The UK’s HS2 has begun assembling the project’s longest ‘green tunnel’ – designed to blend the high speed railway into…
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Battery Electric Vehicles and the risk of fire in tunnel construction
What are the fire risks when deploying battery electric vehicles (BEV) in the construction of tunnels? This is a question…
HS2’s Florence and Cecilia reach Little Missenden shaft
HS2 has confirmed that ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ – the two 10.26m diameter Herrenknecht TBMs boring HS2’s longest tunnels – have…
HS2 London tunnelling passes one mile mark
HS2’s first two TBMs in London, Sushila and Caroline, have completed the first mile (1.6km) of twin bored tunnel in…
Strabag HS2 tunnel segment production begins
The production of the concrete tunnel segments for HS2 has begun at a new facility at Hartlepool docks. STRABAG were…
HS2 unveils Bromford Tunnel TBM
HS2 has revealed the first images of the TBM that contractor Balfour Beatty VINCI JV will use to bore the…
HS2 launches third TBM in London
HS2 has once again begun tunnelling under London, launching its third TBM under the city. The 853m long, 6.2m i.d….
HS2 Long Itchington TBM breaks through
The UK’s HS2 tunnelling team of Balfour Beatty/VINCI (BBV JV) has celebrated the milestone breakthrough of its 10m diameter Herrenknecht…
HS2 leg and Lower Thames Crossing face two year delay
The UK’s Secretary of state for Transport, Mark Harper, has announced that HS2’s Birmingham to Crewe leg will be delayed…
HS2’s ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ TBMs pass Amersham
The UK’s HS2 project today confirmed that ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ – the two 10.26m diameter Herrenknecht TBMs boring HS2’s longest…