One worker remains in hospital after five employed at the High Speed 2 (HS2) Northolt site were injured during the construction of the Mandeville Road vent shaft.
Work at the vent shaft site has now been paused following the incident that occurred on Saturday, 26 August, at approximately 10:30am in west…
Network Rail is gearing up for a big August bank holiday weekend of engineering works as it will invest £71M on more than 500 projects aimed at enhancing the UK’s railway network.
Although the rail infrastructure body claims 95% of lines will still be open from tomorrow, Saturday 26 August to…
Excavation of the UK’s first “caterpillar shaft” is underway for a key structure on High Speed 2 in London.
West London’s Old Oak Common station will become one of the country’s most vital transport hubs when it opens. It will have 14 platforms – six for High Speed 2 (HS2)…
BBV (Balfour Beatty Vinci JV) has completed the first 18m tall pier for the Water Orton Viaducts for High Speed 2 (HS2).
There will be 32 of these piers in total to carry the twin viaducts, which will be part of the Delta Junction in the West Midlands, the high speed…
A new study conducted by the University of Birmingham has discovered that low cost sensing technologies can be used to pinpoint and quantify sources of air pollution on construction sites.
Using the High Speed 2 (HS2) construction site at Curzon Street in Birmingham to test the new methodology, the study demonstrates…
Innovative moving formwork is helping to speed construction of High Speed 2’s Copthall Tunnel in north west London.
Copthall Tunnel is one of five green tunnels being built along Phase 1 of High Speed 2 (HS2) between London and Birmingham. Situated between HS2’s Northolt Tunnel and the Colne Valley Viaduct, the…
Murphy has successfully replaced a faulty Victorian drainage culvert that was causing disruption to the Chiltern branch line in Buckinghamshire before track work to prepare for High Speed 2 (HS2) trains begins.
Working on behalf of Network Rail, Murphy engineers completely dug up the railway by Aylesbury station in order to…
High Speed 2 (HS2) Ltd has paid 97% of its invoices within 30 days during the last 12 months, showing an improvement from its 92% rate in 2021, according to a Freedom of Information request by NCE.
As per contract arrangements, HS2 Ltd is committed to prompt payment which means it…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has outlined a pipeline of contracts for East West Rail (EWR) and High Speed 2 (HS2) that will see procurment commence before the end of the year.
EWR is a new £5bn high-speed rail line between Oxford and Cambridge that is being overseen by East West…
This video was recorded at NCE’s Rail and Transit conference. Balfour Beatty Vinci Systra joint venture project director Nigel Russell and High Speed 2 (HS2) Old Oak Common head of delivery Peter Gow discuss the construction and development of the Old Oak Common Station, which when finished will be the…
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