HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd

In our latest Project Update video 📽️, our Chief Executive Mark Wild sets out the importance of HS2, the challenges the programme faces and why we must reset: https://lnkd.in/eRs--iZd The prize is clear: better journeys 🚄 and economic growth 📈. Mark’s reset will establish a new realistic cost estimate and schedule, and a higher-performing organisation and supply chain. We will work with the Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom and our construction partners to put HS2 back on track. The scale of HS2 means we need to take time to do the reset properly over the next year. While we reset, we will maximise construction productivity in 2025. We've already completed over 75% of HS2's tunnels, which will stretch across 32 miles between London and Birmingham. And our key viaducts, bridges, embankments and cuttings continue to take shape. The economic benefits of HS2 are already visible. Regeneration around Old Oak Common station will provide 22,000 new homes 🏠 and 18,000 jobs 👷 👩💼. Combined investment in West Midlands and West London is projected to add £20 billion to the economy over the next decade. Just like the Elizabeth Line, HS2 will prove its worth. Watch Mark's full project update video here 👇 #HS2 #HighSpeed #Infrastructure #Reset #Engineering #Train #Railways Mace Dragados SA Skanska Costain STRABAG Joint Venture Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA Joint Venture Align JV Eiffage Kier Ferrovial BAM (EKFB) Balfour Beatty VINCI Laing O'Rourke

Last week, myself and a group of volunteers got together to run a tree planting session at our Northern Sustainable Placement Area (NSPA) as part of a volunteer day. We were successful in planting over 500 trees. The trees are being planted to help landscape four mounds, which together measure 70 acres, and create woodland habitats in a site used to re-use the arisings from the construction of the Copthall Tunnel. The trees will improve the ecology of the area as the soft landscaping design is structured to expand woodland and grassland habitats across the site from neighbouring woodland/grasslands.     This benefit is used to help offset areas of the project where habitats are removed that cannot be replaced, supporting a commitment to 'no-net-loss' of biodiversity across the HS2 project.

In our latest update video, our Chief Executive Mark Wild sets out the challenges facing the HS2 programme and outlines our focus for this year to reset HS2.     Watch the update video below👇  https://lnkd.in/eW-f7wmy  

Following its 5-mile drive underneath the capital, Tunnel Boring Machine ‘Sushila’ has been successfully lifted out of the ground at the Green Park Way site in Greenford, West London 📷👇. The cutterhead, front and middle shield, weighing 850 tonnes, were lifted from the vent shaft in one piece using a 750 tonne gantry crane. Learn more: https://gloo.to/FwRD #WestLondon #Tunnelling #HS2 Skanska Costain STRABAG Joint Venture Herrenknecht AG Mammoet

Hear Craig Carson, CEO of Barratt Homes, explain how the Asda Park Royal development in West London was influenced by HS2’s investment in Old Oak Common station.     The development will bring 1,500 new homes (35% affordable), landscaped gardens, and pedestrian-friendly spaces to the area.     Watch now 🎥 👉 https://lnkd.in/eWf7X57v     #TrainstoCranes #WestLondon #OldOakCommon

Love film and TV? 🎞     Garden Studios is London’s most technologically advanced, large-scale film and television studio.      CEO Thomas Hoegh discusses how HS2’s arrival in West London will provide more opportunities to the sector through better connectivity 🚄     Watch now 🎥 👉 https://lnkd.in/eFD_6NjT     #WestLondon #Investment #TrainstoCranes  Garden Studios

“We’ve shifted our gaze to West London in anticipation of the transformational connectivity HS2 and the Elizabeth Line will bring to the local area.” Listen to Gary Sacks, CEO of City & Docklands, discuss the investment potential in West London.      Watch now 🎥 👉 https://lnkd.in/e7MNcVDm      #TrainstoCranes #WestLonon #HS2 

🌆 The impact of HS2 goes far beyond rail infrastructure. At Old Oak Common, we're seeing the emergence of a thriving innovation ecosystem featuring: • Advanced manufacturing capabilities • World-class transport connectivity • Dense urban regeneration • New technology and research hubs • Sustainable community spaces Download our report to discover more: https://lnkd.in/eBc2-kzz #UrbanDevelopment #Infrastructure #Sustainability #TrainstoCranes

We've launched our 2025 graduate recruitment programme. This year’s programme provides graduate opportunities in the following departments: ☑️ Procurement and Supply Chain 📊 Project Management 💷 Finance 🚆 Digital Engineering 🚄 Railway Operations 🤝 Commercial 📈 Business Analysis Find out more: https://lnkd.in/ebBGWqZe #Graduate #Careers #HS2

“Old Oak Common has been identified within our West Tech Corridor strategy as a location for intensive innovation activity. The site’s proximity to Old Oak Common station, and the planned regeneration enabled by this transport superhub, encouraged us to invest here early.” Listen to Alice Sewell, Investment Director at Imperial College London, discuss how their development at One Portal Way is helping to transform West London 🏙️ Watch now 🎥: https://ow.ly/hO7N50VbHFI #trainstocranes