Wales
HS2 is already providing huge opportunities for people and businesses across Wales.
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we have made the decision to postpone all of our public face-to-face engagement events and meetings for the safety of our staff, stakeholders and communities. We have also put in place alternative ways of communicating and engaging regularly with communities to ensure that we can continue to inform, listen and respond.
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HS2 is already providing huge opportunities for people and businesses across Wales.
We’ve engaged with 165 businesses of which 23 have delivered work on HS2.
Involving businesses of all sizes *
* Excludes businesses who have not supplied company size data
Thomson Habitats, with offices in Cardiff, has taken on new staff to deliver newly awarded HS2 contracts, with 35 people working on the HS2 project, and the potential for more jobs opportunities next year.
The company has also upskilled existing staff in a range of activities including web mapping and geodatabase skills, and species translocation.
Working with the Fusion joint venture on Phase One of HS2 in the Aylesbury areas, services include habitat creation, such as pond construction, planting & filling, tree planting, grass seeding, fencing and landscaping maintenance.
CEO, Nancy Thomson, said:
Our involvement with the HS2 project has given us a great opportunity to further enhance the experience of our growing teams in Guildford, Leeds and Cardiff. Given the longevity of the HS2 scheme, we will continue to develop our existing talent, whilst increasing our headcount to meet the continuing requirements of this landmark infrastructure project.
This project has been transformational for the team at Thomson’s, giving us the opportunity to demonstrate excellent project management of complex, high profile wildlife mitigation challenges.