A round-up of BIM and digital construction stories that you might have missed in the past fortnight.

Contractors working for HS2 have transported a 160t tunnel boring machine cutter head to a new digging site in a complex overnight operation.

The Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture on HS2’s Euston project is testing a crane powered by Formula 1-style technology that can drastically reduce CO2 emissions.

More than a quarter (28%) of employees in HS2’s supply chain are women, while 18% come from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. That’s according to HS2’s latest Equality, Diversity…

The Balfour Beatty Vinci joint venture (BBV JV) has overseen the first tunnelling breakthrough on HS2.

Lynch Plant Hire used technology and engagement with its staff to meet targets set by the Skanska Costain Strabag JV on HS2, and thus secured victory in the Delivering Net Zero with Digital Innovation category, sponsored by Zero, at the Digital Construction Awards last night (12 July).

On a recent visit to HS2’s Birmingham Curzon Street site, CIOB Birmingham Hub members heard from the project team about the work under way, future plans and the challenges they face.

Ground-penetrating radar is a well-established technique for the efficient exploration of geotechnical sites without disturbing the ground. So why is this technique often overlooked?

No, it’s not something from the minds of Pixar: the image above is of Pipebots, micro robots designed to inspect buried pipes, water pipes in particular.

A selection of the best images in construction from the past month.

HS2 main works contractor EKFB (Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial and BAM Nuttall) has developed an offsite approach to build a new ‘green tunnel’ for the high-speed rail line.

HS2 has launched a giant, 700t bridge-building machine to help construct the high-speed line’s first and longest viaduct.

The Digital Construction Awards attracted more than 120 entries, 63 of which have been shortlisted. Here, we detail the Digital Excellence in a Construction Business shortlist.

Skanska has installed the largest single-span railway bridge in the West Midlands.

Over the course of 2022 and beyond, CIOB Academy will share good practice and innovation learned from the HS2 programme.

HS2 minister Andrew Stephenson has expressed “concern” over the rate at which costs are increasing on the HS2 high-speed rail project.

Two 2,000t tunnelling machines digging the HS2 tunnel under the Chilterns have completed the first stage of works.

HS2 has unveiled an updated design for its new high-speed rail terminus in London.