Lessons Learned from Structuring and Governance arrangements: Perspectives at the construction stage of Crossrail

Summary

The delivery model for Crossrail has proved successful and could form a template for other large and complex government-funded infrastructure projects. The independence and autonomy delegated to Crossrail Limited by sponsors, separating them from the delivery body, has provided an effective solution to support the realisation of project outcomes to date. This has been enabled by governance arrangements that have stood the test of time and the clarity provided through the project agreements with respect to the allocation of responsibilities and management of risk. Lessons learned from the Crossrail project indicate that the model could be further developed to focus on the integration of infrastructure projects with associated regeneration and growth; to include more formalised governance to align benefit realisation; to bring enhanced focus on controlling sponsor initiated scope change and on through-life asset management.

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