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HS2 Ltd, the company delivering Britain’s new zero carbon high speed railway linking the North, the Midlands and the South, has today (21st December 2022) launched its search for 40 talented graduates to join its 2023 programme.

• Iconic curved truss bridge with vibrant light installation will bring HS2 trains into central Birmingham
• The 150-metre-long superstructure – dubbed “The Bellingham Bridge” by the team after the sparkling performances at the FIFA World Cup by local boy Jude Bellingham – is designed to celebrate the area’s industrial heritage and make a striking addition to the city’s skyline
• CGIs of the bridge and dynamic-coloured artwork: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/birmingham-viaducts/curzon-viaduct-no-2 

HS2 Ltd has been granted Schedule 17 consent by Birmingham City Council for two viaducts which will take the new high speed railway into Curzon Street Station in the city centre.

• HS2 becomes the first UK construction project to use fully electric giant crawler cranes
• Three electric cranes have arrived on HS2 sites in London, supporting HS2’s drive towards net zero carbon
• The emissions-free Liebherr cranes are supplied by UK company Select Plant Hire
• Images available here: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/environment/reducing-carbon/uk-s-first-giant-fully-electric-cranes 
• Video available here: https://youtu.be/GKLS6QM6Xco.

• HS2 Minister commits to power Britain’s new highspeed trains with zero carbon energy from the outset – supporting the goal of making HS2 net zero from 2035

• As part of the drive to net zero, HS2 Ltd plans to make construction sites diesel-free by 2029 and halve emissions from steel and concrete by 2030

• New images of major construction moments, big contract awards and significant jobs milestones: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/hs2-in-2021 
• See the year in pictures with photos and a video showcasing the scale of work and the big milestone moments: https://youtu.be/1S624iIKqFg
• Mark Thurston, HS2 CEO: “It has been a year of major moments for HS2 – from the start of tunnelling, to hitting 20,000 jobs, to awarding the contract to build our trains – 2021 really showed the incredible momentum on Britain’s biggest infrastructure project.”