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Designers cut carbon by up to two thirds on key HS2 viaducts

HS2 designers and engineers working on five key viaducts have cut their carbon footprint by up to two thirds (66%) by adopting an innovative ‘double composite’ structure which uses significantly less concrete and steel than a more traditional design. HS2 engineers at Westbury on the Buckinghamshire/Oxfordshire border have already begun Read more…

By Deborah, 1 year ago
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First images of HS2’s biggest ‘green bridge’

HS2 has revealed new images of the project’s largest ‘green bridge’, which will cross the high-speed railway near Brackley. The bridge will cross one of the railway’s longest and deepest cuttings, which will stretch for 1.5 miles past the village of Turweston on the edge of Buckinghamshire and West Northants. Read more…

By Deborah, 1 year ago
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Historic breakthrough for HS2’s longest tunnel

The first Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), launched almost 3 years ago, broke through under the Chilterns recently, having excavated the longest tunnel on HS2 at 16km. TBM Florence is one of 10 machines excavating the 32 miles of tunnel on the new railway linking London Euston with Birmingham and was Read more…

By Deborah, 1 year ago
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Peak construction on HS2 continues with London tunnelling

HS2’s third tunnel boring machine (TBM) has now been launched and will bore 3.4 miles under Ealing from Victoria Road Crossover Box, near HS2’s new Old Oak Common station, to Greenpark Way in Greenford. London Tunnels contractor, Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture, assembled the TBM underground at the Victoria Road Read more…

By Deborah, 1 year ago
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HS2 moves first Delta Junction viaduct section over M42/M6 link road

HS2 has moved the first huge viaduct section into place over the motorway network in North Warwickshire, a milestone for the project’s Delta Junction as HS2 reaches peak construction in the region. Contractors have used a specialist push-pull technique to move the 84 metre, 300 tonne steel viaduct section into place Read more…

By Deborah, 1 year7 March 2024 ago
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HS2 civils contractors double their total spend with SMEs

HS2’s civils contractors have doubled their total spend with SMEs – companies with 250 or fewer employees – in 2022/23 when compared to the previous financial year. Small and medium sized businesses account for over 70% of HS2’s supply chain and this year shared in the £942m spend, which is Read more…

By Deborah, 1 year ago
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From trains to cranes: HS2 and the West Midlands’ development boom

This latest report from HS2 Ltd – From trains to cranes: HS2 and the West Midlands’ development boom – outlines the economic benefits HS2 is bringing to the West Midlands, specifically the value of regeneration and investment activity close to HS2’s two local stations (Birmingham Curzon Street and Interchange) and Read more…

By Deborah, 1 year ago
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High Speed Rail Group appoints ex-HS1 Chief as Chair

High Speed Rail Group is delighted to announce that Dyan Perry has recently been appointed as the Group’s new Chair. In the newly created role, Perry will offer an independent, trusted and informed perspective to the High Speed Rail Group and support the Board of Directors to shape the Group’s future Read more…

By Deborah, 1 year14 February 2024 ago
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HSRG host first ever all-female apprentice event

In partnership with West Coast Partnership Development – we hosted our first ever all-female apprentice event – to coincide with this year’s National Apprenticeship Week. Taking place at Alstom’s Crewe works, the event focussed around equipping the next generation of women in rail with skills for life. In addition to Read more…

By Deborah, 1 year7 February 2024 ago
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HS2 begins year-long, half-kilometre viaduct deck slide

HS2’s innovative Wendover Dean Viaduct enters a critical new stage of construction as engineers begin the job that will see almost half a kilometre of bridge deck slid into position over the next year, high above the Misbourne Valley in Buckinghamshire. The 450m-long viaduct will be the first major railway Read more…

By Deborah, 1 year31 January 2024 ago

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