Tag Archives: HS2 Ltd

A tunnel boring machine (TBM) broke through into Old Oak Common station earlier this week to complete the 853m long Atlas Road logistics tunnel, a precursor to the Euston tunnel.

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 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.

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.

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.

HS2 Ltd and its main contractor EKFB have partnered with construction equipment company Finning to streamline earthmoving operations with digitally enabled excavators and dump trucks.

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.

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).