1. Abstract
The demandplacedonthe transportationnetworkof Londonisexpectedtoincrease bymore than
80% overthe next30 yearsdue to the everincreasingpopulationof the Londonmetropolitanarea.
Transport ForLondon (TFL) commissionedthe constructionof anew eastwesttrainline connecting
ReadingandHeathrowinthe westto ShenfieldandAbbeyWoodinthe east.Ata cost of £14.8
billionCrossrailisexpectedtoincrease the capacityof the undergroundnetworkby10% when
openedin2018. CustomHouse Crossrail stationwill be newlyconstructedabove-groundstationin
the boroughof Newhamwhere itwill provideaccesstothe ExCel centre,LondonCityAirportand
the surroundingarea.The stationwill comprise of a700+ CFA pilesthatwill formthe twotrack slabs
and the stationbuildingfoundations.Thisreportaimstoassessthe viabilityof creatingadetailed
geotechnical modelwhichwill helpinformapile design.Informationwillbe garneredfromarange
of primaryandsecondarysourcesincludingpilingrigoutputs,boreholelogsandcontourmaps.From
the pilingrigdata gainedfromtime spentonsite from2013 the depthstothe London Clay
Formationwere plottedacrossthe site.Thismodel provedthe locationof ariverterrace withthe
benchtrendingnorthsouth.There wasa notable heightdifference of over2m.It wasthismodel in
conjunctionwiththe boreholedatathata revisedgeotechnical model wasproducedforthe site.
Thismodel highlightedthe reductionof thicknessof the QuaternaryDepositsandincrease within
the LondonClay Formation. ...