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• HS2 Station Construction Partner, MD JV are beginning a multi-year programme of procurement 

• Hundreds of further supply chain opportunities will be available through the packages being tendered 

• HS2 Minister, Andrew Stephenson: “HS2 has never just been about boosting transport - it’s also about driving business, creating long-lasting jobs and Building Back Better

HS2’s construction partner for Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, Align JV, is offering young people who are out of work the opportunity to kickstart their career on Europe’s biggest infrastructure project.

• HS2 becomes the first UK construction project to use fully electric giant crawler cranes
• Three electric cranes have arrived on HS2 sites in London, supporting HS2’s drive towards net zero carbon
• The emissions-free Liebherr cranes are supplied by UK company Select Plant Hire
• Images available here: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/environment/reducing-carbon/uk-s-first-giant-fully-electric-cranes 
• Video available here: https://youtu.be/GKLS6QM6Xco.

• Download new photos of viaduct construction and the new pre-cast factory
• Download and embed a new video explaining how HS2 is building the UK’s longest railway bridge

• HS2 Minister Andrew Stephenson confirms record 825 new apprenticeship starts on the project
• New landmark apprenticeship standard also launches today following HS2’s partnership with the Society of Land Referencers
• Investment in future talent continues as HS2 and its construction partners search for more career movers and new starters to join the project

• Over 400 burials uncovered in Roman Cemetery
• Buildings excavated and artefacts uncovered indicating a bustling Roman town