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HS2 contractors have completed all the earthworks and bridges required for East West Rail (EWR) services between Oxford and Cambridge to run over the new high speed line.

Half of the 38 underground connections have been completed between the northbound and southbound tunnels on High Speed 2's (HS2's) Chiltern tunnels.

A second sinkhole has formed along the route of High Speed 2’s Chiltern tunnels, after Align JV's tunnel engineers were warned of a potential dissolution feature in advance.

The first tunnel boring machine (TBM) to dig the eastern section of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Northolt tunnel has been lifted into a shaft in Ealing, west London.

This comment was written a couple of days after the announcement that the High Speed 2 (HS2) scheme will not be delivered in full.

Geotechnical engineers have identified mismanagement and bad planning as key factors that may have contributed to the government’s decision to axe the northern leg of High Speed 2 (HS2).

An Environment Agency investigation has found that a large ground collapse that appeared above High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) tunnelling operations in Buckinghamshire earlier this year did not pollute the water network.

The UK prime minister yesterday ended weeks of speculation to confirm that the northern leg of High Speed 2 (HS2) from Birmingham to Manchester will be axed, leaving a "cloud of uncertainty" over the geotechnical industry.

HS2 Ltd’s recent award of a ground investigations framework worth £300M on phase 2 hangs in the balance after it was reported that the government plans to axe the northern leg of High Speed 2 from Birmingham to Manchester.

Seequent and Bentley applications establish 3D geoBIM analysis to help progress mass-haul strategy.