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Hundreds of jobs are at risk at the UK’s biggest train building plant following the government’s decision to axe parts of the HS2 project.
An article on City A.M. says the French train giant Alstom is preparing a statutory consultation to slash approximately 600 jobs at the Litchurch Lane Factory in Derby, The Sunday Times reported.
The engineering group has reportedly scheduled talks with unions to put in the final arrangements for a redundancy programme this week.
The company’s Litchurch Lane Works, which employs 2,000 people, was first taken over by Alstom in January 2021 as part of a £4.9 billion deal with previous owner Bombardier.
Network Rail has put firms on alert for an upcoming tender race for a Reactive and Minor Works framework renewal in the Wales & Western railway region.
An article on Construction Enquirer says that the new £750 million framework will cover both reactive / emergency works to Building and Civils assets and is expected go live by 1st April 2025.
It will run for an initial five-year period with scope for up to a further 3-year extension.
Under the planned procurement timetable applications will be open from 15 January – 19 February 2024.
In a construction industry-first, a partnership between the HS2 project and construction equipment supplier Finning to streamline earthmoving work has begun yielding multi-million-pound savings.
EKFB’s DIGital Graphical Earthworks Reporting programme, also known as DIGGER, makes extensive use of data from 700 earthmoving machines, which are fitted with electronic weight sensors to monitor the millions of cubic metres of earth moved across the line’s 80km central section.
Flying Scotsman, the most famous steam locomotive in the world, has journeyed back to its birthplace to the city of Doncaster, where it was built 100 years ago, for a special centenary celebration.
An article in The Sheffield Star says thousands of people are expected to view the legendary train at Freightliner Railport after claiming tickets last month.
Photo credit: HS2 Ltd
