Mace Dragados JV is trialling the hydrogen fuel cell, supplied by AFC Energy, to charge a fully electric JCB telehandler.
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HS2’s second TBM ‘Caroline’ sets off under the capital
A tunnel boring machine (TBM) named ‘Caroline’ has begun its five-mile journey carving a tunnel under London for HS2.
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HS2 invites AI startups to join accelerator programme
The five candidates will harness the power of Artificial Intelligence to streamline design changes across the construction phase of the HS2.
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Balfour Beatty Vinci puts Esri drone software to work on HS2
The software is being used to carry out drone site surveys, manage aggregate stockpiles, and monitor construction progress.
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HS2 breaks ground on UK’s longest railway bridge
A 700-tonne ‘Launching Girder’ machine will lift each segment for the arched bridge into place – each the size of a double decker bus.
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HS2 unveils £2.6bn Euston station redesign
HS2 Ltd has revealed revised designs for its London terminal in Euston drawn up by a design consortium of Arup, WSP, and Grimshaw Architects.
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UK’s first zero emission crawler cranes get to work at HS2
Three giant fully electric crawler cranes have begun work on the construction of High Speed 2 (HS2).
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HS2 has unveiled plans to build a digital twin which engineers can explore through VR headsets to better predict and prevent issues.
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A Hitachi/Alstom joint venture has won contracts worth approx. £2bn to supply a fleet of 225-mile-per-hour electric trains for HS2.
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HS2 uses fibre-optic meshing in new ground-monitoring technique
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.