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The 2,000t TBM Florence, which is operated by HS2 main works contractor Align JV (Bouygues, McAlpine, VolkerFitzpatrick) concluded its two year and nine

HS2s tunnel boring machines (TBMs) named "Florence" and "Cecilia" have reached the Chesham Road intervention shaft. 

The 2,000t machines, named Florence and Cecilia, are now 90% of the way through their two-and-a-half-year drive between the M25 and South Heath in

Crossing a busy road and several waterways, building HS2’s Colne Valley Viaduct has prompted some novel approaches. Ben Vogel finds out how the Align JV

According to the South China Morning Post, the Hong Kong government’s secretary for transport and logistics Lam Sai-hung has backed plans to create the

Crossing a busy road and several waterways, building HS2’s Colne Valley Viaduct has prompted some novel approaches. Ben Vogel finds out how the Align JV

Two giant tunnelling machines – named ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ – pass halfway mark during excavation of the 10 mile long Chiltern tunnels

Work to construct HS2’s longest tunnels has almost reached the halfway point. This week two tunnel boring machines (TBM) operating at the site passed

 This video is from NCE’s Tunnelling Festival 2021. HS2 Ltd senior project manager Mark Clapp and Align JV underground construction director Didier

The machines were developed by Align joint venture - Bouygues Travaux Publics, Sir Robert McAlpine, and VolkerFitzpatrick. The two robots, named Krokodyl