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| Exclusive | HS2 managing director leaves post |
High Speed 2 phase
one managing director Jim Crawford has left HS2 Ltd, New Civil Engineer can
reveal
Crawford has left his
post after almost five years in the job
His departure comes
in the midst of a project review which is currently being carried out by HS2
chair Allan Cook ahead of the government's Spending Review. Neither Crawford
nor HS2 Ltd have given an official reason for the departure
Transport secretary
Chris Grayling revealed the review was being carried out when speaking to New
Civil Engineer earlier this month
However, when
questioned at the High Speed Rail Industry Leaders conference, Cook downplayed
it as “nothing more than you’d expect of an incoming chair or chief executive
to carry out”, but said he was looking at all three elements of scope, cost and
schedule
Crawford joined HS2
Ltd in August 2014 to oversee the first phase of the project from London to
Birmingham. During his tenure the Phase One bill was passed, paving the way for
construction on the first section of the line
HS2 Ltd chief
executive Mark Thurston said: “We’d like to thank Jim for his tireless
dedication to the HS2 programme over the past five years. His work has helped
us get to the point where we are supporting 9,000 jobs around the country and
works well underway on 250 sites from the South East to the West Midlands
“I
look forward to his ongoing support in developing the business case for HS2
before he leaves the business later this year, and wish him well
He previously
worked at Network Rail, where he was Thameslink major programme director and
signalling & telecoms programme director
Before joining
Network Rail, Jim worked on large infrastructure projects and as a quantity
surveyor for Railtrack and Turner & Townsend
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