HS2’s performance continues to beat industry averages for the number of female and BAME employees working on the project.
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HS2 reveals significant progress of the new tunnel at Euston station
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HS2 makes progress at Euston as Mace Dragados JV excavates a 20-metre deep ‘box’ that will be home to a new Traction Substation (TSS).
HS2 celebrates tunnelling breakthrough on Europe’s largest infrastructure project
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History made as Dorothy – HS2’s state-of-the-art tunnel boring machine (TBM) – completes the project’s first tunnel.
Hydrogen generator trial results announced from HS2 construction site in London
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HS2’s main contractor, Skanska Costain STRABAG (SCS JV), successfully trials two zero-emissions hydrogen generators.
Tunnelling career trial offered by HS2 in Warwickshire
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HS2 is proposing an opportunity to trial a new career working on giant tunnelling machines in partnership with Balfour Beatty VINCI.
Laing O’Rourke secures HS2 Interchange Station contract worth £370m
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Located in Britain’s new high-speed rail network, the new Interchange Station in Solihull is to be built by Laing O’Rourke.
Foundation work begins on HS2’s carbon-saving Wendover Dean Viaduct
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HS2: Ground engineers have started work on the 450m-long Wendover Dean Viaduct which will be UK’s major low-carbon railway bridge.
Australia and New Zealand announce changes to the Working Holiday Visa programs – July 2022
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Australia and New Zealand have announced changes to Working Holiday Visa arrangements which will allow more visa holders to stay in both countries longer.
HS2: Artificial Intelligence and driverless car technology deployed to develop stations of the future
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HS2 is harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence and LiDAR sensors to help design a stress-free passenger experience of the future.
HS2 Ltd starts construction on the first pioneering ‘Green Tunnel’ in the UK
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HS2 starts work on the first innovative ‘green tunnel,’ to blend the high speed railway and reduce disruption for communities.
HS2 celebrates start of construction on UK’s longest railway bridge
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Stretching for more than two miles (3.4km), the HS2 Colne Valley Viaduct will also be the longest railway bridge in the UK.