HS2

Balfour Beatty VINCI welcomes its 500th apprentice on HS2’s West Midlands section

Second HS2 tunnel boring machine completes five-mile concrete-lined tunnel in west London

HS2’s construction partner in the West Midlands, Balfour Beatty VINCI is offering an eight-week paid work placement to university students

HS2 lifts final beams into place for the A43 bridge near Brackley, moving closer to project completion

NAO says government mega-projects need stronger governance to avoid delays, cost overruns and poor decision-making

Over 1,500 concrete rings now line HS2’s Long Itchington Wood Tunnel as civil engineering work reaches completion

Work on HS2’s Stoneleigh Road bridge near Kenilworth progresses, with major concrete pours and green corridors for wildlife

HS2 completes its first precast segmental viaduct at Delta Junction using an innovative cantilever method

HS2 completes foundation for Old Oak Common station, using 76,000 cubic metres of concrete for six high-speed platforms

Video shows HS2 engineers record-breaking 4,500-tonne viaduct deck slide over four days

120 colossal beams installed on a 14,500-tonne box structure which will carry HS2 under the A46 Kenilworth Bypass

HS2 begins building a 300m motorway bridge using modular concrete blocks to minimise disruption and speed up construction

TBM Sushila finishes 8 km drive, advancing HS2’s Northolt Tunnel project under London

Work begins on 2,000 concrete foundation columns for Birmingham’s HS2 Curzon Street Station, marking a major milestone in the project

HS2 prepares two massive tunnelling machines for a 7.2-kilometre underground journey to Euston, driving progress on the UK’s largest rail project

HS2’s Colne Valley Viaduct earns engineering award for innovative design blending technical excellence with a striking landscape presence

Concrete beams and cast-in-place elements help complete the realignment of A418 road bridge over HS2 route near Aylesbury

“Green tunnel” reaches 50% completion, showcasing innovative concrete construction methods and landscaping integration

HS2 has surpassed the 1 million cubic metre mark in concrete use for West Midlands

103m-long structure’s U-shaped precast concrete beams enhance structural integrity and allow effective load distribution

MDJV joint venture stats installation of 2,000 underground concrete foundation columns

Final segment of 3.4km-long Colne Valley Viaduct deck lowered into place, marking key milestone in rail network

PACADAR UK complete casting of nearly 60,000 concrete tunnel segments for HS2 at their factory on the Isle of Grain, Kent

HS2’s ‘Mary Ann’ TBM has completed half of its 5.6km journey to construct the Bromford Tunnel

Construction of Aston Church Road bridge reaches major milestone with successful placement of 84m-long structure

Concrete Connect editor Clare Howcutt-Kelly visits HS2's 185m-long Balsall Common bridge, which used 7,200 cubic metres of concrete and 1,800 tonnes of steel in its construction

HS2 have completed eight-month installation of double composite 3,700 tonne, 450m-long structure

New technique used in the UK for the first time completes first section of HS2's River Tame West Viaducts

83 beams weighing a total of more than 1,500 tonnes installed over 13 consecutive weekends

Structure big enough to accommodate 300 Olympic-sized swimming pools completed