Launch of Crossrail learning legacy environment theme
This is the first in a series of Crossrail Learning Legacy webinars focused on the Environment Theme, hosted by our partners at CIRIA and IEMA. This webinar aims to provide an overview of the Crossrail Learning Legacy programme and provide an introduction to Crossrail's approach to dealing with the environmental impact of building a large new infrastructure project.
Background
The Crossrail Learning Legacy is the collation and dissemination of good practice, innovation and lessons learned from the Crossrail construction programme aimed at raising the bar in industry and showcasing UK PLC.
This webinar will explain how the legacy programme was set up , building on the work previously undertaken on the London 2012 Learning Legacy and how it aims to contribute to an overall body of knowledge on major construction projects. Sharing knowledge, insight, documents, templates, datasets and access to experts is key to the project.
Building new infrastructure can require the use of significant natural resources and may impact the people and areas surrounding it. Crossrail’s challenge has been to minimise these impacts as much as possible without compromising the need to deliver the project on time and within funding. Protection of the physical environment including natural resources, minimising the impact of noise, vibration and emissions from site operations, beneficial use of excavated materials combined with one of the most extensive archaeological programmes ever undertaken in the UK were all part of a wide environmental remit. Having set the Legacy programme context this webinar will provide an overview of the content of the environmental Learning Legacy theme that will form the basis to this series of environmental Crossrail Learning Legacy webinars.
Speakers
Simon Bennett, Head of Learning Legacy, Crossrail