Big Crossrail contracts awardedToday, in London, Crossrail has awarded the first of nearly 30 major jobs, comprising EUR1.48 billion of construction contracts for the main project tunnel drives and four big stations. C300 western running tunnels Royal Oak to Farringdon and C410 Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road stations went to the jv of BAM Nuttall/Ferrovial Agroman UK/Kier Construction. C305 eastern running tunnels Limmo Peninsula to Farringdon, Limmo Peninsula to Victoria Dock, Stepney Green to Pudding Mill Lane went to Dragados/John Sisk. C510 Whitechapel and Liverpool Street stations went to Alpine Bemo/Balfour Beatty/Morgan Sindall/Vinci. For full project history visit tunnelbuilder archive uk/40 and www.crossrail.co.uk. 49/10.