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As part of its ambition to build the most sustainable high speed railway in the world, HS2 contractors in London have begun using a new low carbon concrete product which provides a reduction of 42% in CO₂ in comparison to a standard concrete.

• Preview of the unseen footage is available here: https://visual.library.hs2.org.uk/p/share/7c8UCMdIdmQx 

• 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