by David Lavender | 17th October 2023 | News Article
HS2 has incorporated feedback from the local community in its new designs for the Saltley Viaduct in Birmingham, which will take the B4114 over the HS2 railway line, the Grand Union Canal, the Birmingham and Derby rail line and the River Rea. Creating enough space for...
by David Lavender | 7th September 2023 | News Article
At its Planning Committee meeting on Wednesday, 6 September, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council approved HS2’s plans for the Balsall Common Viaduct. The plans incorporate local feedback focusing on environmental sustainability, landscape integration, visual...
by David Lavender | 1st September 2023 | News Article
An eco-friendly road bridge over the HS2 line in Birmingham has been approved by planners, with new designs ensuring the structure blends sympathetically with the local environment. HS2 Ltd has received Schedule 17 planning approval from Birmingham City Council for...
by David Lavender | 25th August 2023 | News Article
Three Walsall College students are striding straight into new careers on Europe’s biggest infrastructure project – HS2 – after securing the results they needed in their Construction – Design, Surveying and Planning T-Level. As part of their studies, Jemma...
by David Lavender | 24th August 2023 | News Article
HS2 has completed the first of 32 giant piers for the first Water Orton Viaduct as work ramps up to build the Delta Junction, the project’s most complex network of structures in the West Midlands. HS2’s main works contractor for the West Midlands, Balfour Beatty VINCI...
by David Lavender | 18th August 2023 | News Article
HS2 has completed a ‘marathon’ construction operation at Streethay near Lichfield as part of an innovative project to pave the way for Britain’s new high-speed line. The operation – which utilised the latest low-carbon design – involved excavating 14,000 tonnes of...
