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We are delighted to expand our Board of Directors with the appointment of Chloe Smith, Director of Communications at STRABAG UK. Chloe has over two decades of communications experience on major UK projects including the 2012 London Olympics, Crossrail, TfL tube and station upgrades, and HS2, and is currently Director Read more…
HS2’s 3.4km long viaduct across the Colne Valley recently won in the engineering category of the Fine Art Commission Trust’s third annual Building Beauty award. Four members of the delivery team from HS2 Ltd, its main works civil engineering contractor, Align, and viaduct architects Grimshaw accepted the award on behalf of Read more…
Engineers have begun assembling a new green bridge at Turweston on the edge of Buckinghamshire and West Northants. The 5,940sq/m structure, near Brackley, will carry a country lane and footpath across the new high-speed railway with space on either side to provide a safe corridor for small animals, insects and birds. Read more…
Representatives from the High Speed Rail Group met with Staffordshire and Cheshire MPs recently to discuss rail development and projects that could benefit their local areas. The roundtable was hosted by Sarah Edwards MP and brought together senior representatives from The Northern Powerhouse Partnership, West Midlands Combined Authority, HS2 (High Read more…
Work to build HS2’s 700-metre-long Burton Green Tunnel in Warwickshire has reached the halfway mark. The tunnel will carry HS2 trains through the village of Burton Green, near Kenilworth, and will feature a green space above for use by the local community. It is one of five ‘green tunnels’ being Read more…
Following the government’s announcement as part of the Budget statement giving the green light to the building of HS2’s Euston Tunnel, HS2 Ltd has released a new image of the tunnel boring machines that will build the 4.5 mile twin bore Euston Tunnel. Copyright HS2 Ltd.
Work has started on the installation of 2,000 vertical concrete columns for the foundations of Birmingham’s Curzon Street Station – marking a critical milestone in the construction of HS2’s city centre rail hub. The majority of the piles on the 100,000 square metre site will support the new station building Read more…
Rail investment is far more than a short-term cost: it is a driver of national growth and regional connectivity. The approval in the budget to complete HS2’s critical link from Old Oak Common to Euston marks a pivotal step forward. We hope that an era of fragmented, short-term decision making Read more…
HS2’s Interchange Station in Solihull has taken a step forward after a 20-strong team carefully lifted 15 colossal bridge beams into position. Hoisted into place onto existing abutments and piers using a 650-tonne crane, the concrete beams form the ‘building blocks’ of a road bridge that will take vehicles over the Read more…
We have publicly warned Treasury against making ill-advised short term savings on HS2 at the taxpayer’s expense in the medium to long term, arguing that if HS2 is extended to Euston in central London and north of Birmingham to Crewe, the Government can generate substantial returns via its concession value Read more…