Balancing Open and Closed Innovation in Megaprojects: Insights from Crossrail
PAPE
RS
CrossrailProjects Submitted Funded Implemented Published PwPOUT PwPIN
Bond Street 59 2 1 35 4 5
Connaught Tunnel 10 2 1 3 — –
Custom House 6 1 — 5 — –
Eastern Tunnels (including Limmo) 16 2 1 7 1 1
Farringdon 23 — — 14 — —
Liverpool Street 26 1 2 9 — —
Eleanor Street and Mile End Park Shafts 25 1 1 16 4 2
Paddington 69 4 3 36 2 2
Paddington PiP 1 — — — — —
Pudding Mill Lane 4 — — 4 — —
Thames Tunnels 22 — — 18 1 1
Tottenham Court Road 19 1 — 1 1 1
Victoria Dock Portal 4 — — 1 — —
Wallasea 1 — — — — —
Western Tunnels 43 — 1 16 — —
WHI-LIS Tunnels 5 — — 3 — —
Whitechapel 19 1 — 13 5 5
Total 352 15 10 181 18 17
Crossrail Limited Functions
Chief Engineer’s Group 6 3 2 1 — —
Commercial Services and Contract Administration 1 — — — — —
Cost 1 — — — — —
External Affairs 2 — — 1 — —
Field Engineering 5 — — — — —
Finance Operations 1 — — — — —
Health and Safety 3 — — — — —
Instrumentation and Monitoring 2 1 — — — —
Internal Communications and Organizational Effectiveness 1 — — — — —
IT 9 — — — — —
Land and Property 7 — — 3 — —
Logistics 1 — — — — —
Operations 18 — — — — —
Planning 1 — — — — —
Program Controls 3 — — 1 — —
Rolling Stock and Depot 4 — — — — —
Strategic Projects 14 — 1 — — —
Surface 1 — — — — —
Sustainability and Consents 9 2 — — — —
Systemwide—Main Works 7 2 — — — —
Technical General 3 — — — — —
Technical Information 7 — — 1 — —
Total 106 8 3 7 — —
PwP OUT: Innovations “pinched with pride” by other projects; PwP IN: Innovations “pinched with pride” from other projects.
Table 4: Innovation generated in projects, as opposed to Crossrail functions.