HS2 renegotiates contracts with construction giants

EKFB and Align agree new terms with less risk to taxpayers

In pictures: HS2 completes major A43 works with weekend closures timed to avoid F1 Grand Prix

HS2 Ltd has released new images showing the site near Brackley, in Northamptonshire, where engineers realigned the A43 across a new bridge. The post In pictures: HS2 completes major A43 works with weekend closures timed to avoid F1 Grand Prix appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Amey hires HS2 veteran to drive consulting growth

Jonathan Goring joins as executive advisor to expand consulting at home and overseas

Amey aims for consulting growth with advisor appointment

Amy has appointed Jonathan Goring as executive advisor, charging the HS2 and Neom programme leader with strengthening its consulting pipeline.

Watch: Engineers complete HS2 Burton Green tunnel roof installation

HS2 engineers have installed the final roof segment on the 700m Burton Green tunnel, in the West Midlands. The post Watch: Engineers complete HS2 Burton Green tunnel roof installation appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

HS2 - HS2’s London Logistics Hub celebrates processing one million tonnes of spoil 18072023

HS2's London Logistics Hub, located at the Willesden Euro Terminal, has processed one million tonnes of spoil. The Logistics Hub, managed by HS2’s London Tunnels Contractor, Skanska Costain STRABAG Joint Venture (SCS JV), processes excavated material from the Old Oak Common Station, the Victoria Road Crossover Box in Ealing, and the nearby Atlas Road site.

HS2 - How HS2 completed the UK’s heaviest bridge drive 27072023

HS2 has successfully carried out the UK’s heaviest drive to install an intersection bridge structure beneath the West Coast Main Line at Fulfen Wood near Lichfield.

HS2 - Production of HS2's Northolt Tunnel segments begins at new Hartlepool facility 25072023

This video looks at the off-site fabrication facility in Hartlepool that has started to manufacture concrete tunnel segments for the HS2 project, including the 'Northolt tunnel east' and 'Euston tunnel'

HS2 Project Update, June 2023

HS2's Chief Executive, Mark Thurston, provides an HS2 project update on progress of the project

HS2 - HS2 moves 10 million tonnes of construction material by rail 06072023

In May 2023, HS2 achieved their target of moving 10 million tonnes of material to and from their construction sites by rail, a major milestone in their plan to cut carbon emissions by removing lorries from roads. HS2 celebrated this feat at an event at Tarmac’s Tunstead Quarry in Derbyshire, which was spearheaded by a unique line-up of locomotives that have delivered aggregate for HS2.