Severfield finds weld problems on nine HS2 bridges

The country’s biggest steelwork contractor Severfield has uncovered weld problems on a dozen bridge projects.
This morning it revealed that remedial works to fix the problems will cost at least £20m, but warned it was still assessing the full impact of fixing weld issues.
While Severfield did not reveal where the bridge projects are, HS2 this morning confirmed that nine of bridges were impacted on their scheme.
A spokesperson for HS2 Ltd said: “We have identified a number of we