A giant cantilever structure, used in the UK for the first time, has built the first section of HS2’s 472 metre River Tame West Viaducts.
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HS2 completes Bromford Tunnel portal at Washwood Heath
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Work to build the 3.5 mile Bromford Tunnel has taken a leap forward as excavation of the 22 metre deep west portal is completed.
First sections of HS2’s Curzon Street station viaduct completed in Birmingham
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HS2’s contractor, Balfour Beatty VINCI, has completed the first sections of the viaduct for Birmingham’s new Curzon Street station.
Planning approval granted for HS2’s final two West Midlands structures
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Planning has been approved and granted for HS2’s Saltley Viaduct and River Blythe Viaduct in Birmingham, UK.
HS2 contractor moves Delta Junction viaduct section over M42/M6 link road
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HS2 contractor Victor Buyck Steel Construction has moved an 84m Delta Junction viaduct section into place over the M42/M6 link road.
HS2 contractor demolishes 4000 tonne M42 bridge
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HS2 contractor Armac has removed the 4000-tonne M42 bridge to make way for the construction of the new high-speed line in Solihull, UK.
First viaduct takes shape at HS2’s Delta Junction site
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Construction works ramp up as HS2 completes the first 920-tonne deck span on the first precast viaduct being built at Delta Junction.
Tunnel Boring Machine ‘Mary Ann’ ready to dig HS2’s Bromford Tunnel in West Midlands
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HS2 contractor Balfour Beatty VINCI will begin tunnelling journey with TBM ‘Mary Ann’ between North Warwickshire and Birmingham.
HS2: first concrete pour in West London complete
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HS2’s Old Oak Common station continues to take shape as workers complete the first base slab concrete pour in West London.
HS2 tunnelling team celebrates a milestone breakthrough
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HS2 reaches milestone as 2000 tonne tunnel boring machine ‘Dorothy’ completes second bore of the Long Itchington Wood Tunnel in Warwickshire.
HS2 offers 30 paid summer placements for undergraduates
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Undergraduates given the chance to join HS2’s construction partner Balfour Beatty VINCI on an eight week paid work placement in Midlands.
HS2 celebrating a world-first as 450 workers complete a box ‘bridge slide’ in Warwickshire
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HS2’s contractor Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), completes world’s longest box slide to move a 12,600 tonne bridge over the M42 in Warwickshire.
