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HS2 TBMs complete first stage in Chilterns
15 March, 2022
The two 2,000t TBMs digging the UK’s HS2 high-speed rail tunnels under the Chilterns have completed the first stage, up to the ventilation shaft at Chalfont St Peter.

Florence and Cecilia set off
27 July, 2021
HS2 is the largest transport infrastructure project in Europe. Julian Champkin had a lightening tour of the Chiltern Tunnel portal to see the first of the ten TBMs that will work on the project’s 51km twin-tunnels

Work well underway on first HS2 shaft
22 July, 2021
Engineers working on the UK’s new high-speed railway (HS2) have begun excavating the first of five ventilation and emergency access shafts for the 16km-long tunnels being bored under the Chiltern Hills.

HS2 launches second Chiltern Tunnel TBM
02 July, 2021
Following the recent launch of TBM Florence to excavate the first tube of the 16km-long Chiltern Tunnels, HS2 has now launched the second machine, Cecilia, from the South Portal site northwest of London.

HS2 announces launch of first TBM
13 May, 2021
Tunnelling can finally begin on Phase One of the UK’s high-speed rail line following HS2’s announcement regarding the launch of the first of 10 TBMs that will dig a total 64 miles (102km) of tunnels.

Production of HS2 tunnel segments begins
19 March, 2021
HS2 Ltd has announced that the first precast concrete tunnel-lining segments for the new high-speed railway have started to roll off the production line.

HS2 TBMs delivered to Chiltern Tunnel site
09 December, 2020
HS2’s main works contractor Align JV has announced the arrival in the UK of the first two tunnel boring machines that will start work on HS2, the UK’s high-speed rail line.

First-of-its-kind robot will reduce risk on HS2 TBMs
05 November, 2020
HS2 Ltd has unveiled a robot designed to boost safety and efficiency during the ring-build process aboard two giant TBMs that will bore the 16km (10mi) Chiltern tunnels.

Finally back on track
11 June, 2020
HS2 has at last been given the green light, following the notice to proceed which is enabling four joint ventures to finalise their designs. Julian Champkin reports

Gap year
01 March, 2019
Tunnelling begins this year for the City of Louisville. Nicole Robinson reports on the Waterway Protection Tunnel

Kier and Eiffage pick up Carillion HS2 work
31 January, 2018
Great Britain - Following the total collapse of one of Britain’s largest contractors, Carillion, Kier and Eiffage have picked up its HS2 work. The companies, which were in joint venture with Carillion to deliver GBP 1.4bn of projects in the HS2 programme, confirm that they are offering employment to the 51 Carillion employees including apprentices, currently working on the HS2 joint venture.

Deep pile foundation interceptions in tunnelling at bank station
12 October, 2017
This article is a reproduction of Omar Mohammed’s Harding Prize winning paper. The original can be found on the BTS website

HS2 Phase One Stage One winners announced
17 July, 2017
Great Britain - The High Speed Two project has announced the winning bidders to construct the first stage of the first phase of the project, which is split into three ‘Areas’.

London's Bank station box fit-out awarded
12 September, 2014
GREAT BRITAIN - Transport for London (TfL) has awarded the contract to fit out the brand new Waterloo & City line station entrance 'box' at Bank to construction specialists Hochtief UK Limited. The contract will provide a new step free entrance at the station giving passengers direct access to the Waterloo and City Line from Walbrook Square.

Preferred bidder for Northern Line extension named
21 July, 2014
London Underground (LU) has announced that a Ferrovial/ Laing O¹Rourke joint venture is the preferred bidder for the Northern Line Extension contract.

Compensation scheme for listed workers
11 October, 2013
Eight major construction companies announced a scheme to compensate workers whose names were on The Consulting Association (TCA) database. The practice of listing workers, and thus negatively affecting their reputations, is known colloquially as ‘blacklisting’ in the UK. The debate surrounding the TCA has been prominent in the last year.

A consultant and a gentleman
18 January, 2011

The 2010 Harding Lecture (Part 1)
01 December, 2010
British Tunnelling Society, Harding Lecture, 15th April 2010

VolkerFitzpatrick to construct Crossrail academy
13 October, 2010

UK’s ability to muster resources
23 March, 2010
With a heavy programme of tunnelling work ahead of it, the UK industry gathered in the ICE Telford Theatre in December to debate its ability to rise to the challenge. Hosted, appropriately, by the BTS Young Members, a packed audience of all ages and affiliations discussed an issue that has generated significant discussion among junior and senior members and is encompassed by the motion: This house believes that the UK tunnelling industry has the sufficient range of engineering expertise and resources to meet the challenges of future projects. As the meeting unfolded, nationalism, internationalism, ageism, and historic reference, all came into the discussion as Neville Harrison (Consultant) and Harnaik Mann (Arup and Vice-Chair of the BTS Young Members committee) proposed the motion and Jon Banyai (Mott MacDonald and Chair of the BTS YM Support Group) and John Edwards (Morgan Est) presented the opposition