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Sandra Scott Challenges and solutions to skills
requirements Cross London Rail Links
Cross London Rail Links Ltd
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Crossrail Route
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Crossrail Interconnections
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Crossrail service specification

• West
• 4 trains per hour (tph) to Maidenhead 2 tph to
  Slough on Great Western Main Line
• 4 tph to Heathrow T1/3 and T4 on Great Western
  Main Line
• 14 tph turn round at Paddington
• Central
• 24 tph in each direction (to 30 tph)
• East
• 12 tph to Shenfield on Great Eastern Main Line
• 12 tph to Abbey Wood on North Kent Line

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Scope

• Surface
• 28 existing stations upgraded (11 major
  reconstructions)
• 4 siding locations and 1 depot
• 1 control centre
• Modifications to surface railways, route length
  90 km
• Sub-surface
• 21 km (twin-bore) new sub-surface railway through
  London
• 7 km sub-surface railway to Heathrow
• 8 new sub-surface stations
• 14 shafts for ventilation, intervention, escape
• Systems Rolling Stock
• Provision of all necessary railway systems
• A mainline train fleet allowing 58 peak period
  services

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Sources of Funds

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• Mayor (National Non-Domestic Rates) 3.5
• TfL Core Contribution 2.7
• LU Savings 0.4
• Land sales 0.5
• Developer Contributions 0.3
• London Planning Charge 0.3
• DfT Grant 5.1
• BAA/City of London 0.5
• Network Rail 2.3
• Depot (DBFO) 0.5
• City of London (additional) 0.1
• Less other residual costs (0.4)
• TOTAL SOURCE OF FUNDS 15.9

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• Demand in London and South East
• Proposed Capital Works Additional to Crossrail

2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
363m
East London Line
9.3bn
Olympics
Thameslink
3bn
Thames Gateway
9bn
M25 Road Widening
1.5bn
15.9bn
Crossrail
Thames Tideway (Completion 2020)
2bn
BAA (Completion of T5 plus Heathrow East (T6) and
Stansted Expansion)
9.3bn
Network Rail (Annual Spend)
1.5bn p.a. (Est.)
LUL PPP (30 Billion over 30 Years)
30bn
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Additional projects labour requirements

• East London Line Up to 2,000 at peak
• 2012 Games 10,000 at peak in 2010 for Olympic
  Park.
• Thameslink Figures included in Network Rail
  figures below
• Thames Gateway Awaiting information from DCLG
• M25 road widening Contract not yet awarded so
  Highways Agency cannot provide any information
• Thames Tideway Project does not have this
  information at present
• BAA Investment Programme to 2103 In the region
  of 8,000 at peak
• Network Rail- between 4,000 and 5,000 people
  required per annum between
• now 2013/14
• LUL Average of about 9,000 workers per annum
  needed between now 2013/14.

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Breakdown figures

• Over 14,000 jobs at peak of construction.
• Peak runs from 2013 -2015
• Number of jobs equivalent to 65,000 employment
  years
• Estimated contractors will bring 60 of workforce
  with them via
• current workers. Market cover 20, Crossrail to
  train remaining 20
• T5 estimated 6,000 staff needed at peak.
  Inducted 62,500
• Crossrail estimate personnel could rise to over
  70,000
• (due to churn)

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Who Is Needed? Manuals Non Manuals

• Over 40 manual trades / occupations alone are
  needed for construction
• 12,000 manuals needed at construction peak in
  2013 2015
• Includes banksmen, crane drivers and joiners
  (over 170 each)
• Concrete finishers (over 450)
• Electricians (over 1,600) and their assistants
  (over 1,600)
• Labourers (over 1,800)
• Mechanical fitters (over 700) and their
  assistants (over 500)
• Over 2,700 required for underground work
  (includes some trades mentioned above)
• 2,000 non manuals needed at their peak end of
  2011 to middle of 2013
• Includes CLRL staff, programme managers, design
  engineers.
• Earlier peak than manuals designing project and
  overseeing implementation.

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Solutions

• How will Crossrail solve the skills gaps
  shortages?
• Work with young people
• Diplomas
• Apprenticeships
• National Skills Academy for Construction
• Tunnelling Academy
• Local Labour
• Links with ODA

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National Skills Academy for Construction

• Working with Construction Skills to attain NSAfC
  status for the project
• Why is National Skills Academy status needed?
• Enable Crossrail to have workers with the right
  skills
• Develop a workforce with sustainable /
  transferable skills
• Assist in the development of the training and
  skills development of the local communities.
• What is involved?
• Formation of Training and Development plan
• Identification of the necessary funding and
  training provision to deliver the Training and
  Development Plan
• Implementation of Plan with emphasis on training
  local people into local jobs

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Tunnelling Academy

• Why the need for an Academy?
• More tunnelling being undertaken in London than
  ever before. Major projects
• in other countries also underway at same time.
• Training provided at Academy
• Underground Construction Safety Pass over 5,000
  people trained
• Sprayed Concrete Construction over 3,000
  people trained
• Tunnelling Boring Machine Technology over
  2,5000 people trained
• Academy will train personnel who will work on
  Crossrail
• Academy provides transferable skills and ensures
  sustainability of employment for trainees.

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Benefits

• Better skilled workforce meet employers needs
  etc
• Reduction of worklessness in South East, London
  and East of England
• Sustainable / transferable skills leads to
• improved employment prospects
• enable workforce to move from project to project
  
• increase in continuous employment

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a world-class, affordable railway delivered
through effective partnerships and project
excellence
Cross London Rail Links Ltd