Crossrail
Request ID: FOI-2688-1819
Date published: 06 February 2019
You asked
I am requesting a freedom of information requested from Crossrail LTD in accordance with the freedom of information act 2000.
We request the following information.
Please send,
1. Any and all information surrounding the complaints and concerns raised by the workforce employed on Crossrail subsurface Stations, shafts and tunnels with regards to the air quality and exposure monitoring on the project, from jan 2014 to present day. Please include, all observations raised about the atmospheric conditions through various company and joint venture observation card systems.
2. Any and all records of incidents relating to the air quality / atmospheric testing / exposure monitoring on the project. To include records of instances and particulars of any monitoring / alarm devices sounded over the period Jan 2014 to present day, as is required under HASAWA, COSHH regulation.
3. Any and all records of atmospheric testing equipment and exposure monitoring throughout the project. To include make and model of equipment used. Accurate Positions and time periods for individual monitoring devices. What the individual monitors tested for. Calibration certs of equipment used. Service and maintenance records of equipment used. Any and all records of faulty equipment including records when exposure monitoring equipment was turned off.
4. Any and all records of evacuations that have taken place due to atmospheric conditions and exposure monitoring throughout Crossrail subsurface stations, shafts and tunnels from jan 2014 to present day. To include any Riddor incidents associated.
5. Any and all RAMS and recordings of significant findings associated with the atmospheric conditions and exposure monitoring on Crossrail subsurface stations, shafts and tunnels.
We answered
Our Ref: FOI-2688-1819
Thank you for your request received on 14 January 2019 asking for information about Crossrail.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Environmental Information Regulations and TfL’s information access policy. I can confirm TfL does hold the information you require.
However, given the extent of the information you are looking for, we are applying Regulation 12(4)(b) as we believe that the request is ‘manifestly unreasonable’ because providing the information you have requested would impose unreasonable costs on us and require an unreasonable diversion of resources.
You have requested information relating to air quality, atmospheric testing, and exposure monitoring for the Crossrail project from January 2014 to date. To answer your current request would take an excessive amount of staff time and resources.
We have established that the potentially relevant information which we hold comprises a large amount of information. Your request is also for five years so this covers a significant time period. While we do hold some details centrally, the majority of the requested information would be contained in the site records so we would need to collate these from all of the various contractors that have worked on the project. The information in these records would then need to be extracted in order to provide you with the information you have requested.
The use of this exception is subject to a public interest test, which requires us to consider whether the public interest in applying the exception outweighs the public interest in disclosure. We recognise that the release of information would promote accountability and transparency in public services and also help address your particular concerns about this issue. However, the time it would take to provide the information you have requested would divert a disproportionate amount of our resources from its core functions and on balance we consider that the public interest currently favours the use of the exception.
We will consider your request again, if you are able to narrow its scope so that we can more easily locate, retrieve and extract the information you are seeking. If you have specific questions we will be happy to consider those.
Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Gemma Jacob
Senior FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
[email protected]
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