Home Working and Inflationary Pressures Slowed Down HS2 Project: Watchdog

The Infrastructure and Projects Authority had no confidence in the deliverability on the cost or the schedule of HS2 phases 2a and 2b for the past year.
Home Working and Inflationary Pressures Slowed Down HS2 Project: Watchdog
An HS2 construction worker at Curzon Street station in Birmingham, England, on May 10, 2021. PA
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Working from home is slowing down all infrastructure projects in the country, including HS2, an expert in the sector has told the Treasury Committee, adding that the impact of inflation on the costs was also significant.

Speaking about the impact of hybrid working on keeping to deadlines in major infrastructure projects, Nick Smallwood said, “All infrastructure projects are impacted in the design phase if those designers don’t work directly in the office.”

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