Midlands factory starts producing more than 2,700 giant HS2 viaduct segments
This post was originally published on this site HS2 has started the production of 2,742 huge concrete segments that will be used to build the…
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HS2 completes Copthall Green Tunnel’s western portal
This post was originally published on this site Engineers working on the HS2 rail project have completed the western portal of the Copthall Green Tunnel.…
China starts drilling deep beneath Earth as part of huge exploration project
This post was originally published on this site China has started drilling thousands of metres beneath the surface of the Earth in an effort to…
HS2 hits milestone on UK’s longest railway bridge as first ‘v-piers’ installed
This post was originally published on this site HS2 has made further progress on the UK’s longest railway bridge following the completion of the first…
HS2 wins approval for ‘iconic’ Birmingham bridge
This post was originally published on this site HS2 has won approval for a 150-metre section of viaduct carrying trains into Birmingham’s new Curzon Street…
HS2 supersizes offsite manufacturing for Kent Viaduct, hails a ‘major step forward’
This post was originally published on this siteHS2 has revealed the first of 68 giant piers that will support the high-speed-rail project’s first entirely offsite…
Finland’s Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant goes live
This post was originally published on this site Regular electricity production has started at Finland’s Olkiluoto 3 [OL3] nuclear power plant, now Europe’s largest reactor.…
Rothera Research Station: Exterior added to new Antarctic facility
This post was originally published on this site A new scientific and operational support facility at Rothera Research Station in the Antarctic has been fitted…
HS2 launches third tunnelling machine, ‘Lydia’
This post was originally published on this site HS2 has once again begun tunnelling under London with the launch of its third giant Tunnel Boring…
HS2 tunnelling team celebrate milestone tunnel boring machine breakthrough
This post was originally published on this siteThe HS2 tunnelling team in Warwickshire has been celebrating the milestone breakthrough of tunnel boring machine (TBM) ‘Dorothy’…