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THE POWER OF
THE PEOPLE
YEARS
120
since a railway has been
built north of London
8
100k
jobs
supported
cities
linked
70%
outside
London
RICHARD FAIRHURST
SENIOR PROJECT
MANAGER
These are the unsung heroes of HS2
CLAIRE BROUGH
SKILLS AND
EMPLOYMENT
MANAGER
PAUL HUNT
PROJECT
MANAGER
t’s the first railway to be
built north of London for
over 120 years, and the
huge HS2 project aims
to link eight of Britain’s 10 largest
cities and support over 100K jobs,
70% of which are expected to be
outside of London.
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Despite political review processes
at the time of going to print,
whatever scale or shape HS2 takes,
there’s a multitude of people from
many walks of life, working hard to
make it a reality. We caught up with
three of the project’s unsung heroes
from LM - a joint venture between
Laing O’Rourke and J. Murphy & Sons,
currently delivering the enabling
works for phase one of the new
line. These are the people helping
to power one of the biggest,
and most complex, construction
projects in UK history.