Major Projects - Page 16

HS2 Ltd says that 2,200 people who were previously out of work have now secured skilled jobs at its 350 sites between London, the Midlands and Crewe

HS2 Ltd continues to beat industry averages for the number of female and BAME employees working on the project

HS1 Ltd has rejected concerns from the Office of Rail and Road over how the company is managing its asset renewals.

The 2,000-tonne Dorothy, one of HS2’s ten tunnel boring machines, has made its first breakthrough after eight months underground.

Two zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell generators have replaced diesel-powered equipment at HS2’s Victoria Road construction site at Ealing, in west London. 

Delivery of later phases of the flagship East West Rail scheme, to restore a direct ‘Varsity Line’ rail link between Oxford and Cambridge, has been declared “unachievable” by this key government body.

Piling work has begun on one of HS2’s most spectacular engineering features yet - the low 500-yard, nine-span Wendover Dean Viaduct in Buckinghamshire.

The Department for Transport faces the risk of further delays and cost increases to the TransPennine Route Upgrade (TRU).

Restoration work on the 183-year-old original station building at Birmingham Curzon Street has ground to a halt.

HS2 Ltd has announced Canterbury Road Vent Shaft in South Kilburn as its first completely diesel-free site.