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...

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...

A former Royal Air Force officer who started a new career on HS2 is drawing on her own experience to help fellow ex-forces personnel find employment. Maggie McCann is among more than 100 people to have gained employment on Britain’s new high-speed railway as part of a...

HS2 has announced a significant milestone at Long Itchington Wood Tunnel in Warwickshire – the first deep tunnel on the high-speed route to complete its civil engineering phase. The development at the one-mile-long twin-bore tunnel – which will carry the railway into...

The first huge viaduct has been completed at HS2’s Delta Junction in North Warwickshire, marking a major milestone as construction ramps up on the high-speed line in the region. A team of 40 people working for HS2’s contractor in the Midlands, Balfour Beatty VINCI,...

HS2 has revealed the latest progress on a new green bridge set to cross the high-speed railway near Kenilworth, Warwickshire. Stoneleigh Road bridge will consist of a dual carriageway for vehicles and provide two nature corridors – giving safe passage for wildlife to...

Construction of a 14,500-tonne box structure designed to take the new HS2 line under the A46 Kenilworth Bypass in Warwickshire has taken a major step forward, following the successful installation of 120 gigantic beams. The concrete beams, ranging between 13 metres...

HS2 has completed the first stage of work for the construction of a bridge that will take the high-speed railway line over the M42 motorway. During two weekend closures, the team of engineers worked around the clock to prepare the area for construction by removing...

The two 159-metre-long steel spans of HS2’s River Cole Viaducts have been completed near Coleshill in North Warwickshire, signalling further progress at the project’s Delta Junction. The operation, executed by HS2’s civils contractor Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV),...

Work to build HS2’s 700-metre-long Burton Green Tunnel in Warwickshire has reached the halfway mark, with new images showcasing the latest progress. Once built, the tunnel will carry HS2 trains through the village of Burton Green, near Kenilworth, and will feature a...