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CONDEM is cutting everything yet hyping up Crossrail every single day!

AADHIKARonline publishing for Khoodeelaar! No to Big Biz Crossrail scam | 14.12.2010 15:32 | Analysis | Public sector cuts | World

There shouldn't be any jobs cuts anywhere at all! Why? Because Crossrail is 'coming'. This is the message being given out by Big Biz that is behind the propaganda for Crossrail. It is a big con. Like the CONDEM!

When the CONDEM cuts assault on Society in Britain dominate the main economic news every day covering a hundred aspects of life from tuition fees to health the one project that is peddled, as consistently bringing good news is Crossrail. How is this possible?
In real life this impossible.
What then is driving the good news headlines about CrossRail?
A basic logical evidential look at the Crossrail boasts exposes the lies that underlie the plugs.
What are CrossRail plugs like?

Like these [examples]

Crossrail project awards tunnelling contracts
Randstad CPE News - ‎3 hours ago‎
Around £1.25bn worth of contracts have been awarded for tunnelling work on London's Crossrail project. The contracts rank as the most significant tunnelling ...
Crossrail awards € 1,5 billion UK tunnelling contracts KHL Group
Sisk wins €600m rail tunnel deal Irish Times
Sisk to build new London underground rail tunnel Irish Independent
IrishExaminer.com - East London Advertiser
all 11 news articles »
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TCR east sites merged with four year road closure
Transport Briefing - ‎3 hours ago‎
Sprawling works for the Tottenham Court Road Underground/Crossrail station upgrade have been combined to create one of the largest. ...
Team BFK JV Awarded £500m Crossrail Contracts
Build.co.uk - ‎Dec 13, 2010‎
Crossrail Ltd has announced its intention to award a joint venture comprising: BAM Nuttall Ltd, Ferrovial Agroman (UK) Ltd, Kier Construction Ltd. two ...

Telegraph.co.uk
Crossrail awards £1.25bn tunneling contracts
Telegraph.co.uk - ‎Dec 10, 2010‎
Crossrail has awarded £1.25bn of tunnelling contracts in a welcome fillip for the construction industry, with British companies Balfour Beatty and Kier ...
Crossrail awards tunnelling contracts The Engineer
Crossrail awards £1.25bn tunnelling contracts The Construction Index
£1.3bn Crossrail tunnelling contractors revealed Building.co.uk
Builder and Engineer - MayorWatch
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The Wharf
Canary Wharf Crossrail station right on track
The Wharf - Simon Hayes - ‎21 hours ago‎
Michael Bryant, operations executive for Canary Wharf Constructors, is quietly satisfied with the progress on the £500million Crossrail station being built ...
Crossrail awards first tunnelling contracts
Supply Management - Lindsay Clark - ‎Dec 11, 2010‎
The tender has contributed to a reduction in Crossrail's overall estimated cost of around £1 billion. The contracts will create 18km of twin-bore tunnels ...

The Guardian
Waiting for Crossrail
The Guardian - ‎Nov 19, 2010‎
As Crossrail was first announced in 1989, passengers will have waited just 29 years for their first train to arrive. That's a long wait. ...
Crossrail stations plan unveiled BBC News
Minister Unveils New Crossrail Station Designs Build.co.uk
Crossrail station designs go on display MayorWatch
The Wharf - CITY A.M.
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Crossrail launches train procurement programme
Supply Management - Lindsay Clark - ‎Dec 3, 2010‎
London's Crossrail project reached a major milestone this week as the procurement process to buy the trains got under way. The rail system, which will run ...
Crossrail Moves Forward With Major Train And Depot Contract Build.co.uk
Crossrail begins procurement of new train fleet TransportXtra
Crossrail procurement process moves forward Purcon
Building.co.uk - CITY A.M.
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Mouchel loses MD to Aecom
The Construction Index - ‎16 hours ago‎
Notable Aecom projects in Europe include: Crossrail, where it is part of the joint venture providing program management services; project and cost ...

The Construction Index
Crossrail's Farringdon station out to tender
The Construction Index - ‎Nov 25, 2010‎
Bids have been called for the £375m contract to build the Farringdon Crossrail Station in London. Work includes platforms and concourse tunnels that join ...
Crossrail stations designs unveiled in London Computing News
Kulveer Ranger: The London mayor's transport adviser Building.co.uk
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Crossrail station civil engineering jobs unveiled
news.careerstructure.com - ‎Nov 22, 2010‎
Plans for the development of new stations on the high-speed Crossrail line - which is likely to have a significant impact on civil engineering recruitment ...
Letter Missing link in railway vision
Scotsman - ‎Dec 11, 2010‎
This Crossrail route would open up massive benefits of direct train travel (no change needed) between Ayrshire/Inverclyde/Renfrewshire/Paisley and ...
Crossrail architects engineer big savings
Building Design - Andrea Klettner - ‎Nov 26, 2010‎
The review, nicknamed “Project Assure”, was undertaken by Crossrail management in the wake of the Comprehensive Spending Review to deliver a total of more ...
Construction output to fall for two years
Building.co.uk - Joey Gardiner - ‎Dec 6, 2010‎
Spend on rail construction, however, will double by 2015 despite a drive for cost savings on major projects including Crossrail and Thameslink. ...
The Tube boss who is battling to rebuild the world's oldest network
CITY A.M. - Roger Baird - ‎Nov 17, 2010‎
Crossrail, the largest civil engineering project in Europe, must be smoothly integrated into his network. All of this must be managed after an eight per ...

Londonist
Crossrail, As It May Appear On The Tube Map
Londonist - ‎Nov 19, 2010‎
Seven years (and then some) before passengers will even get to board a train, Crossrail has already marked out its place on the Tube map. ...
Bentley Event Focuses on Thought Leadership in Infrastructure
ARC Advisory Group (press release) - Tom Fiske, Janice Abel - ‎Dec 10, 2010‎
Malcolm Taylor, Head of Technical Support Services for London's Crossrail project, gave the keynote address on the second morning of the event. ...
Flooring materials contribute to 'unified Crossrail look'
specifinder.com (press release) - ‎Nov 24, 2010‎
Architects of central London Crossrail stations have unveiled a cohesive set of designs for the buildings all the way through to the flooring materials. ...
Sweden's Skanska to enter UK residential market
Home Move - Gill Montia - ‎Dec 12, 2010‎
Skanska already has a large construction business in the UK and earlier this year was awarded the contract for Crossrail's Pudding Mill Lane Portal, ...
MP calls for electrification for the Great Western main line
Swindon Advertiser - ‎Dec 9, 2010‎
Welsh MP Jonathan Edwards said the project is a 'better deal' than the £16bn Crossrail project in London. Last month, Transport Secretary Philip Hammond ...
Cambridge Index rises 0.4%
Cambridge Network - ‎7 hours ago‎
... announced that its joint venture with BAM Nuttall Ltd and Ferrovial Agroman (UK) Ltd has been awarded two Crossrail contracts worth £500 million. ...
'Wasted opportunity' if rail line not electrified
WalesOnline - Martin Shipton - ‎Nov 22, 2010‎
They could decide to restrict electrification to Maidenhead, the western end of the Crossrail route (bringing trains from east of London through new tunnels ...
London: Mayor Presents Impressive Design for 8 New Crossrail Stations
ShortNews.com - ‎Nov 21, 2010‎
Boris Johnson, the mayor of London, unveiled the plans for the 8 new Crossrail stations which will be finished by 2018. The stations´ drafts were designed ...
Builders on track for railway boost

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