German tunnel boring machine manufacturer Herrenknect gets two more TBM orders for the High Speed 2 project. This time from the consortium of  Skanska Costain Strabag (SCS JV).  Herrenknecht had already sold TBMs previously to the...

Rob Butler, an MP for Aylesbury has asked the prime minister for his thoughts over the refusal of a bored tunnel under the village of Wendover to ease noise pollution, only to hear back that the PM "feels the pain" without any real answer....

Lord Berkeley and Wendover Parish Council appeal again against the HS2 plans for the Chilterns section. The Council thinks a mined 4.2km tunnel will be less destructive and cheaper as opposed to current plans for a viaduct and a cut & cover...

Steve Masters, a local politician (West Berkshire councillor) has been arrested for being in a group of 15 protesters who were blocking the entrances to the HS2 South Portal Chilterns, tunnel site, the biggest construction site on the...

  People are worried about HS2 going over budget. Sure it will do so. All mega projects do. Does it make them less important? After a few years, nobody remembers delays, extra money spent. Benefits will far out weigh any negatives. Yet,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZQQXLw_nAs Drone video footage of key construction sites of Britain's High Speed 2 (HS2) project. They have been placed on Youtube by New Civil Engineer. Above is the HS2 Euston construction site. By the...

HS2 Ltd had recently published a document, a new corporate report titled 'Corporate Plan 2020-2023 Building Britain's future. I think it was posted by me or somebody else in this group (In any case, I place the link as a comment). This...

HS2 Ltd releases the designs for the shaft camouflage for the Amersham headhouse. Again designed by Grimshaw. I personally like this one too. I personally appreciate that HS2 goes to lengths to make the construction of such a big infrastructure not...

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  HS2 press release reads: On Thursday 23rd July 2020, HS2 revealed the final design for the Chalfont St Peter vent shaft headhouse – the first of four similar structures that will provide ventilation and emergency access to the...

HS2-appointed archeologists have discovered a skeleton believed to be an Iron Age murder victim. https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/planning-construction-news/hs2-archaeologists/79120/

HS2 Ltd searches for specialist contractors to deliver the overhead catenary system (OCS). https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/hs2-tenders-300m-catenary-deal

Plans under review envisage more tunnels and underground work for HS2 https://aboutmanchester.co.uk/alternative-plans-for-hs2-would-see-vast-underground-station-built-at-piccadilly-and-trains-running-under-manchester/

“Previous projects have used one or two digital workstreams but on HS2 we have used digital workstreams across the whole...

  HS2 or their contractors made some photos available to the press. PR work. https://www.mix96.co.uk/news/local/3121595/first-look-at-hs2-tunnel-through-the-chilterns/

  London hoeowner Hero Granger-Taylor had started a legal case against the HS2 Ltd claiming that the design of HS2 Euston tunnel are unsafe. But her claims failed to convince the judge. Judge found HS2 Ltd's counter claim that the design...

Two of the Tunnel Boring Machines being built in Germany are the subject of the English press. https://leamingtonobserver.co.uk/news/massive-hs2-tunnel-boring-machines-unveiled-19546/

  HS2 faces stiff opposition. Recently opponents of High Speed 2 have staged protests all over the building sites of HS2 and blockaded the entrances. It seems it was not much different some decades ago when it was HS1's turn. But then,...

  Michael Dyke will be responsible for HS2 main civil engineering contracts between the Long Itchington Wood Green tunnel to the West Coast Main Line tie-up writes Construction Enquirer. Dyke was previously the head of the Thames Water...

  The HS2 Rebellion demonstrators claim the HS2 work is non-essential and should not be conducted during COVID-19 lockdown period. The have locked access to more than a dozen HS2 construction...