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As women across the world are celebrated for the role they play in the engineering sector, HS2 is shining a light on the emerging talent helping to build Britain’s new railway on International Women in Engineering Day (Thursday, 23 June 2022).

• Images revealed for HS2’s Washwood Heath Depot and Network Integrated Control Centre: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/the-midlands/washwood-heath 
• Designs celebrate local heritage and include landscaped habitats, renewable energy, electric vehicle parking, cycling and pedestrian pathways
• The new facility will create around 550 jobs for local people

• HS2 Ltd reveals the first images and video of the 550,000 sq m site in Kingsbury, Warks that will produce thousands of segments for the nearby nine-viaduct network - https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/the-midlands/kingsbury-viaduct-precast-site
• Prep works for the Delta Junction, one of the most complex sections of the entire HS2 route, to start this summer
• Apprentices and graduates among the 1,000 strong workforce at site

21-year-old Harry Roberts from Crudgington in Shropshire has reached the finals of HS2’s Inspiration Awards and is now in the final three vying to be crowned HS2 Apprentice of the Year.

• Updated HS2 designs at Streethay near Lichfield result in 80% less concrete, cutting carbon on the project
• They also significantly reduce visual impacts and mean less disruption to local communities
• More planting will blend with the area’s natural landscape character

A business event hosted in partnership with Crewe and Nantwich MP, Dr Kieran Mullan, has attracted interest from more than 40 companies in the local area who are all keen to play their part in HS2’s construction and seize the opportunity for future business growth.