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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.

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.

Engineers from Balfour Beatty Vinci JV (BBV) are using a specialist cantilever process for the first time in the UK to build a 472m long single-track viaduct for High Speed 2 (HS2) in the West Midlands.

The cancellation of High Speed 2 (HS2) north of Birmingham has seen billions of pounds and most benefits squandered, with the project now in an awkward state, a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has detailed.

Plans to bring High Speed 2 (HS2) into Euston and associated developments in the local area are being worked on “at pace” by the secretary of state for transport Louise Haigh.

High Speed 2 (HS2) main works contractor Skanska Costain Strabag JV (SCS) has hit the halfway point in boring the 13.5km twin-bored Northolt Tunnel between West Ruislip and Old Oak Common in West London.

The construction of High Speed 2 (HS2) has seen recent success with the completion of two important beam lifts for a road bridge in Buckinghamshire and a bridge over the West Coast Main Line in Kenilworth.

Buckinghamshire Council has granted permission to HS2 Ltd to excavate through part of an ancient earthwork structure known as Grim’s Ditch in the Chilterns after the railway developer revised its plans.

High Speed 2 (HS2) main works contractor Skanska Costain Strabag joint venture (SCS) has been allocated an additional £150M for its work to design and build the project’s London tunnels.

Engineers have completed the excavation of the box structure for High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) Old Oak Common “super-hub” station in West London after three years of work.