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A new one-stop-shop has been opened for job seekers looking for opportunities on major infrastructure schemes as part of the HS2 programme.

• Download new images showing the installation of the first prestressed precast concrete beams that will support Curzon Street’s seven platforms.
• Download footage showing the start of work on the 13,370m2 square metre deck – the size of two football pitches – that will support the eastern end of the new city-centre station.

• B-roll footage and images show the twin box being built over the M42
• Complex installation will require four weekend carriageway closures
• The first closure affects the M42 J5A to 7 northbound, ​and J6 to 7 southbound. The closure is from 9pm on Friday, 26^th June to 5am on Monday, 29^th June 2026
• Drivers are encouraged to plan ahead and follow approved diversion routes

• View and embed a new video showing the cross-passage doors being manufactured in Bolton and the first test installation within the Chiltern tunnel
• Download new images of the safety doors doors being manufactured and the first test-installation in the Chilterns tunnel

• Motorists given advanced warning of M6 and M42 works between June and November  
• Number of motorway closures reduced to minimise disruption, with diversion routes put in place  
• HS2 works with National Highways, Birmingham Airport and NEC to coordinate motorway programme 
• B-roll footage shows progress on HS2's construction works around the motorway network
• New images show progress on the Water Orton viaducts and the twin box structure, which will be extended over the motorway

• New images and video released today show the fully assembled bridge
• Engineers prepare for the three-stage operation to launch the 4,200-tonne structure into position over the Birmingham – Lichfield railway line
• Link to new B-roll footage showing the completed structure from different angles https://vimeo.com/1191546022/eabc972a66?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci