by David Lavender | 11th July 2023 | News Article
Thirty university students have been given a head start with their careers after securing paid summer placements working on High Speed Two (HS2). For the second year running, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), HS2’s construction partner for the West Midlands, is giving...
by David Lavender | 30th June 2023 | News Article
HS2 has started production of 2,742 huge concrete segments which will be used to build the Delta Junction, a triangle-shaped series of viaducts that will take high-speed trains between London, the Midlands and the North. The deck segments – which each weigh up to 80...
by David Lavender | 19th June 2023 | News Article
HS2 is celebrating another major milestone as it confirmed that over 3,000 people who were out of work have gone on to secure jobs on the project. The drive to support the unemployed and upskill people ready for work with HS2, its construction partners, and the...
by David Lavender | 15th June 2023 | News Article
The first images have been revealed of the huge tunnel boring machine (TBM) that will dig HS2’s Bromford Tunnel, between Water Orton in North Warwickshire and Washwood Heath in Birmingham. This is the fourth twin bore railway tunnel to start construction on Britain’s...
by David Lavender | 26th May 2023 | News Article
HS2 Ltd has received Schedule 17 approval for a 150-metre section of viaduct carrying trains into Birmingham’s new Curzon Street Station, including a 25-metre-high truss which will create a new icon on the city’s skyline. Birmingham City Council have approved the...
by David Lavender | 16th May 2023 | News Article
HS2 has announced 10 million tonnes of material have been delivered to – and removed from – construction sites by rail, a major milestone in HS2’s plan to cut carbon emissions by removing lorries from roads. Balfour Beatty VINCI and other businesses recently came...
