{"id":142239,"date":"2024-07-26T13:35:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T12:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=142239"},"modified":"2024-07-26T13:35:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T12:35:40","slug":"video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/","title":{"rendered":"[VIDEO] First time using cantilever structure in UK: HS2 River Tame West"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The construction of HS2&#8217;s viaducts at River Tame West has utilised a specialist cantilever structure for the first time in the UK<\/h2>\n<p>HS2&#8217;s viaducts at River Tame West have utilised a cantilever structure, a first in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The single tract viaduct is 472m long, and is the first span <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/two-new-hs2-viaducts-in-west-midlands-gain-planning-approval\/138513\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the region<\/a> ready for HS2.<\/p>\n<h3>The cantilever structure is a UK first<\/h3>\n<p>Construction started in 2023, and the the giant cantilever structure was built in 2024. It stands at 22m tall, with a 14m high swivel crane. The intent is to use this structure for the rest of the River Tame West viaducts for HS2.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"9b9BiMt2HG0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UK-first technique in full swing on HS2\u2019s River Tame West Viaduct\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9b9BiMt2HG0?start=3&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The viaducts cross the River Tame, taking the train over the Birmingham to Derby railway.<\/p>\n<h3>The HS2 plan is on track<\/h3>\n<p>The cantilever structure is used to place the concrete segments of the viaducts into place. Post-tensioning tendons are then stressed in order to keep the structure in place and allow the temporary cables to be removed.<\/p>\n<p>This process was created by the former Campenon Bernard, now part of VINCI construction.<\/p>\n<p>With a team of 40 working on the viaducts from HS2&#8217;s West Midlands contractor Balfour Beatty VINCI, 2,500 concrete segments will be used using this specialist cantilever technique. The project will be ready to go on to the next stage, consisting of 90km stretching between Long Itchington to Staffordshire, in 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/balfourbeattyvinci.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Balfour Beatty VINCI<\/a> section manager, Nicolas Gallone, said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re using a specialist construction method to build the River Tame West Viaducts \u2013 a technique which has never been used in the UK before. It\u2019s a significant moment for Balfour Beatty VINCI, the HS2 project and the construction industry in this country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This post-tensioning technology, pioneered by VINCI, is used on other major construction projects around the world. Now, it\u2019s helping us to deliver these complex viaducts and overcome engineering challenges along the way, including existing waterways and utilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The construction of HS2&#8217;s viaducts at River Tame West has utilised a specialist cantilever structure for the first time in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":142316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172731],"tags":[619,85860,473,916],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[172945],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-142239","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-projects","8":"tag-balfour-beatty","9":"tag-construction-video","10":"tag-hs2","11":"tag-modern-methods-of-construction","12":"stakeholder_rel_tag-balfour-beatty"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>[VIDEO] First time using cantilever structure in UK: HS2 River Tame West<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The construction of HS2&#039;s viaducts at River Tame West has utilised a specialist cantilever structure for the first time in the UK\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[VIDEO] First time using cantilever structure in UK: HS2 River Tame West\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The construction of HS2&#039;s viaducts at River Tame West has utilised a specialist cantilever structure for the first time in the UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-26T12:35:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ac510c82f98c4d20a96d9fada34b90fc.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"658\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matt Brundrett\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Matt Brundrett\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/594ba5cf5982e9dea55db60cc67201c3\"},\"headline\":\"[VIDEO] First time using cantilever structure in UK: HS2 River Tame West\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-26T12:35:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/\"},\"wordCount\":357,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ac510c82f98c4d20a96d9fada34b90fc.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Balfour Beatty\",\"Construction Video\",\"HS2\",\"Modern Methods of Construction\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Projects\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2024\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/\",\"name\":\"[VIDEO] First time using cantilever structure in UK: HS2 River Tame West\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ac510c82f98c4d20a96d9fada34b90fc.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-26T12:35:40+00:00\",\"description\":\"The construction of HS2's viaducts at River Tame West has utilised a specialist cantilever structure for the first time in the UK\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ac510c82f98c4d20a96d9fada34b90fc.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ac510c82f98c4d20a96d9fada34b90fc.jpg\",\"width\":1170,\"height\":658,\"caption\":\"\u00a9HS2\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"[VIDEO] First time using cantilever structure in UK: HS2 River Tame West\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today\",\"description\":\"The Latest Planning, Building &amp; Construction News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"alternateName\":\"PBC Today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/594ba5cf5982e9dea55db60cc67201c3\",\"name\":\"Matt Brundrett\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/988ad917057a66900e50efa03ae6e49ec25b0b95febda9277235cc945c2ff8ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/988ad917057a66900e50efa03ae6e49ec25b0b95febda9277235cc945c2ff8ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Matt Brundrett\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/mattbrundrett\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"[VIDEO] First time using cantilever structure in UK: HS2 River Tame West","description":"The construction of HS2's viaducts at River Tame West has utilised a specialist cantilever structure for the first time in the UK","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"[VIDEO] First time using cantilever structure in UK: HS2 River Tame West","og_description":"The construction of HS2's viaducts at River Tame West has utilised a specialist cantilever structure for the first time in the UK","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/","og_site_name":"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","article_published_time":"2024-07-26T12:35:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":658,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ac510c82f98c4d20a96d9fada34b90fc.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Matt Brundrett","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@PBC_Today","twitter_site":"@PBC_Today","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/"},"author":{"name":"Matt Brundrett","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/594ba5cf5982e9dea55db60cc67201c3"},"headline":"[VIDEO] First time using cantilever structure in UK: HS2 River Tame West","datePublished":"2024-07-26T12:35:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/"},"wordCount":357,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ac510c82f98c4d20a96d9fada34b90fc.jpg","keywords":["Balfour Beatty","Construction Video","HS2","Modern Methods of Construction"],"articleSection":["Projects"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2024","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/","name":"[VIDEO] First time using cantilever structure in UK: HS2 River Tame West","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ac510c82f98c4d20a96d9fada34b90fc.jpg","datePublished":"2024-07-26T12:35:40+00:00","description":"The construction of HS2's viaducts at River Tame West has utilised a specialist cantilever structure for the first time in the UK","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ac510c82f98c4d20a96d9fada34b90fc.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ac510c82f98c4d20a96d9fada34b90fc.jpg","width":1170,"height":658,"caption":"\u00a9HS2"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/projects\/video-first-time-using-cantilever-structure-in-uk-hs2-river-tame-west\/142239\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"[VIDEO] First time using cantilever structure in UK: HS2 River Tame West"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","name":"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","description":"The Latest Planning, Building &amp; Construction News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","alternateName":"PBC Today","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Planning, Building & Construction Today"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/594ba5cf5982e9dea55db60cc67201c3","name":"Matt Brundrett","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/988ad917057a66900e50efa03ae6e49ec25b0b95febda9277235cc945c2ff8ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/988ad917057a66900e50efa03ae6e49ec25b0b95febda9277235cc945c2ff8ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Matt Brundrett"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/author\/mattbrundrett\/"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-07 02:03:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142239"},{"taxonomy":"stakeholder_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stakeholder_rel_tag?post=142239"},{"taxonomy":"contributor_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor_rel_tag?post=142239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}