Digital Construction Red Sea island resort achieves BIM Project Kitemark The developer of a 28,000sq km coastal resort in Saudi Arabia, has been awarded the BSI’s BIM Project Kitemark.
News Balfour and Atkins fund ‘ecological clerk of works’ pilot A new pilot scheme for the role of an ecological clerk of works, who ensures contractors and clients comply with environmental legislation and planning conditions, is set to go ahead after being put on hold by the covid-19 pandemic.
Video Video | Inside HS2 tunnel boring machine digging under Chilterns HS2 has revealed the inner workings of its 170m-long tunnel boring machine (TBM) Cecilia, to show how the machine is excavating a 10-mile-long section of tunnel under the Chilterns.
News Factory to build 58,000 concrete HS2 tunnel segments Pre-cast concrete firm Pacadar has won a deal to produce 58,000 factory-built concrete tunnel segments for use in HS2’s London tunnels.
Digital Construction 3D printing on HS2 will reduce disruption to commuters HS2 Ltd London tunnels contractor SCS JV (Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture) says 3D printing technology will reduce disruption to commuters during building works as well as mitigating environmental impact.
News Skanska Costain Strabag JV to 3D print concrete structures on HS2 The joint venture between Skanska, Costain and Strabag (SCS JV) is to 3D print concrete structures on the HS2 project, with the first test deployment scheduled to take place in 2022.
Video Video: Align JV excavates giant HS2 vent shaft HS2 main works contractor Align JV – Bouygues Travaux Publics, Sir Robert McAlpine and VolkerFitzpatrick – has started excavating one of five giant ventilation and emergency access shafts.
News Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial and BAM to cut HS2 viaduct carbon by 50% with new design The Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial and BAM Nuttall joint venture is on track to more than halve the amount of embedded carbon on one of the HS2 viaducts it is building thanks to a new ‘double composite’ design.
Video Video | HS2 factory producing 196 tunnel segments per day Two factories are producing 196 pre-cast concrete segments a day to line the 16km twin-bored tunnel running under the Chilterns. Align, a joint venture between Bouygues, Sir Robert McAlpine, and…
News HS2 launches first of 10 TBMs HS2 has lunched the first of 10 giant tunnel boring machines (TBM) that will dig 64 miles of tunnel on phase one of the new high-speed railway. The first 170m-long…
News Mace Dragados wins £570m HS2 Birmingham Curzon Street station Mace Dragados has beaten BAM Ferrovial and Laing O’Rourke to win a deal worth up to £570m to build the HS2 Birmingham Curzon Street station.
News Police in witness appeal after HS2 workers attacked Police have appealed for witnesses after a group of around 30 people attacked workers from an HS2 construction site in Small Dean, Wendover, on Friday (26 March).
News Photos | First of 112,000 pre-cast HS2 Chiltern tunnel wall segments produced The first of 112,000 pre-cast, steel fibre-reinforced concrete wall segments that will line the HS2 Chiltern tunnel have been produced.
News Bouygues, McAlpine and VolkerFitzpatrick start work on UK’s longest rail viaduct The Align JV made up of Bouygues, Sir Robert McAlpine, and VolkerFitzpatrick has started work on the construction of the UK’s longest railway bridge, with the sinking of 292 piles for the Colne Valley Viaduct.
News Bechtel loses HS2 legal battle Bechtel has lost its legal action against the company in charge of procuring the HS2 high-speed rail line, after losing out on a bid to build Old Oak Common station.
Technical, Video Video | Balfour launches plant operator skills hub Balfour Beatty has launched a new plant operator skills hub in Birmingham in partnership with plant hire firm Flannery.
News Photos | The best images of the month Restoration of ancient Westminster Hall complete The restoration of the Grade I-listed Westminster Hall, the oldest part of the Palace of Westminster, has been completed under the project management of…
News Cleveland Bridge produces 24 massive modular HS2 bridge girders Steel engineering firm Cleveland Bridge has produced 24 massive steel girders that will form part of the first bridges to be built on the HS2 project.
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