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‘Kickstart’ your career on HS2
06 Apr 2021HS2’s construction partner for West Midlands and Warwickshire, Balfour Beatty VINCI, is offering young people who are out of work the opportunity to kickstart their career on Europe’s biggest infrastructure project.
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HS2 accelerates north as first works contract signed on route from West Midlands to Crewe
01 Apr 2021- Contract signing marks start of works to extend HS2 to Crewe
- New woodland the size of 86 football fields planted
- 220 new ponds, enough to fill 10½ Olympic swimming pools
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First look at HS2’s Oxford Canal Viaduct
01 Apr 2021HS2 Ltd today revealed the first images of its planned Oxford Canal Viaduct and is seeking views from the local community about the design of the viaduct between Banbury and Daventry. The full design can be explored in a virtual exhibition, which opened today.
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HS2 contractor supports small businesses to win work to build Britain’s new railway
30 Mar 2021- A Virtual Enterprise Academy for SMEs will run from April – June
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HS2 helps UK rail freight bounce back as 100th train rolls into Bucks construction site
26 Mar 2021- First 100 trains into HS2’s main compound in Buckinghamshire have now taken the equivalent of 7,500 HGVs off Britain’s roads and cut over 24,000 tonnes of carbon emissions
- Latest figures reveal that HS2 construction traffic is helping UK rail freight bounce back from the impact of COVID-19
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HS2 shortlists bidders for high voltage power supply systems
26 Mar 2021HS2 today shortlisted bidders for its high voltage (HV) power supply systems. The winning organisations will go on to deliver electrical systems covering 280km of the UK's new high speed rail link and enable millions of people to enjoy low carbon journeys between London, Birmingham and the north of England.