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The government will fund the tunnelling work needed to take High Speed 2 (HS2) trains to Euston station, chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in yesterday’s Autumn Budget.
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HS2: Burton Green cut and cover tunnel pushes forward
Work has ramped up on High Speed 2's (HS2's) 700m long cut and cover tunnel at Burton Green in Kenilworth, Warwickshire.
HS2: Piling work begins on bridge to take A-road over railway in Staffordshire
Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) has begun foundation work for a new bridge that will enable the HS2 line to pass under a major A road in Staffordshire.
HS2: Independent review launched as northern alternative considered
The UK government has announced an independent review of High Speed 2 (HS2) and a “renegotiation” of contracts to control the spiralling costs of the project.
HS2: Piling work begins at Birmingham’s Curzon Street station
Work has started on the installation of 2,000 piles for the foundations of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Birmingham Curzon Street station.
Funding for further trials of repurposed London Clay as low-carbon cement alternative
SCS JV bags funding from Innovate UK’s £3.2M pot for trialling repurposed London Clay as an alternative to carbon-intensive Portland cement.
HS2: Unfunded Euston station passes £450M enabling works milestone
High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Euston station has passed a key milestone with the completion of a £450M enabling works package carried out by Skanska, although the station remains unfunded.
HS2: Bromford Tunnel TBM reaches halfway point to Birmingham
The tunnel boring machine (TBM) excavating the first bore of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) 5.6km Bromford Tunnel into Birmingham has reached the halfway point.
HS2: National Audit Office report reveals £100M cost of closing phase 2
Work to close down the cancelled northern leg of HS2 will take three years, cost up to £100M and include the remediation of thousands of boreholes.
HS2: Northolt tunnel 50% complete as preparations begin for Euston tunnel
As HS2’s Northolt tunnel between West Ruislip and Old Oak Common station reaches the halfway mark, contractors gear up to receive TMBs for the Euston tunnel.
HS2: Excavation complete on Old Oak Common station box after 3 years
Contractors have completed the excavation of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Old Oak Common station underground box after three years of work and the removal of 1.3M.t of clay.
HS2 plans to excavate through ancient earthwork structure approved
HS2 Ltd has gained consent from Buckinghamshire Council for revised plans to excavate through part of an ancient earthwork structure known as Grim’s Ditch in the Chilterns.
Judge dismisses injunction case against HS2 earthworks
A High Court judge has dismissed the Environment Agency’s injunction case to stop HS2 from carrying out earthworks at sites in Warwickshire.
Q&A: Costain’s Chris Hewett on practical problem solving
Costain senior engineer Chris Hewett has won the British Tunnelling Society’s 2024 Harding Prize, which celebrates young tunnelling engineers.
Latest people moves from FPS, Geosolutions Leeds, HS2 Ltd and others
The Federation of Piling Specialists welcomes a new chair, HS2 Ltd gets a new CEO, and Geosolutions Leeds appoints its first director in the latest people moves.
Watch: Use of the observational method at HS2 phase one area north and the Bromford Tunnel east portal
Mott MacDonald's Hock Liong Liew and Saalg Geomechanics' Cristian de Santos presented a case study of applying the observational method on the High Speed 2 project.
Sustainable earthworks achievable through GI and field trials, says materials specialist
Earthworks practices can be made more sustainable by investing in ground investigations and conducting large scale field trials.
Watch: Fibre optic sensing: A distributed monitoring technology for earthworks
Jacobs' David Wright explains recent trials to investigate the performance of fibre optics technology for monitoring earthworks on a High Speed 2 site.
HS2 begins foundation works for road bridge over railway in Northamptonshire
Foundation work has begun for a bridge that will take a major A road over the new High Speed 2 railway just outside Brackley in Northamptonshire.
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