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• Images showing the designs can be found here: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/tbms-and-tunnels-massive-machines-and-their-current-progress/chalfont-st-peter-headhouse

• New designs of HS2’s viaducts at Water Orton revealed
• Landscape designs will provide new areas for communities and wildlife
• An opportunity for a community-led orchard below the viaducts

• The Victoria Road Crossover Box, near to Old Oak Common in West London, will allow HS2 trains to switch tracks underground on their approach into the new superhub station
• Installation of 200m of sheet piling completed, allowing permanent works to commence
• CGIs of crossover box and images of the piling works available 

Competing against 500 other nominees worldwide, HS2’s main works civils contractor Align JV and civil engineering company Roadbridge have won a Green Apple Environment Award in the Innovation category for their use of thermal camera drones to spot Skylark nests.

Manchester-based civil engineering specialists P.P O’Connor Group Limited have joined the growing number of British businesses supporting construction of Britain’s new railway, High Speed Two.

Skanska Costain STRABAG Joint Venture, HS2’s main works construction partner for the West Ruislip to London Euston section of Britain’s new high speed railway, is today (11th January 2021) launching two new careers-focused initiatives designed to support those who have taken a career break to re-enter employment.