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Cleveland Bridge, a world-leading steel engineering company involved in the construction of the Wembley Arch and the Shard, have produced twenty-four massive steel girders that will form part of the first bridges to be built on the HS2 project.

• Very first pictures of the two TBMs that will spend around three years digging the longest and deepest HS2 tunnels – from just inside the M25 to South Heath in Buckinghamshire
• Public vote to name the TBMs now underway at https://www.hs2.org.uk/tbmvoting/

As part of its bid to create ‘greener’ construction sites, by reducing emissions and controlling air quality, HS2 is the first infrastructure project to adopt CESAR ECV - a new advanced emissions identification scheme. 

The uncertainty that the Covid-19 pandemic has pressed on us all, at such a fast pace, really demonstrates the value of employers having invested in an essential skills framework.

• New print-quality CGI images of HS2’s Old Oak Common Station are available here

HS2 begins the search for the specialist contractor that will deliver state-of-the-art signalling and control systems.