HS2 Old Oak Common Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA JV ~£1 bn, HS2 Curzon Street Mace Dragados JV £570 m.
Cross-border deep-foundation workforce mobilisation against HS2 Old Oak Common (Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA JV ~£1 bn station), HS2 Curzon Street Birmingham (Mace Dragados JV £570 m), and HS2 Euston [verify operator + value 2026] — BS EN 1997-1 Eurocode 7 geotechnical design, BS EN 1090-2 EXC3 steelwork execution class, CDM 2015 + HSE construction safety.
Request Technical BriefingRegulator exposure profile
- BS EN 1997 + BS EN 1090-228%
- Sponsor Licence + Skilled Worker24%
- CDM 2015 + HSE construction24%
- CITB + CIS + CSCS24%
Soil strata + reinforcement cage + bearing layer.
HS2 Old Oak Common + Curzon Street + Euston bored-pile foundations against BS EN 1997-1 Eurocode 7 + BS EN 1090-2 EXC3 + CDM 2015.
▲ Ground level · piling rig
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Made ground / fill
Top 0-5m typical
- BS EN 1997-1
- Site investigation
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Cohesive soils
Clay layers
- BS EN 1997-2
- Triaxial test
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Granular soils
Sand + gravel
- BS EN 1997-2
- SPT testing
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Bedrock socket
Final bearing layer
- BS EN 1090-2 EXC3
- Reinforcement WPQR
▼ Pile cap · BS EN 1992 reinforcement
Named projects in this jurisdiction
- HS2 Old Oak Common station (Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA JV; ~£1 bn station contract) Balfour Beatty + VINCI + SYSTRA JV
- HS2 Curzon Street Birmingham (Mace Dragados JV; £570 m station contract) Mace + Dragados JV
- HS2 Euston [verify operator + value 2026] HS2 Ltd
UK deep-foundation workload concentrates on HS2 station boxes — Old Oak Common (BBVS JV ~£1 bn), Curzon Street (Mace Dragados JV £570 m), and Euston [verify 2026]. BS EN 1997-1 Eurocode 7 + BS EN 1090-2 EXC3 anchor every pile.
01. Pre-pricing — CSCS + CIS + EXC3 WPQR
CSCS card per worker. CIS 20%/30%. BS EN 1090-2 EXC3 WPQR + reinforcement-cage welding qualification per Spezialtiefbau worker.
02. Sponsor Licence + Skilled Worker + Eurocode 7 documentation
Sponsor Licence + Skilled Worker. BS EN 1997-1 + BS EN 1997-2 geotechnical-design familiarisation per piling-rig operator + foreman.
03. CITB + HS2 operator onboarding
CITB Levy. HS2 Ltd operator-specific induction. Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA JV / Mace Dragados JV gang allocation per station.
04. HMRC + HSE + HS2-defensible evidence pack
Minimum pack: bank-traceable remuneration to UK bank, English-language CoS + contract, CIS statements, CITB returns, CSCS card, WPQR scope-match per reinforcement-cage welder.
05. India and Gulf sourcing corridors — the UK foundations pathway
Indian Larsen & Toubro Heavy Civil Infrastructure + Gulf Saudi Binladin / Six Construct deep-foundation pools. The 8 to 14-week corridor delivers EXC3-eligible candidates against HS2 Old Oak Common, Curzon Street, or Euston.