HS2 this week launched ‘Cecilia’ - the second of two enormous 2,000 tonne tunnelling machines that will excavate the ten mile long tunnels beneath the Chiltern hills just outside London. ...
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On the 09/06/2021 HS2 launched a national vote to name their third TBM – weight 2,000 t and diameter 10 m - that will dig a one-mile twin bore tunnel under Long Itchington Wood in ...
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HS2 Ltd has announced a series of webinars, every Wednesday for 6 weeks until Wednesday 14th July, to ensure British businesses benefit from over 400,000 contract opportunities that building ...
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On 13/05/2021 HS2 Ltd launched the 2,000 t TBM Florence from HS2’s South Portal site next to the M25 in Buckinghamshire. It’s the first of 10 TBMs that will collectively dig ...
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HS2 is developing a more detailed design for Phase One of the HS2 railway, following the appointment of its main works contractors. The design process is helping HS2 plan and prepare for the ...
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Preparations for the launch of HS2’s first giant TBM ramped up last week. The first of 112,000 segments for the Chiltern tunnel lining rolled off a purpose-built production line. The temporary ...
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At the beginning of March HS2 Ltd launched a competition for residents of the Warwickshire area and for schools to help find a name for the TBM that will start excavating under Long Itchington Wood ...
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Collins Earthworks has completed excavating the north portal site of the twin tube Long Itchington Wood tunnel (1.61 km/1mile length, 9-10 m diameter) , ready for the launch of the TBM that ...
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Parliament continues to show very strong support for HS2, as the Bill for the extension from the West Midlands to Crewe – Phase 2A – is given Royal ...
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HS2 today shortlisted bidders for its Track Systems and for Tunnel and Lineside Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) systems. The winning organisations will go on to deliver around 280km of ...
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HS2’s first two giant Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) have arrived in the UK and will be ready to start work on the UK’s largest infrastructure project early next year.
The two ...
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HS2 Ltd, the company delivering Britain’s new high speed railway, kicked off a four-day event yesterday that will showcase many of the EUR13.49 bn (GBP12bn) worth of contract opportunities. ...
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Registrations now open for over 1,000 one-to-one meetings with HS2 contractors.
HS2 Ltd’s third annual ‘Meet the Contractor’ event takes place between 23rd-26th November ...
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On 27/10/2020 HS2 revealed updated designs for the Canterbury Works vent shaft headhouse and compound, in South Kilburn, London. It will be one of four structures that will be built to provide ...
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Press release - HS2 awards contract for first two London tunnelling machines
This month the contract for the first two giant tunnel boring machines for London’s HS2 tunnels was signed with ...
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HS2 has revealed the design for the Amersham vent shaft headhouse which is a design for one of 5 structures that will be built to provide ventilation and emergency access to the high-speed rail ...
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The TBMs will excavate tunnels, reducing the environmental impacts in rural areas.
What is HS2?
HS2 is a state-of-the-art, high-speed line critical for the UK’s low-carbon transport ...
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Preparation for the arrival of HS2’s first giant TBMs has passed a major milestone with the completion of the 17m high headwall and ground reinforcement at what will become the south ...
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The excavation of the TBMs launch site and the construction of the concrete precast plant for the Chiltern tunnels on the London to Birmingham high speed rail line, HS2 First Phase project has now ...
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The Department for Transport has given approval for HS2 Ltd to issue Notice to Proceed to the four Main Works Civils Contractors working on the project.
On the 15/04/20, following on from the ...
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This conference will be held between the 11th and 12th April 2019 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Balfour Beatty VINCI today announces the
appointment of Mark Davies as Managing Director for its HS2 Joint Venture.
Mark Davies will take on the role from
Mark Cutler who leaves after a ...
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Fugro has been awarded a £5.2M site characterisation package
by Align JV as part of design and construction preparation works for HS2 Phase
1 (Area: Central 1).
The international ...
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TunnelTech 2017: Breaking ground in new technologies
26–27 September 2017
One Birdcage Walk, London
With an increase in tunnelling project investment and more tunnels having ...
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High Speed Two (HS2) Limited today announced that ALIGN, the bidding joint venture (JV) of Bouygues Construction, Sir Robert McAlpine, and VolkerFitzpatrick, with its design partners, Jacobs and ...
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On 17.7.2017 a series of HS2 announcements took place.The contracts to design and construct bridges, tunnels, embankments and viaducts for the London to Birmingham high speed rail line, HS2 Phase 1, ...
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From:
Department for Transport, High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, Highways England, and The Rt Hon John Hayes CBE MP
Published:
12 July 2017
Major ...
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HS2 Engineering Director and former Chief Engineer at Crossrail Chris Dulake, will be outlining the engineering and environmental challenges presented in the delivery of HS2 at a special one day ...
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The latest project updates to be discussed at the Australian Tunnelling Conference in Sydney next month
“We have a fantastic program featuring a number of project updates from all over ...
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The second high speed railway line to be built in the UK will run 225 km from London Euston to Birmingham New Street. The first section out of Euston will require a 4.4 km tunnel at Ruislip, and a second new 2.25 km-long tunnel will be driven beneath the Chiltern hills at Amersham.
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UK high speed railway route publishedThe proposed route for HS2 high speed railway from London to Birmingham has been revealed to the British parliament by the Minister for Transport. More, ...
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