HS2

An influential committee of MPs has said the government is unclear both on its ambitions for the HS2 Euston station and on the costs of pausing the project’s construction. A report from the House of Commons' Public Accounts Committee says that, despite eight years of planning, the Department for Transport…

The Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture (SCS JV) working on HS2 has been awarded an additional £305.3m by HS2 Ltd. The funds, awarded under the existing £3.8bn contract, will go towards works on Phase One of the new high-speed railway. They relate to planned and agreed changes to the scope…

HS2 has started the of production of 2,742 concrete segments that will be used to build the Delta Junction, a network of nine viaducts in the West Midlands. The segments are being made on site at a purpose-built outdoor factory at Kingsbury, Warwickshire. The 55,000 square-metre site employs around 1,000…

HS2 has begun to assemble a major railway viaduct that has been manufactured off site, in what it said was a first for the UK. All the major elements of the 880 metre-long Thame Valley Viaduct near Aylesbury are being made off site before being “slotted together on site like…

A watchdog has urged HS2 contractors to improve their communication with the public over stalled elements of the £100bn scheme. The independent construction commissioner for the rapid rail project, Mark Worthington, said residents “need a clear idea of what to expect and when to expect it” after the latest delays…

The government will “look again” at the design of the planned HS2 station at Euston and consider partnering with the private sector to find an affordable way of building it. A written statement today from the rail minister, Huw Merriman, noted a recent report from the National Audit Office, which…

HS2 is changing the responsibilities of two of the main joint ventures carrying out phase-one works. Managers at the megaproject are reassigning assets within the central section of the route in the North Chilterns area between the Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and Bam Nuttall JV (EFKB) and Align, which is…

A college set up to deliver skills for major infrastructure projects is to shut down next month after failing to become viable. The National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure (NCATI) was launched by the government in 2017 as the National College of High Speed Rail, with buildings that could…

A former HS2 compliance manager who was unfairly dismissed by the company will be paid a total of £7,647.92. Earlier this year an employment tribunal ruled that HS2 unfairly dismissed Sharon Goodison after taking more than a year to respond to her grievance. An employment tribunal tasked with determining the…

Birmingham City Council has approved plans for a 150-metre section of viaduct to carry HS2 high-speed trains into the city’s Curzon Street Station. Client HS2 Ltd obtained Schedule 17 consent for the Curzon No. 2 Viaduct – also called the Bellingham Bridge after Birmingham-born footballer Jude Bellingham – which will…