Culture, Values and Engagement
Creating and maintaining the right culture on a project.
Culture, Values and Engagement Resources
Resources include papers, videos, research summaries and good practice documents produced by authors from across the HS2 Family to capture learning, good practice and innovation from the HS2 programme
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Becoming a disability confident employer
Working for High Speed Two (HS2), Costain Skanska joint venture (CSjv) became a Level 3: Disability Confident Leader employer to provide better support for disabled employees and attract a wider range of talent to support recruitment. This paper demonstrates how achieving Level 3: Disability Confident Leader status has helped CSjv ensure that the best people…
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Setting up sites for inclusion
There is a growing demand for workplace environments across the construction industry to become more inclusive to attract and retain a more diverse workforce. The installation of multi-faith washing facilities has provided a space for employees to practice their religion, creating a more inclusive and welcoming site environment. This paper contains detailed information about installing…
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Embedding core values through the Exception Performance Awards
Team Old Oak are passionate about embedding the HS2 core values (Integrity, Leadership, Respect and Safety). To reinforce the importance of the values as a primary enabler of success, the Team Old Oak Exceptional Performance Awards were introduced. This peer recognition scheme works because it allows colleagues to recognise and celebrate each other’s successes, while…
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Ethical Construction
Ethical concerns are traditionally managed by parent companies. In a joint venture, a lack of a common approach in capturing, investigating and analysing trends can lead to a fractured process. Costain Skanska joint venture (CSjv) and HS2 have worked together to deliver an ethics system to drive values and behaviours throughout the JV and suppliers.…
