HS2

Mace and Dragados (MDJV) will be aided by modern methods of construction when they come to build the main shell of HS2’s Euston terminus station. Refreshed designs for the station have been unveiled seven years after initial drawings for the London station were first tabled. As part of the updated…

Manchester City Council will formally challenge the government’s plans for the HS2 western leg, including the design for Manchester Piccadilly station, the location of the Metrolink turnback and the proposed highway access to Manchester Airport station. The council’s cabinet is set to discuss 13 issues it has drawn up with…

The government’s benefit cost ratio (BCR) for HS2 does not reflect the full impact the rail megaproject will have on the UK, chief executive Mark Thurston has said. Thurston (pictured) told a House of Commons transport committee meeting that they should consider the “wider strategic issues” when it comes to…

Tarmac has successfully trialled the use of ultra low-carbon concrete on part of the HS2 route in the Chilterns. The manufacturer worked with the Align consortium – a joint venture between Bouygues Travaux Publics, VolkerFitzpatrick and Sir Robert McAlpine – which is delivering the central section of Phase One of…

HS2 could use alliancing style contracts for future work to get the “best value”, Construction News can reveal. HS2 chief executive Mark Thurston said the megaproject with its web of contractors created an opportunity for closer collaboration. Thurston told CN: “There’s a lot of good learning about how we as…

HS2 chief executive Mark Thurston says the megaproject will need more non-construction skills as it progresses. The focus would move from construction roles to consulting and professional services as phases 2a, from the West Midlands to Crewe, and phase 2b, from Crewe to Manchester, progress. The number of people working…

Mace and Dragados have launched a search for subcontractors to work on the HS2 Euston station build. Contracts at the £2.6bn project will include work on the main substructure, where a subcontractor will focus on piling, earthworks and reinforced concrete. The JV is also looking for a contractor to deliver…

HS2 has taken delivery of three fully electric crawler cranes at sites in London. The 100 per cent emissions-free giant Liebherr cranes are being used at its Old Oak Common and Canterbury Road vent-shaft sites, in what HS2 said is a UK first. The project aims to achieve net-zero carbon…

The production of precast-concrete segments for the HS2 Colne Valley Viaduct has begun. The Align JV will produce 1,000 segments in a factory that will make up the deck of the viaduct, just outside of north-west London. The joint venture between Bouygues, Sir Robert McAlpine and VolkerFitzpatrick has been working…

HS2 has announced plans to double the length of a new tunnel on phase one of the route near Birmingham. Changes to the design of the route in Birmingham will see the Bromford Tunnel extended from 2.8km to 5.7km and into Warwickshire to remove complex above-ground engineering works, which include…