by David Lavender | 9th October 2024 | News Article
HS2’s Interchange Station in Solihull has taken a step forward after a 20-strong team carefully lifted 15 colossal bridge beams into position. Hoisted into place onto existing abutments and piers using a 650-tonne crane, the concrete beams form the ‘building blocks’...
by David Lavender | 12th September 2024 | News Article
HS2 is encouraging women based in the West Midlands to get on board with a bespoke training programme which is designed to kick start a career in the construction sector. Hosted by Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), HS2’s construction partner for the West Midlands, the new...
by David Lavender | 10th September 2024 | News Article
The latest data from HS2 Ltd shows that 246 people who were previously unemployed joined the project between April and June 2024. To date, the total number of formerly unemployed now working on HS2 has reached 4,504. In all, more than 31,000 jobs are now supported by...
by David Lavender | 9th September 2024 | News Article
HS2 engineers have completed the final operation to move two railway viaducts into place over the M42/M6 link roads in North Warwickshire, making them the first viaduct structures to be built at Delta Junction. The ‘push’ to move the 158-metre-long ‘West Link Viaduct’...
by David Lavender | 29th August 2024 | News Article
The construction of HS2’s gateway to Birmingham takes a leap forward as the huge 125-metre-long tunnel boring machine (TBM) digging the first bore of the Bromford Tunnel reaches the halfway point. The 1,600 tonne TBM, named ‘Mary Ann’ – the real name of...
