Crossrail apprentice achievements

5th Mar 2014

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140305apprenticesBigWinners of the Crossrail apprenticeship awards were named at a ceremony held at the Houses of Parliament on Monday.

Rudy Nieddu, 28, was “stunned” to have received the Apprentice of the Year award from Crossrail chairman Terry Morgan in front of an audience of more than 100 people.

Mr Nieddu, who works at Crossrail’s Whitechapel site as an apprentice civil engineering technician with Balfour Beatty, also won in the Construction Apprentice of the Year (Tunnelling) category.

Mr Morgan said: “Rudy has the respect of the entire workforce in everything he does. He is fully committed and does everything whole heartedly.”

Chloe Etheridge won in the Construction Apprentice of the Year (General) category. Mr Morgan said: “She goes beyond what is required of a trainee engineer and has proved integral to the smooth running of the project.”

The awards ceremony, held on the first day of National Apprenticeship Week, featured speeches from Mr Morgan, Commercial Secretary to the Treasury Lord Deighton and Nick Raynsford, MP for Greenwich and Woolwich.

Speaking about Crossrail’s 280 plus apprentices, Lord Deighton said: “You can see the difference their work and their vitality is making to the organisation.”

The award winners across the different categories were:

  • Overall Crossrail Apprentice of the Year: Rudy Nieddu, Whitechapel station.
  • Construction Apprentice of the Year (General): Chloe Etheridge, Farringdon station.
  • Construction Apprentice of the Year (Tunnelling): Rudy Nieddu, Whitechapel station.
  • Corporate / Business Services Apprentice of the Year: Ben Khan, Whitechapel and Liverpool Street station tunnels.
  • Apprenticeship Champion of the Year: Elaine Alderton, Farringdon station.
  • Apprenticeship Employer of the Year: Laing O’Rourke, Liverpool Street station, Tottenham Court Road and Custom House sites.

An apprenticeship feature will be included in the March issue of Transportation Professional.

Pictured: Award winners alongside Lord Deighton (left) and Crossrail chairman Terry Morgan (right).

 

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