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London’s deceased from Euston’s St James’s Gardens to be reburied in Surrey’s Brookwood Cemetery
16 Sep 2020- Relocations follow long history of London reburials at Brookwood cemetery
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Notts engineers deliver steel for HS2’s biggest tunnel site
15 Sep 2020HS2 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.
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HS2 trials Artificial Intelligence solution to cut carbon emissions
14 Sep 2020As 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.
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Five UK-based cutting-edge tech firms announced as first to join HS2 Innovation Accelerator initiative
11 Sep 2020- 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
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HS2 unveils archaeological discoveries as part of the Heritage Open Day festival
10 Sep 2020In 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.
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HS2's archaeological dig to be showcased in BBC documentary
09 Sep 2020- 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.