HS2 | News, Analysis & Comment about construction of the UK Rail Project https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2/ Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:06:57 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://cdn.ca.emap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png HS2 | News, Analysis & Comment about construction of the UK Rail Project https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2/ 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2/ 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Gallery: HS2 completes Coleshill viaduct decks at Delta junction https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2-completes-coleshill-viaduct-decks-at-delta-junction-11-02-2026/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:57:45 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=538008 Engineers from the Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) joint venture have completed the installation of four parallel viaduct decks at HS2’s Delta junction outside Birmingham. The structures form part of the high-speed rail route as it approaches Birmingham from the south, carrying the high-speed line over…

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]]> DfT launches early market engagement for HS2 Euston station https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2/dft-launches-early-market-engagement-for-hs2-euston-station-09-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2/dft-launches-early-market-engagement-for-hs2-euston-station-09-02-2026/#respond Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:38:31 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537746 The Department for Transport (DfT) has begun early market engagement in its hunt for partners in a public-private deal to design, build and maintain the planned HS2 Euston station terminus. The government has long been working on a masterplan to provide a train station that…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2/dft-launches-early-market-engagement-for-hs2-euston-station-09-02-2026/feed/ 0 HSE ‘satisfied’ with HS2 investigation into serious near-miss https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/hse-satisfied-with-hs2-investigation-into-serious-near-miss-06-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/hse-satisfied-with-hs2-investigation-into-serious-near-miss-06-02-2026/#respond Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:45:44 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537690 The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said it is satisfied with HS2’s response to the serious near-miss that led to a pause on its London tunnels work. On 29 September last year, a beam struck a crane basket with two workers inside as a…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/hse-satisfied-with-hs2-investigation-into-serious-near-miss-06-02-2026/feed/ 0 Northern Powerhouse Rail ‘won’t be procured’ before design completed https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/northern-powerhouse-rail-wont-be-procured-before-design-completed-03-02-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/northern-powerhouse-rail-wont-be-procured-before-design-completed-03-02-2026/#respond Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:45:22 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=537432 The transport secretary has promised to fully design Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) before tendering for contractors. Heidi Alexander pledged in the House of Commons on Monday (2 February) to finalise the scope of works for the relauched £45bn project first and vowed to avoid “the…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/northern-powerhouse-rail-wont-be-procured-before-design-completed-03-02-2026/feed/ 0 HS2 tunnelling from Old Oak Common to Euston set to start https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2-tunnelling-from-old-oak-common-to-euston-set-to-start-26-01-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2-tunnelling-from-old-oak-common-to-euston-set-to-start-26-01-2026/#respond Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:42:44 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=536756 Tunnelling is set to start this week on the HS2 link between Old Oak Common and Euston. The Skanska Costain Strabag (SCS) joint venture will be launching the first of two tunnel boring machines (TBMs), named Madeleine and Karen, from the eastern end of Old Oak Common…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2-tunnelling-from-old-oak-common-to-euston-set-to-start-26-01-2026/feed/ 0 HS2 raised safety concerns with JVs months before serious incident https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2/hs2-raised-safety-standards-with-jvs-months-before-serious-incident-23-01-2026/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2/hs2-raised-safety-standards-with-jvs-months-before-serious-incident-23-01-2026/#respond Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:45:26 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=536677 HS2 bosses raised worries over contractors’ health and safety performance just months before a serious near-miss incident paused work on London tunnels, it has emerged. Newly released minutes from a series of HS2 board meetings from 2025 show that five RIDDOR incidents took place across…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2/hs2-raised-safety-standards-with-jvs-months-before-serious-incident-23-01-2026/feed/ 0 Image gallery: Civil works completed on HS2’s longest tunnel https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2/image-gallery-civil-works-completed-on-hs2s-longest-tunnel-20-01-2026/ Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:03:33 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=536408 Construction of the 16km Chiltern tunnel - the longest on the High Speed 2 route - has been completed after nearly five years of work. HS2 Ltd confirmed that civil engineering work at the line’s ventilation shafts at Chesham Road and Little Missenden has now…

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]]> HS2 revives Euston spoil-by-rail plan https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2/hs2-revives-euston-spoil-by-rail-plan-19-01-2026/ Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:45:35 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=536301 Euston Station delivery teams have been given the go-ahead to transport construction spoil from the site by rail instead of road in future, it has been confirmed. HS2 sparked anger from MPs and the public in 2022 when it abandoned a plan to remove spoil…

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]]> 2025: the news that shaped the year https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/features/2025-the-news-that-shaped-the-year-22-12-2025/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:45:40 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=533028 With the infrastructure boost offset by a slow housebuilding market and the ongoing skills crisis, the construction industry is hoping for a better year ahead

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]]> Former Bouygues UK boss joins HS2 board amid leadership overhaul https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/hs2/former-bouygues-uk-boss-joins-hs2-board-amid-leadership-overhaul-15-12-2025/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:04:52 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=534728 Former Bouygues UK chair and chief executive Fabienne Viala has joined the board of HS2 Ltd, a year after leaving the tier one contractor. Viala, who spent eight years Bouygues’ UK construction arm, is one of six new non-executive directors appointed to the HS2 Ltd…

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