HS2 Chilterns TBM overcame difficult geology and clogged slurry pipes to reach finish line
The 2,000t TBM Florence, which is operated by HS2 main works contractor Align JV (Bouygues, McAlpine, VolkerFitzpatrick) concluded its two year and nine
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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
HS2's 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
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