Deliveries of HS2’s tunnel segments have begun from Hartlepool, using the UK’s rail network to minimise road traffic and drastically reduce carbon emissions. STRABAG, the company manufacturing the pre-cast concrete segments for HS2’s next London tunnel drives, opened a new state-of-the-art factory in the town earlier this year. The new Read more…
The Edgcote Viaduct has had its carbon footprint cut by more than 13% in comparison to the previous design. The viaduct is set low into the landscape of west Northamptonshire, and at 515m-long will carry trains across the floodplain of the River Cherwell, south of Chipping Warden. It is one Read more…
A team of 90 specialist engineers has completed the assembly of HS2’s giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) which will dig the second bore of the 3.5 mile Bromford Tunnel into Birmingham. In an assembly operation to move sections of the machine into a 12-metre deep launch pit, two 600 tonne Read more…
A viaduct in Northamptonshire has become the first on the HS2 project to have all its deck beams installed as work on the project continues to ramp up between London and the West Midlands. The 163m long Highfurlong Brook Viaduct, near the village of Aston le Walls, is one of Read more…
HS2 has completed a set of major lifts of Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) components at its Victoria Road Crossover Box site, in Ealing, west London. The TBMs will be used to dig the eastern half of the Northolt Tunnel – which will ultimately be used to take the new high-speed Read more…
A successful trial of a digital measuring system for concrete has led to a roll-out across multiple HS2 sites, cutting carbon and driving efficiencies on the construction project. VERIFI® is a pioneering technology that enables real-time monitoring, measurement, and management of fresh concrete properties during transportation. By utilising on-truck sensors Read more…
Our submission to the Public Accounts Committee focuses on the importance of ensuring the HS2 line terminates at Euston without delay, without compromising HS2’s operational integrity and without burdening the project with ill-judged private sector funding arrangements. It also sets out why abandoning HS2 Phase 2a would represent poor value Read more…
The latest quarterly data from HS2 shows the scale of the economic boost created by the project with over £11.5bn worth of tier two contracts awarded by HS2’s construction partners to businesses of all sizes, in every UK region. The figures highlight the extent to which investment in the project Read more…
Today’s news is a devastating blow to our industry and our whole economy. For 15 years we have worked with the government to develop this project – their project – taking it from a concept to construction. Companies have invested in people, skills and equipment on the back of it Read more…
HS2 delivers economic growth HS2 is essential for regeneration and job creation, as well as improving Britain’s international competitiveness – all of which bring higher levels of economic productivity and growth. HS2 can transform Midlands and Northern cities by effectively bringing them ‘closer’ to each other. This will make it Read more…