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HS2 cost saga has ‘no clear end in sight’, MPs warn

High Speed Two Ltd updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about High Speed Two Ltd news. The cost of the UK’s new HS2 high-speed railway... Read more »
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Look back at HS2 milestones hit during first year of construction

Today marks one year since prime minister Boris Johnson fired the starting gun on the formal start of main construction for High Speed 2 (HS2) with a visit to the Interchange station... Read more »
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HS2 buys part of Wormwood Scrubs park to help build Old Oak Common station in ‘shocking’ blow

Wormwood Scrubs has been dealt a “shocking” blow as sections of the park have been bought by HS2. Parts of the West London park will be shut to the public until 2024... Read more »
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Major HS2 contracts won by East Yorkshire off-site construction specialist

East Yorkshire-based Premier Modular has been awarded multi-million-pound contracts to support the build-out of HS2. The off-site construction specialist is now providing project offices and welfare facilities for 15 locations along the... Read more »
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Archaeologists uncover a fascinating hoard of more than 300 small rare Iron Age coins at a HS2 site in West London

Archaeologists at a HS2 site in Hillingdon have unearthed an incredible hoard of over 300 Iron Age ‘potins’ which are an early coin dating back to the 1st century BC. The 300... Read more »
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HS2 contractors to start work on Old Oak Common’s record-breaking station box

A three way partnership between Balfour Beatty, Vinci and Systra (BBVS) is gearing up to start work on Old Oak Common’s most important station box this month. When full it will likely... Read more »
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Media production company creates new jobs on back of HS2 contracts

A media production company has created three new jobs after securing work on HS2. Hideaway Media (Time-Lapse Systems), based mostly in Stone, Staffordshire, is one of greater than 2,000 firms already working... Read more »
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Ground work starts on UK’s longest viaduct in North West London for HS2

High Speed 2 Ltd has introduced work is now underway to put in the bottom helps for High Speed 2’s (HS2) new viaduct. One of the largest infrastructure challenges and tasks in... Read more »
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Wardell Armstrong expands workforce after winning more than £6m of HS2 contracts

Consultancy agency Wardell Armstrong says enterprise is booming after winning a bunch of new contracts to work on Britain’s latest railway. The firm secured its first deal supporting the primary two phases... Read more »
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HS2 starts work on Grimshaw’s record-breaking rail viaduct | News

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