Construction Magazine November 2014 | Page 59

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Projects Boasting a comprehensive set of skills in ground excavation , Joseph Gallagher remains involved in large-scale projects in the capital , including for Crossrail , for which it created five grout shafts at Bond Street C411 for Costain-Skanska , and the Connaught tunnel section of the Connaught passage for Taylor-Woodrow , a contract worth over £ 6 million . It is still working on the C360 Costain-Skanska Mile-End and Eleanor Street contract worth circa £ 10m .
Elsewhere , for the London Underground , Gallagher is building the Bond Street station upgrade for Costain-Laing O ’ Rourke for £ 15m and working on the National Grid London Power Tunnels for Costain-Skanska , valued at £ 20m over three years .
Another specialist area and key part of the business is Gallagher ’ s exceptional deep basement and zero pile work for private property developers working on multi-storey housing in central London .
Gallagher has also performed strongly in the mining sector for a decade , successfully delivering multiple projects for various clients , including a new mine in County Monaghan , Ireland in 2006 for a British Gypsum subsidiary .
The Group also recently completed a 1.2 kilometre , eight-metre tunnel for a private mine in Northern Ireland , demonstrating its specialist capabilities in design and construction of mine access tunnels .

Key Personnel

Richard Dexter Tunnelling Director
30 years experience tunnelling and shaft sinking for Cairo wastewater , Channel Tunnel , Jubilee Line extension , CTRL phases 1 & 2 and now Crossrail 315 & 360
Tunnel Construction for Thameslink 2000
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