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Foreword: October 2014
This month in HSE International:
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y the time this issue goes to print, we will
have the results of the Scottish referendum.
Whether this will be a yes or no vote is yet
to be established, and it will be interesting to see
the result and how it will affect not only the future
of Scotland, but the UK, Europe and the rest of the
world.
In our ‘News’ section, this month we focus on
topical stories from Oil and Gas giants Shell, who
discuss future plans within the industry alongside
the Scottish referendum, as well as other top stories
from around the globe.
We then present an in-depth review of our cover
story, Crossrail. As the biggest construction project
in Europe, Crossrail is one of the largest single
infrastructure investments ever undertaken in the
UK.
Construction of the Crossrail project began at
North Dock in Canary Wharf on 15 May 2009. Five
years on, over 44 million hours have b