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• Relocations follow long history of London reburials at Brookwood cemetery

HS2 has passed another major milestone at the high speed rail project’s first tunnel site, with the completion of structural work on the temporary pre-cast factory which will produce wall sections for the 10 mile long Chiltern tunnels.

As part of HS2’s plans to reduce its carbon footprint, a new carbon and cost estimating solution powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being trialled on a number of HS2 sites managed by the Skanska Costain STRABAG joint venture.

• Wearable tech for construction sites, drone monitoring of tree planting and species DNA tracking to maintain biodiversity just some of the early ideas being pioneered on the project.
• Applications now open to be part of second intake of young tech firms vying to help build Britain’s new high speed rail network

In order to build Britain’s new high speed railway, thousands of archaeologists in the UK have been embarking upon Europe’s largest archaeological dig, excavating over 60 sites between London and the West Midlands. For the third year in a row, HS2’s historic environment team and contractors will be taking part in the Heritage Open Day festival delivering ten webinars in which archaeological discoveries from near where the new track will be built are to be revealed.

• HS2 – The Biggest Dig, a three part documentary series, to air on BBC Two from Tuesday 15 September
• Series presented by anthropologist and anatomist, Professor Alice Roberts, and historian, Dr Yasmin Khan.