We spoke to Daisy Carter, Engineering Rail Technician with Jacobs Can you describe your role in a few words? My role involves producing design drawings on the Align C1 HS2 Main Works Civils Contract for the HS2 project using 2D and 3D modelling. What were you doing prior to your Read more…
Our latest report – High Speed Rail: Net Zero Voices – make clear that given the transport sector is the nation’s largest single emitter of greenhouse gases, high speed rail has a significant responsibility to minimise its environmental impact through innovation, and ultimately to set new, higher standards for green transport.
With contributions from politics, business and environmentalism, the report shows (more…)
We spoke to Sadar Ali, Advanced Manufacturing Apprentice with Alstom Can you describe your role in a few words? I work as a qualified Train Driver and Test Technician on our test track, test driving our trains to make sure that all systems are functioning correctly. I am also involved Read more…
Two brand-new images have been released showing the concept design for the exterior and interior of the new HS2 station at London Euston. The designs, updated from 2015, are based on a less complex, more efficient, ten-platform station which can now be built in a single stage. They have been drawn up by a design consortium made up of Arup, WSP and Grimshaw Architects, working into HS2’s Station Construction Partner, Mace Dragados JV (MDJV). (more…)
We spoke to Parmdeep Shocker, Quality Apprentice with Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) Can you describe your role in a few words? My role is help ensure that HS2 is delivered at the quality promised to the client. What were you doing prior to your Apprenticeship? Before I started my apprenticeship Read more…
We spoke to Naomi Tassa, a Project Controls Degree Apprentice working for Atkins. Can you describe your role in a few words? I update, monitor, maintain and communicate schedule data on P6 to ensure project consistency, performance, and achievement of deliverables. What were you doing prior to your Apprenticeship? Prior Read more…
We spoke to Gemma Watts, a Junior Project Controller working for Atkins Can you describe your role in a few words? I am responsible for the timely issue of schedule information, communication of critical programme deliverables and maintenance of programme information within set timescales. What were you doing prior to Read more…
Work on the UK’s longest railway bridge has ramped up this week, with High Speed Rail Group members Align JV beginning production of 1,000 enormous concrete segments that will form the deck of the Colne Valley Viaduct.
The viaduct will carry high-speed trains some 3.4km across a series of lakes and waterways just outside London, with the design inspired by the flight of a stone skipping across the water. The design was chosen to enable views across the landscape, minimise the viaduct’s footprint on the lakes and help complement views across the natural surroundings.
The huge deck segments – which weigh up to 140t – are being made on site at a temporary factory built specifically for the project. Each segment will be a slightly different shape depending on where it fits into the viaduct, a modular approach chosen to ensure quality, safety and efficiency in production and to avoid having to transport the segments by road.
HS2 Ltd is on track to cut the amount of embedded carbon in the viaduct by at least 28.4%. Applying lessons from the construction of the latest European high speed railway (more…)
We spoke to Daniel Herbert, a Quality Apprentice working for Balfour Beatty Vinci Can you describe your role in a few words? My role involves ensuring quality assurance through numerous practices such as product inspections, reporting, auditing and document control and handover. What were you doing prior to your Apprenticeship? Read more…
We spoke to Thando Makombe, Apprentice Materials Technician working for Balfour Beatty Vinci Can you describe your role in a few words? My role involves the testing of materials, from soils aggregates to concrete to see if they meet the required standard for the project. What were you doing prior Read more…