Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) has launched the final tunnel boring machine (TBM) for the West Midlands leg of High Speed 2.
The contractor started 1,600-tonne Elizabeth on its mission to dig the second bore of the Bromford Tunnel for the rapid rail link. Named by local schoolchildren after activist Dame Elizabeth…
High Speed 2 (HS2) contractors have moved a 5,600t bridge into place under the mainline railway in the West Midlands 27 hours ahead of schedule.
The new bridge will allow High Speed 2 (HS2) to pass underneath the existing Coventry to Leamington Spa line. The move to position the 22m long,…
The government has overruled two rejections from Solihull Council to stop High Speed 2 (HS2) construction lorries from driving on village roads for the Balsall Common Viaduct works.
Solihull Council has twice rejected the application, made by HS2 contractor Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV), which asked for permission for construction vehicles to…
The week before NCE interviewed HS2 Ltd head of innovation Howard Mitchell, the government announced it was delaying parts of the High Speed 2 (HS2) project.
It said that the leg between Birmingham and Crewe along with work associated with the Euston Station terminus would be pushed back. Several industry heavyweights…
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