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.

Two HS2 tunnel boring machines have completed the first mile of twin bored tunnel in London.

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.

HS2 has began producing almost 3,000 huge concrete segments in the Midlands that will be used to build the high-speed railway’s Delta Junction.

Rail minister Huw Merriman has said the HS2 Euston plans are unaffordable at current costs and that the government will consider partnering with the private sector to ensure “it delivers” for taxpayers.

Government and industry have launched a plan to eliminate 78% of diesel machinery from UK’s construction sites by 2035.

HS2 has completed works on the first enormous V-shaped piers that will carry the Colne Valley Viaduct over a series of lakes just outside London.

A CIOB site visit to the new HS2 Curzon Street station in Birmingham will take place on 22 June.

A joint venture between Sir Robert McAlpine and subsidaries of Bouygues and VolkerWessels is using an Amazon Locker-inspired delivery system at its HS2 site in Hertforshire.

Kier, Aecom, the new Everton stadium and Big Ben lead the field of nominees for the Digital Construction Awards 2023.

A construction worker has died on a HS2 site in the West Midlands.

HS2 has started using a hydrogen dual fuel piling rig in its London site in what is thought to be the first real-world use of the technology on a construction site.

A selection of construction pictures from the past month.

The National Audit Office has called on government to rethink its HS2 strategy to avoid incurring in further failures.

The construction industry has reacted with dismay to the government’s announcement that the Birmingham to Crewe leg of HS2 will be delayed by two years due to rising costs.

Two giant tunnelling machines, ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’, excavating the HS2 Chiltern Tunnels have passed the halfway point.

A selction of the best images from Construction Management over the past month.

Carbon accounting, gravity sensors that can identify underground hazards, and hyper-local weather forecasting are among the latest innovations that HS2 Ltd has chosen for its Innovation Accelerator programme. This is…