For the past nine months, the EKFB Joint Venture (Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall) which is responsible for constructing the central section of HS2 has been ‘pushing’ uphill an increasingly heavy bridge deck, just to the south of Wendover in Buckinghamshire.
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