Bloomberg – Greg Reichmann used to mine coal for Xstrata Plc (XTA) in Australia’s Queensland state. Now he’s a tunneler under Mayfair, the most expensive place in the world to rent office space and home to London’s hedge-fund district.
Reichmann, 32, is one of several hundred former miners drafted in by Crossrail Ltd. to build a rail network connecting Heathrow, the world’s busiest international airport, with the West End entertainment district and offices in the City of London and Canary Wharf. At an estimated 15 billion pounds ($23 billion), it’s Europe’s largest construction project.
