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First steel beams arrive for HS2’s low-carbon Wendover viaduct
29 Jun 2023- View and embed a new video showing the delivery of the first steel beams and explaining the innovative carbon-saving ‘double-composite’ structure.
- Download new images showing progress on site near Wendover, Buckinghamshire.
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HS2 trials automotive design technology to drive down embedded carbon by 10%
26 Jun 2023- Intelligent design technologies shorten design process from one month to one hour
- link to HS2 image library https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/wendover-to-warwickshire
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HS2 and Hornby team up to celebrate 10 million tonne rail freight milestone with new model train
23 Jun 2023- HS2 has celebrated moving 10 million tonnes of material by rail by unveiling a new mini model of the ‘Green Progressor’ – the famous locomotive which is helping reduce transport emissions on HS2.
- A new video shows how British model railway maker Hornby has immortalised the locomotive in miniature form: (https://youtu.be/Z4GEFa50Fcw)
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Two years of permanent construction completed at HS2’s Old Oak Common Station site
23 Jun 2023- Nearly 2,000 jobs supported by the construction of HS2’s ‘super-hub’ station
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HS2 in UK first, as engineers begin assembling off-site manufactured viaduct
22 Jun 2023- Download new images showing the first piers installed for the Thame Valley Viaduct, near Aylesbury
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Over 3,000 formerly unemployed supported into jobs on HS2
19 Jun 2023HS2 is celebrating another major milestone as it confirmed today (Monday 19th June) that over 3,000 people who were out of work have gone on to secure jobs on the project.