Major Projects - Page 11

Newly appointed Rail and HS2 Minister Huw Merriman has pledged to focus on signing off on a growing backlog of projects

HS2 Ltd’s contract for the supply of temporary signs for its construction sites has taken its spending with Royal British Legion companies to over £100,000

HS2 Phase 1 remains within its overall budget of £44.6 billion, including a contingency reserve, but concerns continue at the steady increase in cost.

The first of two 2,000-tonne Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) has begun excavating HS2’s five-mile tunnel from West Ruislip to Greenford.

The construction of HS2 Ltd’s new £370 million Interchange station, will create up to 1,000 jobs over at least the next five years

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.