CROSSRAIL ENGINEER YOUR
FUTURE CHALLENGE
What is Crossrail?
Crossrail is Europe’s
biggest engineering
project and is building
major new railway
connections under
Central London
What is Crossrail?
A 73 mile railway line
26 miles of new tunnels
Connecting Reading to
Shenfield (Essex) via
Central London, it is
massive!
Why do we need Crossrail?
Overcrowding is a common issue at many London
Underground stations, particularly during rush hour
Quicker, easier and more direct travel opportunities
across the capital, meaning better access for the
750,000 people who commute to London every day
The trains will be 200 metres long and able to carry
1500 people
40 Crossrail
stations, including
10 new stations
The route will run
at over 100km of
track
Carry 200m people
annually
Crossrail by Numbers
Crossrail is Europe’s
largest engineering
project, work started
in 2009 – How many
people are currently
working on 40
construction sites?
How many working
hours have been
spent on the
project so far?
How much does it
cost?
How many
passengers will
Crossrail carry per
hour?
Objectives
The Prize:
An invitation to the inspirational winners day
Skills training
Networking
Exclusive site tour
The top 5 online winners will also receive a year of virtual mentoring
Today:
Going to be working in teams
Creative minds – big problems
Women in Engineering
Today we are going to be
thinking about engineering –
what it is and why there aren’t
enough female engineers in
the UK today
First we’ll look at women in
politics, business and the arts
– are these fields fair and
representative?
Crossrail Shift Engineer Irina
Zolotareva keeps a 1,000 tonne tunnel
boring machine working to construct
the new Crossrail train tunnel
Politics
What percentage of
the House of Commons
are women?
How many of the FTSE
100 companies have
women Chief
Executives?
Are men & women
paid equally?
650 MPs, just 22% are
women
Only 4 – Royal Mail,
Easyjet, Imperial Tobacco
and Burberry
No – women working full
time earn on average £5k
less than men / year
Women in Theatre
Mark Rylance as
Cleopatra in 2012, in
Shakespeare’s time this
was common practice
as women were not
allowed to perform in
theatre
Women in Literature
Currer Bell, Ellis Bell
and Acton Bell
Otherwise known as
Charlotte, Emily and
Anne Bronte
Women in Literature
That was the 19th
Century, have things
changed much in the
21st?
Women in Aviation
Amelia Earhart - First
woman to fly across the
Atlantic, and the first
PERSON to make a solo
flight across both the
Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans
Model, Movie Star or Inventor?
Hedy Lamarr
Invented a remote
controlled communications
system for U.S. Military
during World War II
Her invention now serves as
the basis for modern
communications technology,
such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi
connections
What Were the Barriers?
The law did not always
dictate the paths and
obstacles those women
faced in their respective
fields, often it was
something else…
Law?
Culture?
Societal expectations?
Lack of ambition?
Lack of talent?
Choice of subjects?
What is Engineering?
The ability to take a thought, or abstract idea
and translate
it into reality is what separates
Engineering
combines
engineer
from other fields
of Science
and
Why
is it cool?
thean
fields
of Science
andMathematics
Maths to solve real
world problems that
You make things, push
improve the world
boundaries….
around us
Types of Engineering
Mechanical
Engineering – A
broad field with
many branches. It is
basically universal
engineering
Everything to do
with
Automobiles
Power, Electronics
and Computer
Engineering
Types of Engineering
Civil Engineering –
Buildings, bridges and
roads
Chemical Engineering –
Synthesising new chemicals
to put to use, it also
involves studying chemical
reactions
Building a Tunnel
How would a civil
engineer be involved?
Specialising in structural
design, would calculate
the size of the tunnel
How it should be
constructed (all of the
stages) and what it
should be made of
Mechanical Engineer
Design the ventilation
system
Plan for the amount of
emissions that need to
be removed and the
process of removing
them
For instance how many
of a particular fan
would be needed and
where to install them
Ventilation ducts on the new Crossrail Canary Wharf Station
Electrical Engineer
Design the lighting as
well as any control
systems for hazards
What do you need to be an Engineer?
Entry Routes
Good academic grades
STEM subjects
Apprenticeships
Foundation courses
A university degree
What Does Your Typical Engineer Look Like?
Each group draw a picture
and we’ll compare results
Britain has a Problem
Britain is falling behind
in Engineering and it is
having a huge effect on
the economy
The Philippines, Iran,
Mexico, China and India
produce more
engineers
India produce 1.2
million engineers a year
12,000 engineering
graduates a year
54,000 vacancies
By 2016 we will have
close to 200,000
vacancies
Only 6% female
Your Challenge – Mission Critical
You are now working as
consultants for Crossrail
Your task is to protect
the future of
engineering in the UK
How will you go about
recruiting the next
generation of female
engineers in Britain?
Task 1 – What’s the Problem?
Why are girls not taking
up engineering?
Describe three different
kinds of barriers to this
career
Task 2 – The Solution
How will you get more
females to consider
engineering?
What action will you take
tackle the barriers?
(awareness & perceptions,
choice of subjects)
When will you engage
them?
How will you engage
them?
Project Manager Nisrine Chartouny, leads the construction
of the new Crossrail Farringdon station. Seen centre, with
engineers Khouloud El-Hakim (left) and Patricia Sanchez
Task 3 – The Campaign
Joining up with others will
make the campaign
bigger and more
successful
Who could you work with
on this campaign?
What would be the benefit
of doing this?
Write down 3 arguments to
convince them to join you
Advertising Campaign
Now you are ready to
go public with an
advertising campaign
Campaign proposal –
what’s the central idea
that you’ll build
around?
Poster design – draw
How will you use social
media?
Come up with a
powerful strap line