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/
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...
High Speed 2 contractors are busy with paperwork and other preparatory work before any ground is broken.
UK's New Civil Engineer talks to some contractors. They explain that the much echoed 'Notice to Proceed' from...
ALIGN JV (Bouygues Travaux Publics, VolkerFitzpatrick and Sir Robert McAlpine) wants
https://www.ukconstructionmedia.co.uk/opportunities/precast-concrete-tunnel-segment-chemical-and-repair-products-short-deadline/
A homeowner's legal action against High Speed 2 based on an engineer's report that planned the tunnels could damage her home. The report was prepared by Colin Elliff, a specialist railway engineer who was brought in to assess...
HS2 Ltd, the owner of the High Speed 2 project, gets the official Notice to Proceed (NTP) from UK's Department for Transport for the contracts worth £12bn included the Phase 1 of the project.
The approved work fall into the...