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…
Work has now begun to excavate the first of five shafts that will provide ventilation and emergency access to HS2’s ten-mile long tunnels under the Chiltern Hills. The structure was designed by HS2 Ltd’s main works contractor Align JV, made up of Bouygues Travaux Publics, Sir Robert McAlpine, and VolkerFitzpatrick Read more…