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• Project boss celebrates the past twelve months of work on the UK’s new high speed rail line as it nears peak construction

• Mark Thurston “From the depositing of the Bill to take HS2 to Manchester, the first breakthrough and then complete end-to-end of an HS2 tunnel, and fantastic progress at all four phase one station sites; 2022 has been a year of immense progress on Britain’s landmark infrastructure project”

• See the very best pictures from HS2 construction sites in 2022 here: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/end-of-year-milestones-2022

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.

• Two of HS2’s Main Works Civils Contractors, SCS JV and EKFB JV, have been the first HS2 construction teams to achieve the highest level of sustainability status
• The Supply Chain Sustainability School assesses practices on site to lower emissions and reduce embedded carbon in construction

• Download more photos showing the new bridge that will allow future East West Rail services between Oxford and Cambridge to pass over the UK’s new high speed rail line near Calvert, Buckinghamshire.

• 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 

• The latest cohort of the successful Innovation Accelerator initiative will base tech start-ups with project’s main civil engineering contractors to help tailor innovative solutions for the construction industry