Birmingham
INFRASTRUCTURE
Final Birmingham tunnel breakthrough for HS2
Celebrations for Balfour Beatty VINCI as final TBM breakthrough in Birmingham
16 October 2025
INFRASTRUCTURE
HS2 tunnelling machine to be given a new lease of life
Disassembly of HS2's TBM, Mary Ann, begins after its 3.5-mile railway line bore is completed
09 June 2025
INFRASTRUCTURE
HS2 celebrates first Birmingham tunnel breakthrough
First breakthrough in Birmingham for HS2 TBM as Mary Ann completes 3.5-mile Bromford Tunnel drive
12 May 2025
PILING
HS2 lays the foundations for Birmingham's new rail hub
Installation of the 2000 vertical concrete columns for Curzon Street Station foundations begins
21 October 2024
INFRASTRUCTURE
HS2's tunnelling into Birmingham reaches halfway point
HS2’s 1600t TBM ‘Mary Ann’ has excavated and built 1.75 miles of the 3.5-mile Bromford Tunnel
29 August 2024
INFRASTRUCTURE
Balfour Beatty VINCI completes HS2 Bromford Tunnel portal at Washwood Heath
Excavation of 22m deep tunnel portal prepares the gateway for high-speed trains into Birmingham
17 May 2024
INFRASTRUCTURE
Construction starts on HS2's Birmingham Curzon Street Station
Preparatory works begins on the first brand new intercity rail terminus in UK since 19th century
12 February 2024
GROUND CONTROL
Major section of Chiltern railway line secured from landslips
Soil nailing and piling has been employed to stabilise a Victorian railway cutting in the UK
19 March 2021
PARTNER CONTENT
From variability to control, Molycop's OreVia platform
How Molycop's OreVia works in practice and the operational value it is delivering
PARTNER CONTENT
Full flowsheet, full lifecycle: FLS sharpens its performance focus
Qasim Abrahams explains how FLS helps miners improve performance across full processing
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