Heritage and Archaeology
This theme covers the conservation of cultural heritage and archeaology
Heritage and Archaeology 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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HS2 Phase 2b historic environment heritage asset database
The challenge for the Phase 2b Environmental Statement was to take 1000s of records of heritage assets across the nearly 300km long scheme and try to standardise them so the data could be compared and assessed. This was made more problematic by the fact the records derived from multiple, varied and often contradictory data sources.…
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St Mary’s Church: demonstrating the limitless possibilities and value of on-site archaeological public engagement in construction projects
The St Mary’s Field Museum programme of events demonstrated that it is not only safe and secure to invite members of the public on to a construction site, but that doing so adds great public value and creates a lasting, treasured legacy as a result. Such events provide the opportunity for the public to be…
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Managing Occupational Health risks in archaeology
Archaeology is traditionally a challenging, hands on and physical job with the potential to present a number of occupational health challenges. By strategically examining activities and work streams it has been possible to introduce new tools and techniques to reduce harm and improve productivity in both fieldwork and laboratory environments. Provision of small electric plant,…
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Broadening our horizons: implementing the Historic Environment Strategy for HS2 Phase One
This paper discusses the implementation of the Historic Environment Research and Delivery Strategy (HERDS) for High Speed Two (HS2) Phase One, London to Birmingham. It discusses the question-led approach to the historic environment programme set out in HERDS and considers approaches to both prospection for archaeological remains and selection for further investigation and mitigation. Challenges…
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Designing and assuring the UK’s largest ever human remains reburial programme
The reburial programme on HS2 Phase One is unprecedented: never has an engineering project been faced with the challenge of such numbers of buried human remains to remove, look after and rebury – over 30,000 people. The legal framework is also new – while the requirements of the High Speed Rail Act mirror those of…
