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.
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Initiatives with a focus on AI, wearable technology, and decarbonisation are among the latest batch to be added to the programme.
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HS2 joint venture picks Zutec to deliver ‘Digital BIM Blueprint’
by Liam Turnerby Liam TurnerA JV between Skanska, Costain, and Strabag tasked with building the southern section of HS2 has chosen Zutec to help deliver its digital strategy.
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Work commences on £1bn HS2 ‘super hub’
by Liam Turnerby Liam TurnerA Balfour Beatty-Vinci Systra joint venture will build the £1bn London Old Oak Common HS2 station, which will support an estimated 2,300 jobs.