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Mace Dragados JV is trialling the hydrogen fuel cell, supplied by AFC Energy, to charge a fully electric JCB telehandler.

A tunnel boring machine (TBM) named ‘Caroline’ has begun its five-mile journey carving a tunnel under London for HS2.

The five candidates will harness the power of Artificial Intelligence to streamline design changes across the construction phase of the HS2.

The software is being used to carry out drone site surveys, manage aggregate stockpiles, and monitor construction progress.

A 700-tonne ‘Launching Girder’ machine will lift each segment for the arched bridge into place – each the size of a double decker bus.

HS2 Ltd has revealed revised designs for its London terminal in Euston drawn up by a design consortium of Arup, WSP, and Grimshaw Architects.

Three giant fully electric crawler cranes have begun work on the construction of High Speed 2 (HS2).

HS2 has unveiled plans to build a digital twin which engineers can explore through VR headsets to better predict and prevent issues.

A Hitachi/Alstom joint venture has won contracts worth approx. £2bn to supply a fleet of 225-mile-per-hour electric trains for HS2.

A HS2 construction site is being used as the test-bed for a new ground-monitoring technique that combines mesh wiring with fibre-optic cables.