by David Lavender | 9th May 2025 | News Article
HS2’s giant tunnelling machine Mary Ann broke through today [9th, May 2025], marking the end of her mission to excavate the first bore of what will soon become the longest railway tunnel in the West Midlands. The 125-metre-long machine began constructing the 3.5-mile...
by David Lavender | 6th May 2025 | News Article
It will be a groundbreaking moment when HS2’s 1,600 tonne tunnel boring machine (TBM), Mary Ann, successfully completes the 3.5-mile underground drive to link the North Warwickshire village of Water Orton to the northeast Birmingham suburb, Washwood Heath. The team is...
by David Lavender | 1st May 2025 | News Article
The busy A46 Kenilworth Bypass was reopened to traffic last night, 30-hours ahead of schedule after a major closure to allow HS2 engineers to slide a massive 14,500-tonne concrete box structure into position beneath the road. The huge box – which weighs around the...
by David Lavender | 22nd April 2025 | News Article
HS2’s construction partner for the West Midlands, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), has welcomed its 500th apprentice, Kordell Carty. The 26-year-old Aston resident started his early career on house-building sites and supporting loft and garage conversion projects. Now,...
by David Lavender | 26th March 2025 | News Article
University students who want to bolster their income and boost their skills are being offered the chance to join HS2’s construction partner in the West Midlands for an eight-week paid work placement. Now in its fourth year, Balfour Beatty VINCI’s undergraduate scheme...
by David Lavender | 24th March 2025 | News Article
When the first Covid-19 lockdown was announced (23 March 2020) the “stay at home” instruction left Nicola Devenport, a mobile hairdresser from Great Barr, unable to work. With an uncertain future and no income, Nicola took control of her own destiny, and her HS2...
