27 July 2018
Two further Network Rail Star awards
Our rail teams have won a further two Network Rail star awards for their work on Crossrail Anglia sub-station projects. Crossrail’s senior construction manager assessed the Gidea Park and Shenfield sites on 27 June. At each of the sites, VGC is building a substation, with works including site investigation, demolition and site clearance excavation and construction
25 November 2016
A second Network Rail Star for VGC's Crossrail Anglia team
At a site meeting on 7 November, Dave Ditchfield of Network Rail presented a Star award to VGC’s site agent Carlos Allca. This is VGC’s second on the Crossrail Anglia project. The award acknowledged excellent practice by the VGC Rail Projects team, measured by audit, inspection and testing the workers on site. Carlos’s team doing
25 July 2016
Network Rail Star award for Crossrail Anglia
Network Rail has given a Star award to VGC for work on Crossrail Anglia. The prestigious award was presented by Fenton Newport, Network Rail programme manager for Crossrail Anglia, during the project’s safety ‘Step up’ meeting on 1 July. VGC achieved a score of 97% across all work sites inspected by Network Rail and principal
30 March 2016
Thanks for Easter works effort
Thank you to the many VGC workers who put in long hours over the Easter weekend. Most people spent the weekend hunting eggs, going to church, and spending time with family and friends. However, over 560 VGC team members were working full shifts to ensure planned works were successfully completed. The VGC team completed extensive
3 November 2015
Crossrail Anglia collaboration on isolation split innovation
An integrated Crossrail team has come up with an innovative solution to the problem of isolation splits. The team from Network Rail, Costain and VGC Group worked together to provide crossing neutrals for RRVs (road-rail vehicles) to travel under live overhead line equipment (OLE). Because it is impractical to switch off too large an area
7 September 2015
VGC selected for Network Rail framework
VGC Rail Projects has been selected as part of Network Rail’s LNW (London North West) CP5 Civils framework. Network Rail London North Western Route plans to place approximately £70 million worth of civil engineering projects for the next 3 – 5 years within this framework. The framework will also provide VGC Rail Projects with opportunities
