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The UK’s first fully electric crawler cranes start work on HS2 as the project moves towards diesel free construction sites
10 Feb 2022- 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.
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HS2 opens huge new factory as work ramps up on UK’s longest railway bridge
09 Feb 2022- 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
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HS2 launches major recruitment campaign to mark National Apprenticeship Week
07 Feb 2022- 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
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HS2 archaeologists reveal secrets of small Roman town excavated near Aylesbury
05 Feb 2022- Over 400 burials uncovered in Roman Cemetery
- Buildings excavated and artefacts uncovered indicating a bustling Roman town
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New designs revealed for ‘Automated People Mover’ shuttle between HS2’s Interchange Station and Birmingham Airport
02 Feb 2022- HS2 gained Schedule 17 approval for the Automated People Mover (APM) in 2020
- Realignment designs, created in partnership with the Urban Growth Company to support regional growth plans, now submitted to Solihull Council
- New landscape plans include environmental features in the public realm
- Images available here: https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/f/construction/the-midlands/interchange-station/automated-people-mover
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