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HS2 launches giant bridge-building machine HS2 has launched a giant, 700 tonne bridge-building machine to help construct the the 3.4km-long Colne Valley viaduct in north-west London. Under the supervision of main works contractor Align JV (Bouygues, Sir Robert McAlpine and VolkerFitzpatrick), a 160m-long ‘launching girder’ will lift into position the giant concrete deck segments that form the viaduct’s arches.
JCB machines join Platinum Jubilee Pageant DOUG PETERS/PA
JCB machines from landmark years of the Queen’s 70-year reign took centre stage at the Platinum Jubilee Pageant in London last month. The five diggers paraded down The Mall towards Buckingham Palace. JCB test site operator Georgina Williams, 30, of Derby drove a 2022 model powered by hydrogen (pictured).
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