by David Lavender | 14th August 2023 | News Article
A team of 20 demolition experts from Solihull-based firm Armac Demolition has worked 24/7 to remove a 4,000 tonne two-span bridge over the M42 to make way for the HS2 railway in the West Midlands. The team used eight 50 tonne excavators and two 40 tonne excavators to...
by David Lavender | 1st August 2023 | News Article
A team of 250 people have worked around the clock to move HS2’s huge 5,600 tonne bridge into place under the Coventry to Leamington Spa railway in Warwickshire. The operation to slide the 22 metres long and 11 metres wide bridge into position took 5.5 hours and...
by David Lavender | 25th July 2023 | News Article
HS2’s construction has delivered a further boost to regional economies, with more UK businesses winning work and hundreds of people securing full-time jobs over the last three months, new figures show. Despite the re-phasing of works at Euston and on the West Midlands...
by David Lavender | 24th July 2023 | News Article
HS2 has successfully carried out the UK’s heaviest drive to install an intersection bridge structure beneath the West Coast Main Line at Fulfen Wood near Lichfield. The 56 metre long and 19 metre wide structure will allow Britain’s new high-speed railway to pass...
by David Lavender | 17th July 2023 | News Article
Journalist, broadcaster and former politician Michael Portillo has visited the first completed tunnel on the HS2 project in Warwickshire as part of his popular TV travel series. ‘Great British Railway Journeys’ sees the personality covering the length and breadth of...
