Engineers from HS2’s EKFB consortium have started assembling an innovative green bridge at Turweston, located on the edge of Buckinghamshire and West Northamptonshire. The 5,940-square-meter bridge, near Brackley, is designed…
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The cost of a protective “bat shed” to safeguard a bat species along the HS2 high-speed rail line has surged to over £100 million, according to HS2 chair Sir Jon…
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The UK Government is preparing to revise construction contracts for HS2 as ministers step in to take control of the project amid rising costs. Transport Secretary Louise Haigh announced that…
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HS2 engineers pushed forward and completed the final operation to move two railway viaducts into place over the M6/M42 link roads in North Warwickshire more than six hours ahead of…
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HS2 has reached a key milestone with the completion of the Highfurlong Brook Viaduct near Aston le Walls in Northamptonshire, marking the first finished viaduct of the project. Spanning 163…
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HS2’s London third tunnel programme passed a major milestone as the third tunnel boring machine (TBM) being used as part of the Skanska, Costain, Strabag joint project being launched with…
Read MoreA milestone has been reached as the Hs2 as the first of a pair of TBM’s Tunnel Boring Machines driving twin-bore tunnels from West Ruislip to Greenford. The joint project…
Read MoreIssues with the concrete segments that need to be constructed to make the Chipping Warden tunnel were found during sonic testing on the precast concrete structure, have now been given…
Read MoreThe construction of the longest tunnels for the HS2 project stretching for 10 miles under the Chilterns has started a new phase with the tunnelling of the cross tunnels that…
Read MoreIssues have been found with the massive precast concrete segments being used to build a new HS2 “green tunnel” in Northamptonshire. Nationaltradesmen.co.uk has learnt that tests are being performed on…
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