Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
High Speed Two (HS2) is committed to developing, maintaining and supporting a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion in its workforce and in the planning, design, construction and operation of the HS2 Programme.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 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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Safe at Heart: establishing an inclusive and safe culture for our employees
The construction industry has a reputation for lacking inclusivity facing challenges such as the underrepresentation of women, BAME individuals, and LGBTQ+ employees. This paper discusses the approach taken by Balfour Beatty VINCI’s (BBV) (joint venture collaboration with HS2 to deliver the main works civils contract for HS2 Area North) to establishing an inclusive and safe…
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Rethinking fire emergency means of escape design for disabled people at HS2 stations using a bespoke rapid modelling tool
High Speed Two (HS2) has set strategic goals to achieve new standards in customer experience placing people at the heart of design and ensuring HS2 is accessible to all passengers. In response to these objectives and in developing the Old Oak Common station design, HS2 identified a need to better understand how to enable safe…
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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.…
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Rethinking inclusive public toilets for HS2: Research evaluation and design to set an exemplar standard and best practice to meet the needs of multiple user groups
High Speed two (HS2) believes that an inclusive design approach will make the network easier for everyone to use. The design of stations and rolling stock will be based around the people using them and developing a better understanding of users and their needs is therefore key to defining the best solutions and to informing…
