A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month.
Balfour Beatty VINCI prepares to launch second HS2 viaduct over the M6
Engineers are gearing up to move the west deck of the M6 South viaduct, which is currently being assembled in four sections near Chelmsley Wood.
The first 107-metre section will be slid into position over the M6 junction 4 southbound slip road, using a specialist hydraulic jack to manoeuvre the 1,250-tonne weathering steel structure across 102 metres onto its concrete piers.
JCB searches for UK’s best operators in 2026 challenge
This year sees the return of the JCB Operator Challenge, which sets out to find the UK’s most skilled tracked excavator and backhoe loader operators. The challenge takes place across seven regional heats between now and June.
Each event will see competitors take on two timed trials designed to test machine operating precision and dexterity, with the top three operators from each heat progressing to the final, held at JCB’s quarry on 14 July.
Willmott Dixon completes Seam Digital Campus in Barnsley
Willmott Dixon has completed phase one of The Seam Digital Campus in Barnsley town centre, which includes a 4,700 sq m urban park, three Yorkshire Rose sculptures and landscaped gardens.
Topping out celebrated at Cambridge’s Mill Yard development
Mill Yard, when complete, will feature three office buildings and two residential buildings and a nursery situated around a publicly accessible park.
The £180m development is being delivered by Railpen, its development partner, Socius, and lead contractor, Morgan Sindall Construction. Mill Yard is targeting completion in 2027 and forms part of Railpen’s Cambridge innovation cluster.
Multi-storey car park transformation
Social impact developer Capital&Centric has released a CGI image from its Karparc project, which aims to transform a former multi-storey car park into new homes in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
