News HS2 approaches summer motorway milestone Project team aims for minimal disruption as it delivers “vast programme of work” across the summer period.
Video Video | HS2 slides 1,620t bridge over Grand Union Canal HS2 engineers have launched a 130m-long steel bridge over the Grand Union Canal, allowing a 1.5-mile section of the canal to be reopened to the public seven days ahead of schedule.
News HS2 marks completion of deck assembly for Coleshill viaducts Engineers working on HS2’s triangular intersection outside Birmingham have completed the construction of four parallel viaduct decks.
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People HS2 contractor invests in local talent The HS2 project is welcoming West Midlands university students onto a paid placement programme during the summer holidays.
Video Video | HS2 slides first part of 320m viaduct into position Engineers used a material similar to that found on non-stick frying pans to slide the first part of a major 320-metre-long viaduct into position during the weekend of 7-8 June.
Video Video | CGI shows how HS2 will push giant box structure under A46 bypass A new CGI released by HS2 shows how the Balfour Beatty Vinci joint venture will push a 14,500t box structure under the A46 Kenilworth Bypass in Warwickshire that will carry the high-speed train.
Video Video | New drone footage shows HS2 Burton Green Tunnel in Warwickshire Balfour Beatty Vinci joint venture has completed half of the 700-metre-long HS2 Burton Green Tunnel in Warwickshire.
Video Video | Drone footage shows huge HS2 bridge beams lifted into place New drone footage shows a 20-strong team carefully lifting 15 colossal bridge beams into position at HS2’s Interchange Station in Solihull during a week-long operation.
Video Video | Balfour JV completes HS2 Bellingham Bridge piers HS2’s West Midlands contractor Balfour Beatty Vinci joint venture has completed the four huge piers of the Curzon 2 bridge in Birmingham.
Video Balfour-Vinci JV builds first deck at HS2 Delta Junction viaduct HS2 has completed the first 920-tonne deck span on the first precast segmental viaduct being built at the Delta Junction.
Video Video | Concrete poured on HS2’s Birmingham viaduct Over 2,000 cubic metres of concrete were poured to create the first two 90-metre sections of the viaduct deck structure that will bring HS2 trains into Birmingham’s Curzon Street Station.
Video Video | Drone footage of Balfour JV’s HS2 bridge project Drone footage shows the completed 25m long, 18m wide Streethay overbridge near Lichfield.
Video Video | M42 bridge demolition timelapse A team of 20 demolition specialists from Solihull-based firm Armac Demolition worked around the clock to remove a 4,000 tonne two-span bridge over the M42 to make way for the HS2 railway in the West Midlands.
Video Video | Balfour JV completes heaviest UK bridge drive HS2 has completed the UK’s heaviest drive to install an intersection bridge structure beneath the West Coast Main Line at Fulfen Wood near Lichfield.
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