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Quiet Power: How HS2 Combats Sonic Booms with Precision Engineering
- Apr, 30, 2025
- Tunneling Railway Geotechnics General Construction Sustainable Development News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom, London
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
High-speed rail systems face a peculiar challenge when trains enter tunnels at extreme velocities—what’s known as a "sonic boom" or more precisely, micro-pressure waves. As trains force air ahead of...
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From Blueprint to Reality: HS2 Achieves Historic Tunneling Milestone
- Mar, 13, 2025
- Tunneling General Construction Sustainable Development Railway Geotechnics News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The HS2 project has reached a significant milestone with the completion of the first deep twin-bore tunnel at Long Itchington Wood in Warwickshire. This one-mile-long tunnel, built 30 meters below th...
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Innovative Engineering Brings Aston Church Road Bridge to Its Final Position
- Aug, 16, 2024
- Bridge Design General Construction General Civil News On Projects / Industry
- United States, Alabama, Birmingham
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
In a significant achievement for Birmingham's infrastructure, a new 84-metre composite bridge was successfully moved into position in just five hours as part of the HS2 project. This massive 1,600-to...
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