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HS2 Ltd’s tunnel boring machine (TBM) has launched for its second one-mile tunnel bore under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire, marking the next big milestone for construction on the northern section of Phase One of the HS2 project. The 125 metre-long TBM, nicknamed ‘Dorothy’, is boring the tunnel that preserves Read more…
Flannery Plant Hire has joined forces with HS2’s construction partner EKFB (a team made up of Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall), to create a new training centre that can upskill local people ready for jobs on HS2. The purpose-built Operator Skills Hub, which has opened its doors and Read more…
Updated designs have been released for the new Aston Church Road Overbridge that will span the high-speed rail line connecting Saltley, Washwood Heath and Nechells in Birmingham. After initial designs were shared with the public in 2021, local feedback has inspired changes that will provide a wider walkway, creating enough Read more…
We welcome the Government’s renewed commitment to delivering HS2 to Manchester, as set out in the Autumn Statement. HS2 is essential to national prosperity. As well as supporting 34,000 jobs, the project is vital for creating better connected, modern infrastructure, benefiting the UK and growing the economy for decades to come. HS2 Read more…
The HS2 project has celebrated the start of the next phase of tunnelling, launching the first of six tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that will dig over 26 miles of tunnels under the capital. HS2 Ltd’s CEO, Mark Thurston was joined by local teacher, Sushila Hirani, after whom one of the Read more…
Steve Rotherham, Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region contributed to High Speed Rail: Levelling Up Voices – making the case for the benefits of rail infrastructure investment. : In short, investing in and improving transport connectivity results in a boost to living standards, more resources diverted toward skills and education, and Read more…
HS2 is celebrating the very first tunnelling breakthrough on its one-mile dig under Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire. The 2,000-tonne 125m long Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) named ‘Dorothy’ – after Dorothy Hodgkin, who in 1964 became the first British woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, started its journey at the tunnel’s North Portal in December 2021, broke through the wall of the reception box at the South Portal site on Friday 22 July 2022. Nearly 400 people working for HS2’s main works civils contractor Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV JV) have delivered this important milestone on the HS2 project.
The first design images have been revealed of Washwood Heath Depot, HS2’s maintenance facility and main control centre for the whole HS2 network, which will create over 550 jobs in the local area. The site, north east of Birmingham city centre, is where HS2 trains will be maintained, serviced and Read more…
HS2 main works contractor, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), have released updated designs for the land surrounding the section of the high-speed rail line that crosses the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. The plans respond to community feedback and include a series of wetlands containing four new ecological ponds, expansive grass meadows Read more…
HS2’s civils partner, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), has opened the doors to its giant construction compound in Kingsbury, Warwickshire and revealed the scale of works underway ready to build one of the most complex sections of the HS2 route – the Delta Junction. The 550,000 square metre site (equivalent to 74 Read more…