, with a 31% reduction in the lost- time frequency incident rate recorded in 2013- 14, but there is more to do to manage risk and eliminate injury from our industry.”
David Cameron at TUCA
He added that so far 60% of the supply chain companies who have been awarded contracts are SMEs and 95% of those companies are UK- based. Wolstenholme concluded by explaining what has to happen to achieve his long-term legacy ambitions.
“First and foremost, Crossrail must be delivered on time and on budget; secondly it needs to be done safely; thirdly it must look at the skills and business side; and fourthly it needs to leave behind a stronger industry able to repeat the success we aim to achieve, not just for Crossrail, but for the infrastructure pipeline that follows.”
Andrew Wolstenholme
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