HS2

The joint venture between Balfour Beatty and Vinci (BBV JV) is looking for suppliers for a £50m contract to assist on HS2 work in the north of England. BBV JV has been the main contractor for £2.5bn worth of civils work for HS2, working on the section designated as area…

Construction firms working on the HS2 Old Oak Common station have published a £20m tender for lifting work at the London interchange site. Balfour Beatty Vinci Systra (BBVS JV), the strategic alliance behind the £1.67bn project, is looking for a supplier to provide a minimum of four heavy lifting tower…

Construction of the first HS2 ‘green tunnel’, which will use reduced amounts of concrete and steel, began today in Northamptonshire. The tunnel, which is located in Chipping Warden and will span 1.5 miles, is being built on phase one of the project and uses technology aimed at minimising disruption for…

The Department for Transport (DfT) has scrapped a 13-mile stretch of the proposed HS2 route. HS2 minister Andrew Stephenson confirmed the Golborne Link will be removed from the HS2 phase 2b bill, connecting Crewe and Manchester. The 13-mile link would have seen trains taken off the main route before Manchester…

The government has praised construction workers for keeping HS2 “on time and on budget” despite significant workforce and economic pressures. Speaking to CN during a visit to the project’s Colne Valley site, HS2 minister Andrew Stephenson said contractors had “stepped up to the challenge” to ensure work maintained good progress…

A major milestone in the delivery of the HS2 Ltd project was achieved as work began on the UK’s largest railway viaduct, using a 700-tonne bridge-building machine. The bright orange “launching girder”, named Dominique, was thrust into action on 31 May, as it hoisted into position the first of 1,000…

HS2 Ltd is seeking a route-wide injunction to prevent protesters interrupting the construction of the high-speed rail line. The firm has dubbed protesters “violent activists”, but its opponents have labelled the move a “threat to democracy”. The injunction, which is being sought in the High Court, would apply to a…

Reducing the size of HS2’s Euston hub means it is “no longer possible” to remove spoil from the station by rail, the Department for Transport (DfT) has said. Last month, HS2 sparked anger from MPs and residents when it diverted from a promise to remove debris from the Euston site…

Concerns have been raised that funding allocated in the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) could be used to fill potential holes in HS2’s budget, Construction News has been told. A source close to HS2 has told CN that regional bodies and MPs have voiced concerns that funding within the IRP could…

On the face of it, HS2’s South Kilburn site is no different to any other construction site in the country. As you would expect, groups of construction workers are donned in high-vis jackets and helmets, excavated spoil is being loaded on to a dumper truck for removal and an enormous…