New Civil Engineer - NCE High Speed 2 feed http://www.nce.co.uk http://www.nce.co.uk http://www.nce.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png New Civil Engineer http://www.nce.co.uk HS2 chief engineer rails against construction inefficiency http://www.nce.co.uk/news/hs2-chief-engineer-rails-against-construction-inefficiency/8648312.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/hs2-chief-engineer-rails-against-construction-inefficiency/8648312.article High Speed 2’s (HS2) chief engineer has heaped criticism on high costs of infrastructure in the UK and set out ways that his scheme will keep costs down. alexandra.wynne@emap.com (Alexandra Wynne) Tue, 21 May 2013 21:03 GMT Watchdog questions HS2 economic case http://www.nce.co.uk/projects/high-speed-2/watchdog-questions-hs2-economic-case/8648221.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/projects/high-speed-2/watchdog-questions-hs2-economic-case/8648221.article Department for Transport (DfT) officials have defended the government’s work on the economic case for High Speed 2 (HS2) after coming in for criticism last week. Mon, 20 May 2013 18:28 GMT More HS2 tunnelling mooted after consultation exercise http://www.nce.co.uk/news/transport/more-hs2-tunnelling-mooted-after-consultation-exercise/8647947.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/transport/more-hs2-tunnelling-mooted-after-consultation-exercise/8647947.article The government is to look at lengthening a second tunnel on the High Speed 2 project after listening to affected businesses. mark.hansford@emap.com (Mark Hansford) Tue, 14 May 2013 15:03 GMT Private finance speeds up French high speed rail http://www.nce.co.uk/news/transport/private-finance-speeds-up-french-high-speed-rail/8647694.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/transport/private-finance-speeds-up-french-high-speed-rail/8647694.article Bankers and contractors on France’s latest high speed rail line have expressed disbelief at the UK’s reluctance to seek private finance to build High Speed 2 (HS2). mark.hansford@emap.com (Mark Hansford) Wed, 8 May 2013 14:12 GMT West London tunnel for High Speed 2 http://www.nce.co.uk/news/major-projects/west-london-tunnel-for-high-speed-2/8647421.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/major-projects/west-london-tunnel-for-high-speed-2/8647421.article Government high speed rail project promoter HS2 Limited is to build part of the London section of the High Speed 2 (HS2) line to the North in tunnel rather than at ground level. alexandra.wynne@emap.com (Alexandra Wynne) Wed, 1 May 2013 16:54 GMT Euston High Speed 2 station scaled down http://www.nce.co.uk/news/major-projects/euston-high-speed-2-station-scaled-down/8647041.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/major-projects/euston-high-speed-2-station-scaled-down/8647041.article Plans for a complete rebuild of Euston station to facilitate phase one of the £32.7bn High Speed 2 (HS2) project have been dropped, it emerged this week. Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00 GMT HS2 proposes tunnel route in north west London http://www.nce.co.uk/news/major-projects/hs2-proposes-tunnel-route-in-north-west-london/8647022.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nce.co.uk/news/major-projects/hs2-proposes-tunnel-route-in-north-west-london/8647022.article High-speed rail project promoter HS2 Ltd has decided to construct a 9km tunnel between Old Oak Common and Northolt, instead of a surface route as previously planned. nceedit@emap.com (NCE Editorial) Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:10 GMT