We are pleased to announce the appointment of a new Director, drawn from HSRG’s membership, with immediate effect. Mike Muldoon from SYSTRA will join the Board during an important period in the development of the UK’s high speed rail network, as the group seeks to broaden the debate and reinforce Read more…
We spoke to Megan McCreadie, a Project Controls Degree Apprentice with Atkins Can you describe your role in a few words? I work as a Project Support Officer (PSO) so communicate daily with the framework manager and project managers on a range of projects. I also Project Manage four of Read more…
We spoke to Eliska Ghisoni-O’Donnell, a Project Controls Degree Apprentice with Atkins Can you describe your role in a few words? I’m currently working on major projects mostly assisting my Project Managers with financial aspects of the work. What were you doing prior to your Apprenticeship? I was studying in Read more…
We spoke to Tom Pryce, Apprentice Railway Engineering Technician with Alstom Can you describe your role in a few words? Learning operational activities around maintaining trains including 5 Car Bi-Mode, 7 Car EMU’s and Class 390 tilting fleet. What were you doing prior to your Apprenticeship? I was completing A Read more…
We spoke to Saeda Maihanwal, Supply Chain Apprentice at Alstom Can you describe your role in a few words? Working in all sectors of the supply chain network including, expediting, procurement, sourcing, warehousing and sales. What were you doing prior to your Apprenticeship? I was completing my GCSE and A Read more…
Hs2 Ltd has released a report – HS2 in the West Midlands – which sets out the benefits that the project is delivering today, to businesses, people and communities across the West Midlands, which include: Over the last six years, HS2 has awarded over £1.7bn worth of contracts to West Read more…
The first 480m stretch of the Colne Valley Viaduct has been built over the last seven months using an enormous 700 tonne ‘bridge-building machine’. The viaduct will eventually stretch for more than two miles (3.4km) across a series of lakes and waterways outside Hillingdon. Known as a ‘launching girder’, the Read more…
We spoke to Evan Forrest, Civil Engineering Apprentice with AECOM Can you describe your role in a few words? I’m learning the industry, largely using CAD to produce proformas and defect drawings for various infrastructure. What were you doing prior to your Apprenticeship? I was at college studying a one Read more…
We spoke to Daniel Komolafe, Supply Chain Apprentice with Strabag Costain Skanska joint venture Can you describe your role in a few words? I help buyers with business assurance and the on-boarding of the suppliers they want to use on the project. What were you doing prior to your Apprenticeship? Read more…
HS2 Ltd has launched the fifth round of its successful Innovation Accelerator programme. The latest cohort will base tech start-ups with project’s main civil engineering contractors to help tailor innovative solutions for the construction industry. Focused on harnessing technologies new to the construction sector, the Accelerator will utilise Artificial Intelligence Read more…