A comparison between UK and French reinforcement standards raises design and safety concerns about HS2’s decision to use non-UK CARES compliant reinforcement believes the British Association of Reinforcement (BAR). Furthermore, use of the French reinforcement
HS2 Ltd has announced that it has been awarded the Platinum accreditation from Investors in People for its ‘We invest in Apprentices’ framework. Platinum is the highest-level accreditation and is awarded to organisations who can
Ambitious plans to create 127 hectares of new grasslands and woodlands around the southern portal of HS2’s Chilterns tunnel have been enabled by an innovative solution to reuse the waste chalk slurry generated during the
Thanks to its success in securing HS2 contracts, business is booming for Wardell Armstrong, Staffordshire’s largest provider of professional services. The company is among over 2,000 businesses to have won work on Europe’s biggest infrastructure
Warwick Arts Centre has been successful in its bid to the HS2 Community and Environment Fund (CEF) and has secured £250,000 towards its Warwick 20:20 project. The project involves replacing the existing cinema with new
Worn-out wind turbine blades destined for the incinerator will instead be used to create carbon-friendly reinforced concrete on Britain’s new high speed rail network, HS2 Ltd has said. The innovative project will swap steel rebar,
Stafford-based ground remediation contractor, Deep Soil Mixing used a sustainable soil mixing solution to geotechnically improve the ground at an HS2 site near Coleshill in Warwickshire. The work was undertaken to allow access of construction
An ambitious scheme, designed by HS2’s landscape architects, ecologists, engineers and soil specialists, aims to reuse construction materials to create 127 hectares of new chalk grassland, woodland, wood pasture and wetland habitats that will substantially
MPs have given the go-ahead to the next phases of Britain’s high speed rail network, with the Bill approving the building of HS2 Phase 2A north from the West Midlands to Crewe achieving Royal Assent.
HS2 Ltd, the company delivering Britain’s new high-speed railway, is hosting a virtual careers fair on Wednesday 24th February to showcase the jobs the project is creating across the West Midlands. The event is being hosted