Abstract
In March 2009, construction work started on the first brand new London underground railway line for a generation. As the Mayor of London pushed the button on the first pile drive in Canary Wharf at the heart of London’s Docklands financial centre, the £15 billion, 9 year construction project was formally underway. So where was archaeology on that day?
Highlights
This forum hopes to highlight these challenges and opportunities
Carver: The Challenges and Opportunities for Mega-Infrastructure Projects and Archaeology began with appointment of archaeological consultants in 2004 as part of the team developing the Environmental Statement (ES) as required by the European Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) regulations (EU 1985)
Preparing for Unexpected Finds The archaeological information in the ES was accompanied by an information paper (Crossrail 2007) and Generic Archaeology Project Design or ‘Written Scheme of Investigation (WSI)’ (Crossrail 2008b) which summarised, in brief, what the process of assessment and consultation had concluded about dealing with archaeological remains
Summary
This forum hopes to highlight these challenges and opportunities. It endeavours to put forward some fundamental, some practi-. The desk study work undertaken for the ES was able to highlight four categories of archaeological risk, and apply these to the 40 construction sites required for the central area of the project.
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