ON SITE
Erith on Track at HS2 While machinations continue about the necessity for and the cost of the proposed HS2 high speed rail link, one of the UK’s leading demolition contractors is forging ahead with its part of the project. Mark Anthony reports. I have long held the belief that landmark construction and civil engineering projects are used to surreptitiously push the operational and contractual envelope. Contracts such as the Channel Tunnel, the London 2012 Olympics, Crossrail and – most recently – Hinkley Point C and the HS2 high speed rail link have each established new benchmarks for safety, security, environmental controls and contractual transparency. Eager to be a part of such major projects, even the most elite contractors and subcontractors are willing to raise their game still further to satisfy ever more demanding clients in order to stake their claim within these historic developments. So it should come as no surprise that one of those contractors willing and able to go above and beyond on the controversial HS2 project is one of the UK’s biggest and most-respected demolition firms: Erith Contractors. And even as the project is used as a political football, its rising costs
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