The two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) digging HS2's Chiltern tunnels have reached the Chesham Road intervention shaft, on track to complete their 16km journey under the Chilterns next year.
The 2,000t machines, named Florence and Cecilia, are now 90% of the way through their two-and-a-half-year drive between the M25 and South…
Network Rail and High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Align JV are among the winners of NCE and Construction News’ annual 2023 TechFest Awards.
The inspirational winners of this year’s TechFest Awards were crowned in front of the industry last night, 23 November, at the Hilton London Bankside. The event, celebrating its sixth…
Residents around the paused High Speed 2 (HS2) London Euston work site are “frustrated and angry” while complaints about construction remain high across the whole of Phase One, according to the independent construction commissioner.
In his latest quarterly report into the construction of the high-speed rail line, HS2 independent construction commissioner…
Engineers working on the Colne Valley Viaduct for High Speed 2 (HS2) have now completed 1.7km of its record-breaking 3.4km length.
Once complete, the viaduct will be the longest rail bridge in the UK and carry HS2 trains from Hillingdon on the outskirts of London, over a series of roads and…
The two tunnel boring machines (TBMs) delivering the longest tunnels on the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway have passed the three quarters mark.
TBMs Florence and Cecilia have completed over 12km of the 16km Chiltern twin-bore tunnels, passing the fourth of five ventilation and emergency access shafts, 800m from the village…
Work on High Speed 2’s Euston Tunnel construction might have halted, but the construction of the other twin bore tunnels for the project is progressing despite ground condition challenges.
High Speed 2 (HS2) tunnelling activity between London and the West Midlands is continuing despite the government’s decision to halt work on…
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) project.
It said that the leg between Birmingham and Crewe along with work associated with the Euston Station terminus would be pushed back. Several industry heavyweights…
High Speed 2 (HS2) and Align JV have revealed the designs for the north portal of the Chiltern Tunnel.
This is the final portal to be designed and the last of seven key structures for HS2’s longest tunnels. The design features two perforated concrete hoods that will cover the track, extending…
Both tunnel boring machines (TBMs) being used to drive the 16km long tunnels through the Chilterns for High Speed 2 (HS2) have just passed the halfway point on their journeys towards the north portals at South Heath in Buckinghamshire.
The Herrenknecht TBMs – named Florence and Cecilia – were the first…
HS2 engineers from Align JV (Bouygues, VolkerFitzpatrick, Sir Robert McAlpine) are approaching halfway on the first module of the Colne Valley Viaduct, which has featured the team working through 60 nights to avoid disruption to the local roads.
HS2 Phase 1 will see the construction of more than 500 bridging structures,…
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