26-07-2024 08:10 via constructionenquirer.com

Innovative viaduct building method used for first time in UK

HS2 contractors are using a specialist cantilever process for the first time in the UK to build viaduct spans at the scheme’s complex Delta junction in the West Midlands.
The viaduct intersection is being built by Balfour Beatty VINCI, using a method initially developed by Campenon Bernard, now part of Vinci.
The River Tame West Viaducts presently under construction carry three rail tracks in total and form the northern tip of the planned Delta junction, which will require nine viaducts to
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