News In pictures | The best images from October A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month.
News HS2 tunnel reaches milestone following ‘serious challenges’ The realigned A361, which runs over one of the longest ‘cut-and-cover’ tunnels on the HS2 project, has been reopened.
News Brunel’s Thames Tunnel museum to get major revamp A small London museum dedicated to the first tunnel in the world to be built under a major river will close in September to undergo a £1.85m revamp.
News HyperTunnel robot tunnelling tech heads for UK rail sector HyperTunnel has signed a deal allowing AmcoGiffen exclusive use of its breakthrough robot tunnelling construction tech in the UK rail sector.
News Video | Giant HS2 cutterhead transported to new dig Contractors working for HS2 have transported a 160t tunnel boring machine cutter head to a new digging site in a complex overnight operation.
News Video | Helicopters airlift materials to Peak District tunnel Helicopters have been used to airlift construction materials into position for essential repairs to a ventilation shaft in one of Britain’s deepest railway tunnels.
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