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Published

26th May 2023

Knowledge Type

Learning legacies

Organisation

, Crossrail Ltd

Major Project

Crossrail

Central Communications – Improving Formal Communications on a Major Project

Summary

A key challenge to a major programme is establishing a mechanism to efficiently communicate information from the centre, down to multiple site teams and into the supply chain. This paper explains how the contract management system was developed to incorporate directions to site times (“CECs”). The CEC process was integral to ensuring the safe and efficient integration of the railway, particularly through the programme’s later stages, including COVID recovery and railway commissioning.