The National Infrastructure Commission warns that developers will not pay for the tunnelling works
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/mark-harper-hs2-euston-john-armitt-tunnel-susan-hall-potholes-london-sadiq-khan-b1128357.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vad8bbYie8U
HS2’s 847 tonne tunnel boring machine breaks through into Old Oak Common Station box
The 853-metre logistics tunnel will support the construction of HS2’s Euston...
Breakthrough on HS2’s longest tunnel expected early next year as giant tunnelling machines 90% of the way through the 10-mile-long Chiltern tunnel.
HS2 today confirmed that ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’...
High Speed 2s Chiltern tunnels run through permeable chalk requiring extensive ground treatment.
https://www.geplus.co.uk/features/grouting-building-connections-between-the-hs2-chiltern-tunnels-12-12-2023/
A 90-strong specialist team has assembled the 1,600 tonne machine set to build the second bore of Bromford Tunnel
The majority of the TBM is re-used from Long Itchington Wood Tunnel’s TBM ‘Dorothy’
A team of 90...
Today (Monday 4th December), the site of the next set of tunnels to be bored by two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) due to build HS2’s tunnels under the capital were blessed by a local priest, on the day celebrating the Patron Saint of...
A second sinkhole has formed along the route of High Speed 2's Chiltern tunnels, after Align JV's tunnel engineers were warned of a potential dissolution feature in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB3OkeHxX8k
Deep under the Chilterns, HS2 finishes mining 19 out of 38 underground connections between the northbound and southbound tunnels
The construction of HS2’s longest tunnels - stretching for...
Job Introduction
Skillset: Tunnelling/TBM/Engineering
Job location: Northolt Tunnels West
Accessible by public transport? Yes (West Ruislip).
Working hours: Initially mon-fri Day Shift, shift pattern during TBM operation to be...
Job Introduction
Flexible working: We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. This might be part-time, remote working, or compressed hours for example. Anyone who applies for a role can ask about flexibility at interview. In return, we...
Job Introduction
Tunnel Agent - Reports to Tunnel Construction Manager.
Flexible working: We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need. This might be part-time, remote working, or compressed hours for example. Anyone who applies for a...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kOknlXK5bU
First 1,700-tonne machine has been lifted in parts down into a shaft.
Major components of the first machine due to launch have now been lifted into the 25 metre deep ancillary shaft at the HS2 site...
HS2 is using the rail network to move materials for construction, reducing impact on Britain’s roads
HS2’s move to using rail for the delivery of tunnel ring segments to the West Ruislip Portal site in Hillingdon has removed one...
A new exhibition that showcases the hugely ambitious tunnels being constructed as part of the new HS2 line has been unveiled at Birmingham's award-winning science museum, Thinktank.
The temporary exhibit, curated by HS2’s...
The Environment Agengy inquiry did not show any pollution.
The 20ft (6m) wide, 16ft (5m) deep crater opened in the ground above part of the Chiltern tunnel near Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire, in...
The governments decision to re-phase High Speed 2s (HS2s) Euston terminus by two years has caused issues with London tunnelling including lost efficiencies, according to a chief engineer on the...