Crossrail submitted an Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) notice for work at five Crossrail stations in London.
The work will include diaphragm walling, shaft construction, piling and associated works.
Programme director Andy Mitchell said, “These significant pieces of work will be crucial to the Crossrail programme as they will enable each station to receive the Tunnel Boring Machines on schedule at its site.”
The five stations are Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road, Farringdon Station, Liverpool Street and Whitechapel.
Up to 14,000 people will be employed at the peak of Crossrail construction in 2013-2015, with an estimated further 7000 jobs created indirectly. Tunnelling work will start in 2011, with Crossrail scheduled to open for service in 2017.
Crossrail is Europe’s largest construction project.
