INFRASTRUCTURE

Guidewall innovation cuts carbon and improves safety on HS2

Cementation Skanska has replaced conventional steel and concrete with basalt reinforcement and low carbon concretes, including CEMFREE, in creating the new guidewall on the London Tunnels section of the HS2 high-speed rail link in the UK.

 Skanska is installing basalt reinforcement as an alternative to steel rebar on parts of the UK’s HS2 high-speed rail link

Skanska is installing basalt reinforcement as an alternative to steel rebar on parts of the UK’s HS2 high-speed rail link

The innovation has been developed through a collaboration involving Cementation Skanska, the Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture (SCS JV), which is delivering the London Tunnels section of HS2, Basalt...

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