An onsite fabrication facility was required to complete complex diaphragm wall works at High Speed 2’s North Acton site in London. High Speed 2 (HS2) main works contractor Skanska Costain Strabag (SCS)... Read more »
What does a company do when it has three large construction sites in an urban area that need to move material around without clogging up the roads? They build a long conveyor... Read more »
HS2 construction in London gathers pace as second tunnelling machine sets off underneath the capital
HS2 Ltd today [27/10/2022] launched the fifth Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), ‘Caroline’, that will be constructing tunnels for the HS2 railway through London. The second launched in the capital, the 2,000 tonnes... Read more »
Work to turn a large HS2 railway construction site next to the M25 motorway into a large chalk stream wildlife haven has reached a milestone, with the millionth cubic metre of chalk... Read more »
Lyndon SGB by Brandsafway is the UK’s largest provider of commercial scaffolding and access solutions with 16 regional branches nationwide including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Ipswich, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Bristol to... Read more »
Architecture firm Grimshaw has teamed up with Haptic to design a “bold geometric roof” in its latest plans to bring HS2 high-speed railway to London’s Euston station. Grimshaw is partnering with architects Haptic, design... Read more »
Pictured: The golden roof that’s set to be an eye-catching feature of the London Euston HS2 terminal
HS2’s Euston station will feature a bold roof that’s coloured ‘bronze or gold’ under new plans for the high-speed railway’s London terminus. Designers hope that the ‘innovative’ structure will be an ‘identifying... Read more »
H S2 has “incredible momentum” entering 2022 following a “year of major moments”, according to the boss of the high-speed railway project. Mark Thurston, chief executive of HS2 Ltd, said significant construction... Read more »
Published: 2:45 PM November 23, 2021 The North London Waste Authority has not yet paused to review the massive incinerator they plan to build at Edmonton. Even the firm they plan to... Read more »
Political gamble and against-the-odds are both descriptions used to describe probably one of the few private sector successes in challenging a major government infrastructure scheme. Mark Bostock is former director with Arup... Read more »
