Author Archives: Rob Hakimian

Skanska has completed £450M of enabling works at Euston station in preparation for the new High Speed 2 (HS2) London terminus, which remains unfunded.

Engineers working on High Speed 2 (HS2) have moved a 1,600t bridge into place over an existing railway on the outskirts of Birmingham in a five-hour operation.

National Highways and lead contractor Kier Highways have celebrated the completion of the £162M scheme to build a bypass on the A585 around the town of Little Singleton in Lancashire.

Work has commenced on Port of Aberdeen’s £4M commercial shore power project, designed to supply clean electricity to vessels at seven berths.

High Speed 2 (HS2) main works contractor Eiffage Kier Ferrovial Bam JV (EFKB) has successfully installed the 3,700t deck of the Wendover Dean Viaduct in Buckinghamshire after an eight-month slide operation.

Network Rail has picked VolkerRail, Taziker Industrial, AmcoGiffen, Story Contracting and QTS as its five suppliers to receive up to £1.3bn of contracts for works on Scotland’s railways over the next five years.

United Utilities has shortlisted three applicants for the role of independent technical advisor on its £1.75bn Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (Harp) in a contract worth £50M.

Southern Water has alerted the market that it will be procuring for a technical partner to help develop a scheme involving an 85km pipeline, associated treatment works and other infrastructure.

Arsenal Football Club is in the early stages of considering expansion to its 60,000 seater Emirates Stadium in North London.

National Grid has switched on the first 2.5km circuit of its £1bn London Power Tunnels 2 (LPT2) project between Hurst substation and Crayford.