Historic breakthrough on London to Birmingham route https://www.gov.uk/government/news/history-made-as-dorothy-hs2s-state-of-the-art-tunnel-boring-machine-completes-the-projects-first-tunnel-after-8-months-underground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP2c35tcpps Massive Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) in Warwickshire becomes first on the HS2 project to complete its full journey underground. The first bore of the one-mile tunnel under Long Itchington Wood has been...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHjDH4AGTz0 A new conveyor has started operating on HS2’s Long Itchington Wood Tunnel site in Warwickshire to take over 750,000 tonnes of excavated material over the Grand Union Canal where it will be reused...

As part of its work as HS2’s main works contractor, the joint venture between Balfour Beatty and Vinci (BBV) has begun using conveyor in a bid reduce the number of HGV movements too and from the...

Skanska, as part of the Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture, has been awarded an additional GBP 78M, about SEK 970M, under the existing contract with HS2 Ltd towards works on phase one of the new high-speed railway in UK. This will be included in...

HS2 has awarded Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture an extra £78m deal for the Euston Tunnels project. https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2022/06/28/hs2-agrees-78m-variation-on-euston-tunnels-cost/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tu0J7PeDNQ First of five HS2 ‘green tunnels’ that, when complete, will be covered by earth and host trees and shrubs to fit in with the surrounding countryside HS2 today [Friday 10th June]...

The world’s first all-electric, high-capacity drilling rig is carrying out work on an HS2 construction site in Warwickshire Results show the new BAUER eBG33 cuts 1,200kg of CO2 per day and reduces noise by 50% Wider roll-out will bring...

BBC says the fire involved ' a vehicle used to ferry staff in and out of the Chiltern Tunnel near Maple Cross in Hertfordshire'. Three workers took shelter in the safety shelter of the TBM. Fire did not damage the TBM. Official HS2 site...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwWJWcGY_lU HS2 Ltd release. HS2 Ltd - the company building Britain’s new high speed, low carbon railway - has today [Thursday 12 May] announced its first completely diesel-free site is the Canterbury Road...

  The 8.9 meters long TBM will be launched in the coming weeks to dig a 300m long drainage tunnel close to the north portal of the Chiltern Tunnel at South Heath. The vast majority of the route north of the Chiltern tunnel from South Heath...

HS2 chiefs have sparked fury by preparing to ditch promises to remove construction debris from Euston by rail – meaning an extra 26,000 HGV trips over two years, the Standard can...

For those people who are unemployed or interested in a career change, HS2 is offering a retraining path: HS2’s fast track job training programme opens to new applicants HS2’s construction partner, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), is...

  The company's plans had previously been rejected by Buckinghamshire Council. https://www.buckinghamshirelive.com/news/buckinghamshire-news/hs2-vent-shaft-little-missenden-6876915

The Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture (SCS JV) has completed the base slab construction of the HS2 Victoria Road ancillary shaft in Acton https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2022/03/28/skanska-costain-strabag-complete-latest-hs2-base-slab/

82 out of 390 positions classed as senior civil service Level 1 and above, the most senior grades available, were still unfilled as of 31 January. https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/hs2/a-fifth-of-hs2s-senior-roles-are-unfilled-28-03-2022/

HS2’s Main Works Contractor, Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture, SCS JV, have taken a major step forward in their work at the Victoria Road Site in Acton, completing the base slab construction of the Victoria Road ancillary shaft. The...

HS2 today revealed the designs for the north portal of the Chiltern Tunnel, which has been specially designed to cut noise from trains entering and exiting the project's longest tunnel at speeds of up to 320km/h. Two perforated concrete hoods...

  Any slowdown at HS2’s Old Oak Common station in London “could delay the whole project”, the minister in charge of the megaproject has...

  Austrian construction giant Strabag cuts its ties with the Russian company Rasperia. The move comes after much pressure by the British authorities it seems. Strabag is a contractor by UK's HS2 mega-project. Rasperia, owned by...