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Incredible rare Roman statues found in HS2 dig
29 Oct 2021- HS2 archaeologists unearth “once-in-a-lifetime” discovery of Roman statues and artefacts
- Three stone Roman busts uncovered at what is thought to be the site of a Roman mausoleum under a Medieval Church in Stoke Mandeville
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Final week to register for HS2’s biggest ever supply chain event
25 Oct 2021With just two weeks to go until its biggest ever ‘Meet the Contractor’ event launches, High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd is making a final call for UK businesses to register their attendance.
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Historical findings by HS2 archaeologists go on show at Coleshill Town Hall
22 Oct 2021Exhibition panels charting the ancient history of Coleshill from Bronze Age to the medieval period unearthed by HS2 archaeologists have gone on display at Coleshill Town Hall.
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Spectacular video shows HS2 contractors remove disused bridge to prepare for the new high speed rail route into Birmingham
21 Oct 2021- A disused bridge near Saltley in Birmingham has been safely demolished by HS2’s main works civils contractor Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV)
- Over 685m3 of concrete, 165 tonnes of reinforcement and 250 tonnes of structural steel were removed by precision techniques over four weekends
- Watch a time lapse video of the demolition here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBeB5qTb9oc
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Delivery of HS2’s next phase to Crewe gathers pace as Phase 2a Design and Delivery Partner shortlisted
20 Oct 2021HS2 Ltd today shortlisted bidders to become the Phase 2a Design and Delivery Partner (DDP) for the new section of Britain’s high speed rail network, connecting the West Midlands and Crewe.
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Legendary music producer and rail enthusiast Pete Waterman unveils name of HS2’s first Midlands tunnelling machine
20 Oct 2021- HS2’s Long Itchington Wood tunnel boring machine (TBM) named ‘Dorothy’ after Dorothy Hodgkin, who in 1964 became the first British woman to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- Pete Waterman OBE, originally from Coventry, visited the Warwickshire construction site to reveal the name.
- Photos available here: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/long-itchington-wood-tunnel-2/revealing-the-name-of-the-long-itchington-wood-tunnel-tbm and also on PA images.