25 November 2024 - Technical Paper
Existing digital in-transit truck monitoring technology has been utilised in a novel way to directly replace standard concrete compliance testing of fresh properties (i.e. concrete consistence). The adoption and validation...
This study has shown that London Clay, that is moderately reactive, can be successfully processed into Calcined London Clay (CLC) to be used as an alternative cementitious material in concrete....
2 December 2024 - Technical Paper
A review of construction activities within High Speed Two (HS2) construction sites determined that haul roads are a major contributor to fugitive dust emissions, and can have significant detrimental effects...
Environmental noise from the HS2 Railway is the product of the complex interaction of its constituent subsystems (i.e., train, railway systems and civil infrastructure) within the operational parameters of the...
Railway tunnel ventilation systems present particular problems for predictions of sound emissions, including the relatively high volumetric flow rates, and a lack of well-established models and empirical data. An investigation...
13 January 2025 - Technical Paper
The design of integral bridges may entail significant advantages in some cases as the elimination of bearing devices and structural expansion joints results in a clear improvement of the functionality...
11 March 2025 - Technical Paper
This technical paper provides a summary of the design stage associated with the development of replacement floodplain storage (RFS) and how environmental benefits have been integrated into the design process....
3 April 2025 - Technical Paper
In 2013 HS2 Ltd, as the client organisation and delivery body for HS2, was a new client, with no mandate (Act of Parliament) and no captive supply chain. It was...
High Speed Two (HS2) is a project of immense economic scale. In 2016, HS2 Ltd, as the client organisation and delivery body for HS2 faced the challenge of onboarding construction...
In 2019 HS2 Ltd, as the client organisation and delivery body for High Speed Two (HS2), faced the challenge of launching major construction activities across its four main civil engineering...