A coroner’s report into the fatality of a worker on a High Speed 2 (HS2) site has been shared with key trade bodies in a bid to prevent further deaths from unsafe practices occurring.
Extensive trials on High Speed 2’s (HS2's) major earthworks programme south of Birmingham have led to carbon and cost savings.
HS2 main civils contractor Align JV has completed 90% of the 16km long Chiltern tunnels between the M25 and South Heath in Buckinghamshire.
The Association of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists (AGS) has released the latest version of its AGS Piling draft schema for piling data for industry comment.
Engineers have completed the assembly of a giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) that will dig the second bore of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) 5.6km Bromford Tunnel into Birmingham next year.
High Speed 2’s Chiltern tunnels run through permeable chalk requiring extensive ground treatment. Nia Kajastie gives an update on grouting works on the tunnel cross passages.
HS2 Ltd has begun the search for a contractor to lead the up to £2M enabling works programme for the new automated people mover (APM) at the Solihull Interchange Station in the West Midlands.
While the tunnelling contract for the £9bn Lower Thames Crossing is soon to be awarded, the project’s executive director has said that UK megaprojects are being delayed by difficult planning conditions.
The government wants to “get Great Britain building again”, according to a policy paper published with the recent Autumn Statement.
Ground Engineering's December 2023 issue includes reports on artificial ground freezing on cross passages at Silvertown Tunnel, and grouting works on cross passages in High Speed 2’s Chiltern tunnels.
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