https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wC3-jsprtg
Over 16,000 concrete segment rings have been installed by two giant tunnelling machines
HS2’s first two Tunnel Boring Machines (TBM) in London, Sushila and Caroline, have completed the first...
“Successful delivery of the project appears to be unachievable. There are major issues with project definition, schedule, budget, quality and/or benefits delivery, which at this stage do not appear to be manageable or resolvable. The project...
The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) gave a red rating to both the high-speed rail programme’s first phase and its phase 2a in a new annual report released on 20...
This brings the value of SCS’ contracts with HS2 Ltd for Phase One to over £3.8bn.
https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/hs2-ltd-forks-out-additional-305-3m-to-skanska-costain-strabag-jv-for-london-tunnels-04-07-2023/
Portillo goes HS2;
‘Great British Railway Journeys’ to feature HS2’s first completed tunnel in Warwickshire
Journalist, broadcaster and former politician Michael Portillo visited HS2’s Long...
HS2 Ltd has started the search for a contractor to design and supply a transport system, as well as a 25 year transport operation and asset maintenance contract, for the project’s Automated People Mover (APM) in the West...
HS2 Ltd’s long standing Chief Executive Officer, Mark Thurston, is to step down from Europe’s largest infrastructure project
HS2 Ltd Chairman, Sir Jon Thompson, will become Executive Chairman for an interim period from October...
HS2 Ltd, the company building Britain’s new low-carbon high-speed railway, confirmed on 3 July that a second set of proposed changes to the High Speed Rail (Crewe – Manchester) Bill, has been introduced to Parliament.
The submission...
HS2 unveils the TBM 'Mary Ann' with a media release;
HS2 unveils huge tunnel boring machine ready to dig HS2’s Bromford Tunnel in the West Midlands
The 125 metres long, 1,600 tonne tunnel boring machine will build...
6 Metres in diameter and 5 metres deep, the sinkhole is repotedly over an already tunneled part of HS2. This latest event adds up to previous `buble pools` events.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKxi-7STJXI
One of the previous `bubble...
James Veitch, Balfour Beatty’s Director of Data and Digital Technology, details the company’s strategy towards digital adoption and the considerations needed to realise the full benefits of integrating these solutions into day-to-day...
The week before NCE interviewed HS2 Ltd head of innovation Howard Mitchell, the government announced it was delaying parts of the High Speed 2 (HS2)...
HS2 has said the construction of a 7.2km tunnel between its Euston and Old Oak Common stations will not start next year as previously planned.
https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2-admits-euston-tunnel-construction-is-paused-17-04-2023/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nG6oiDWhIg
Giant 847 tonne machine will build an 853 metre logistics tunnel to deliver construction materials and remove spoil for the construction of the Euston Running Tunnel
It will reduce lorry...
2,000 tonne tunnel boring machine ‘Dorothy’ completes second bore of Long Itchington Wood Tunnel in Warwickshire
Milestone breakthrough marks full completion of first twin bore tunnel on HS2
The Balfour Beatty VINCI tunnelling team...
Job seekers looking for a new career, which can open a world of opportunities, are encouraged to consider joining the team tasked with delivering HS2’s next tunnelling mission.
This is a unique opportunity to join Tunnelcraft, working...
HS2 reveals the final designs for the North Portal of the Chiltern Tunnel – the last of seven key structures for the high speed rail project’s longest tunnels.
Once construction is complete, the seven ‘Key Design...
Two giant tunnelling machines pass third of five ventilation and emergency access shafts on the 10 mile long Chiltern tunnel.
Download the latest photos of the tunnel and construction progress at the Amersham vent shaft...
Talking about chemicals and the environment...
https://www.geplus.co.uk/news/hs2-tunnelling-resumes-in-west-london-after-foaming-borehole-discovered-22-02-2023/