Following the collapse of contractor Carillion and after discussions with the UK Government and their clients on the HS2 project,…
Searching for HS2
BTS Conference and Exhibition
The BTS 2024 Conference and Exhibition is the largest gathering of tunnelling professionals in the UK. Taking place on October…
HS2 contracts officially signed
The UK’s HS2 project took a major step forward today, with the formal signing of contracts to deliver the tunnels,…
HS2 contract winners announced
The winners of the £6.6bn of major construction contracts for Britain’s HS2 have been announced today (17 July 2017). The…
CH2M withdraw interest in HS2 Phase 2b
Jacqueline C. Hinman, Chairman and CEO of CH2M, has written to David Higgins, Chairman of the UK’s HS2 Ltd, to…
TfL takes over tunnelling academy
Crossrail’s legacy of tunnelling and underground construction will continue after Transport for London (TfL) signed a contract with Prospects College…
HS2 gains Royal Assent
The UK’s HS2 has taken a major step forward by successfully completing over 3 years of Parliamentary scrutiny to receive…
Think big for a bright future
The UK tunnelling industry must “think big” if it is to reclaim the leading role it used to play in…
Tunnelling Journal April/May 2016
In the February/March issue of TJ my comment focused on the allocation of risk, and my belief that it should…
LFM HS2 bid JV names design partner
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff/Ramboll has been named as the design partner for the Laing O’Rourke/FCC Construction/Murphy (LFM) joint venture bidding…
HS2 shortlists nine JVs for civil works
HS2 Ltd has announced a shortlist of nine bidders for civil engineering work valued between £7.1 and £11.8bn between London…
HS2 appoints Phase One Engineering Delivery Partner
With construction due to start next year, the UK’s HS2 project took another significant step forward on March 18, with…
HS2 Design Panel formed
The UK’s High Speed Two (HS2) has taken another step from drawing board to reality with the appointment of a…
Robbins reveals its UK connection to London audience
Over 40 contractors, consultants, owners and suppliers gathered last week at the St. Ermin’s Hotel in Westminster, London, to hear…
HS2 Chilterns tunnel extension confirmed
Following detailed engineering and environmental assessment, the UK Government has agreed to propose an amendment to the HS2 hybrid Bill…
Kier/Carillion/Eiffage JV forms for HS2
Kier has announced its joint venture partnership with Carillion and Eiffage to support the delivery of the UK’s High Speed…
JVs align for HS2 mega-contracts
Several high-powered international JVs have confirmed their formation to tender for the main Tier 1 packages on Phase 1 of…
Tunnelling Journal Dec/Jan 2013
Bangkok Blue Line, Terratec, Slurry Removal, Crossrail, Crossrail’s Western Tunnels, Robbins, Herrenknecht, Trolex, BTS, ICE, CTRL 2, LTA’s Thomson Line,…
HS2 publishes hybrid Bill
HS2 will take a major step forward today (25 November 2013) with publication of the Bill for phase one of…
More tunnels for HS2 announced
Following an eight week public consultation, it has been announced that Britain’s new High Speed 2 railway will now run…
URS named lead designer for Bank station capacity upgrade project
Dragados SA has appointed URS as lead design consultant for the £563M Bank station capacity upgrade project. Dragados was appointed…
Green light given for HS2 by Court of Appeal
Work on a new high speed railway from London to Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds will continue after the Court of…
HS2 recommends a further 9km of London tunnel to eliminate bridge replacements
Britain’s high-speed rail network HS2 could have another 9km of tunnel added to its alignment under London. HS2 Ltd will…
£12bn Crossrail 2 route proposed
London First, a group of business leaders chaired by former Transport Secretary, Lord Adonis, with the mission to make London…
HS2 awards design contracts
HS2 Ltd has awarded four design contracts under Lot 1 of its Professional Services Framework covering civil and structural design…
HS2 awards four EIA contracts
HS2 Ltd has awarded the remaining four contracts under Lot 3 Environmental Services of HS2 Ltd’s Professional Services Framework. The…
Douglas Oakervee appointed HS2 Chair
Douglas Oakervee has been appointed as the new chair of HS2 Ltd, the independent company set up by the Government…
Arup wins HS2 Station design contract
HS2 Ltd has appointed Arup to produce preliminary designs for London’s Euston Station that will completely transform the station and…
HS2 steps up a gear
HS2 Ltd is to start essential environment and engineering survey work along the planned route of the new high-speed rail…
HS2 appoints CH2M Hill development partner
HS2 Ltd has announced the proposed appointment of CH2M Hill, parent company of leading UK consultancy Halcrow, as its development…
HS2 gets the go ahead – with additional tunnelling
The UK Government has today approved HS2. In her speech, Secretary of State for Transport Justine Greening announced that recent…
HS2 could see additional US$800M Tunnel
The UK government is to review the HS2 high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham to consider the inclusion of…
Commons backs High Speed Rail
There is a good case for a high speed rail network, linking London and the major cities of the Midlands,…
GLA chip in on HS2
The Greater London Authority’s Transport Committee is calling on the UK Government to rethink its proposals for High Speed 2 rail…
ICE respond to HS2 report
The delivery of a High Speed Rail (HSR) network supports a more structured transport strategy for the nation, frees up…
HS2 economically flawed says IEA
New research released today by the Institute of Economic Affairs, High Speed 2: the next government project disaster?, shows that the…
Government seeks HS2 reassurance
A Commons Select Committee looking at the Government’s HS2 high-speed rail project has commissioned an independent review into the US$52bn…
Parliamentary inquiry into HS2
The UK Government’s controversial HS2 high-speed rail scheme, which will initially run from London to Birmingham and could include up…
HS2 launches public consultation
UK Transport Secretary Philip Hammond today launched the public consultation for the proposed US$27.5bn high-speed rail line (HS2) between London…