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…
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…
Sarah Curlett is a Level 3 Rail Engineering Apprentice with Alstom, and has recently joined the High Speed Rail Group’s Apprentice Network. Can you describe your role in a few words? I am a mechanical and electrical fitter, which means that I move around the depot working on different things Read more…
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…
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…
Options for the appearance of Balsall Common Viaduct in the West Midlands have gone on display at community events locally so that local people are able to vote on colour, finish, and pattern designs as well as landscape. The Balsall Common Viaduct is a railway viaduct under construction in Balsall Common Read more…
We spoke to Mark Dean, L3 Apprentice Transport Planning Technician at Arup Can you describe your role in a few words? I am an apprentice in Transport Consulting London, I work between the Cities and Rail disciplines. What were you doing prior to your Apprenticeship? Retail What was your perception Read more…
Deliveries of HS2’s tunnel segments have begun from Hartlepool, using the UK’s rail network to minimise road traffic and drastically reduce carbon emissions. STRABAG, the company manufacturing the pre-cast concrete segments for HS2’s next London tunnel drives, opened a new state-of-the-art factory in the town earlier this year. The new Read more…
The Edgcote Viaduct has had its carbon footprint cut by more than 13% in comparison to the previous design. The viaduct is set low into the landscape of west Northamptonshire, and at 515m-long will carry trains across the floodplain of the River Cherwell, south of Chipping Warden. It is one Read more…
A team of 90 specialist engineers has completed the assembly of HS2’s giant tunnel boring machine (TBM) which will dig the second bore of the 3.5 mile Bromford Tunnel into Birmingham. In an assembly operation to move sections of the machine into a 12-metre deep launch pit, two 600 tonne Read more…