A Balfour Beatty/NG Bailey joint venture has withdrawn from the race to deliver HS2’s £498m Tunnel and Lineside M&E package, Construction News...

Cementation Skanska has secured the £93m job to create one of the largest current open-cut retaining boxes in Europe – equivalent in size to four football...

From New Civil Engineer; The DfT's dedicated minister for HS2 Andrew Stephenson has confirmed that High Speed 2 (HS2) contractors have never conducted a formal assessment of an alternative proposal to build a mined tunnel in Wendover, nor...

from HS2; HS2 signs landmark R&D agreement with the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure & Cities As part of its innovation programme, HS2 Ltd has today (14 May 2021) signed a ground-breaking agreement with leading...

The TBM 'Florence' is the first one of the 10 Herrenknecht Tunnel Boring Machines that will be launched. Historic moment as HS2 launches first giant tunnelling machine HS2 launches ‘Florence’ – the first of 10 HS2...

"Chiltern tunnel could damage fragile chalk aquifer under the Misbourne Valley" https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/19269231.hs2-slammed-chiltern-tunnel-amid-fears-work-damage-rivers-misbourne-chess/

"Engineers, local councillors and politicians in both houses have raised concerns that HS2 Ltd and its contractors have failed to fully assess how to best build a 4.2km stretch of the railway in...

From HS2: HS2 reveals the innovative slurry treatment technology supporting the Colne Valley ‘rewilding’ project Ambitious plans to create 127 hectares of new grasslands and woodlands around the southern portal of HS2’s...

HS2 Ltd is keen to appeal a court-ordered pause to its tree felling programme in the Chilterns as soon as possible, with key construction milestones coming up in the next few...

From HS2: HS2 is linking with Digital Catapult, the UK’s leading advanced digital technology innovation centre, to identify and secure the potential offered by emerging technologies such as 5G and machine learning. As part of a...

The HS2 design panel welcomes a change of approach at Euston Station. https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/hs2-design-panel-backs-changes-at-euston-station-and-chilterns-tunnel-16-04-2021/

Bauer Keller Joint Venture (BKJV) awarded EKFB contract for the High Speed 2 project. Bauer press announcement says; Bauer Keller Joint Venture (BKJV) awarded EKFB contract BKJV, the 50:50 joint venture between Bauer Technologies Ltd and...

Highways England has announced the appointment of Lawrence Gosden as a non-executive director to the Board. Lawrence will take up his post on 1 April and brings with him a wealth of leadership experience from a career centred on asset management,...

  Construction for the Phase 2a of the High Speed 2 project has been set as Spring 2024. https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/hs2-sets-construction-start-date-to-take-line-north-16-03-2021/

In a media release on 8 March, HS2 Ltd announces that they began the search for a specialist contractor to deliver the high-tech monitoring systems that will enable remote supervisory control of railway assets and systems by key operational...

  One takeaway: HS2 Boss gets paid £625000 per year, i.e. 52000 per month. Not bad. https://sputniknews.com/uk/202102221082151995-as-work-progresses-on-uks-106-bln-hs2-railway-who-is-building-the-track-stations-and-trains/

  Keller and VSL (a specialist company of Bouygues Construction) get geotechnical contract for HS21 C1 package. Keller released the following. Keller VSL Joint Venture awarded £167 million HS2 contract   Keller Group plc...

From HS2; HS2 today revealed the final design for the headhouse that will provide emergency access to the new high speed railway’s tunnels as they approach Euston station. Located next to the existing west coast mainline, the...

  From HS2; Parliament continues to show very strong support for HS2, as the Bill for the extension from the West Midlands to Crewe – Phase 2A – is given Royal Assent. At least 5,000 jobs supported by the...

HS2 Contractor is looking for TBM toilets. 1. Title: TUNNEL BORING MACHINE TOILETS – SHORT DEADLINE 2. Awarding Authority: ALIGN JV (Bouygues Travaux Publics, VolkerFitzpatrick and Sir Robert McAlpine) , GB. Web:...