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Local residents choose design details for HS2’s Balsall Common viaduct
HS2 has announced the public’s preferred design options for a landmark HS2 viaduct near Solihull after a vote by people in Balsall Common. Earlier this year, design options for the appearance and patterning of Balsall Common viaduct’s acoustic parapets, and the...
Undergraduates offered paid summer placements with Balfour Beatty VINCI
University students who live, or study, in the Midlands are being offered the chance to join HS2’s construction partner Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) on an eight-week paid work placement this summer. BBV’s undergraduate summer scheme, which is now in its third...
HS2 celebrates the UK’s first female rig driver
Natalie Smith from Redditch is quite literally laying the foundations for HS2’s arrival. The 44-year-old mother of one is among the growing ‘orange army’ of female construction workers that changed career to play a part in building Britain's new railway. Natalie, who...
HS2 welcomes planning approval for green tunnel in Burton Green
HS2 welcomes Schedule 17 planning permission from Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council for the design of the green tunnel at Burton Green. The designs respond to community feedback, focusing on bigger and better green spaces around the railway, following public...
The last HS2 tunnel boring machine in the West Midlands starts digging towards Birmingham
HS2 has launched the last tunnel boring machine (TBM) to dig tunnels for the new high speed railway in the West Midlands. The 125 metres long TBM has started on its journey to dig the second bore of HS2’s Bromford Tunnel, between the east portal at Water Orton in...
HS2’s military partnership with BuildForce puts ex-forces personnel on track for new careers
Former service personnel from the British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force are receiving support to transition into new careers on HS2, Britain’s biggest build. 83 former service men and women have already moved into full-time roles on the project,...
HS2 moves first huge Delta Junction viaduct section over M42/M6 link road
HS2 has moved the first huge viaduct section into place over the motorway network in North Warwickshire, marking a milestone for the project’s Delta Junction as HS2 reaches peak construction in the region. Contractors working for HS2 have used a specialist push-pull...
Timelapse and drone footage shows M42 bridge demolition by Balfour Beatty VINCI
Contractors working for HS2 have removed a 4,000 tonne bridge over the M42 to make way for the construction of the new high speed line across the motorway near the Interchange Station construction site in Solihull. Watch the video here A team of 20 demolition experts...
New government-backed Recruitment Hubs will help more unemployed people into work on HS2
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has joined forces with HS2 to invest in three new dedicated Recruitment Hubs for the project in the West Midlands. They will aim to capitalise on continuing employment opportunities generated by the high-speed railway which...
HS2 asks local community to vote on Balsall Common Viaduct design details
The local community will be given the chance to vote on the appearance of a landmark HS2 viaduct near Solihull as part of the high-speed line’s commitment to inclusive design. Further design options for the appearance and patterning of Balsall Common Viaduct’s...
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