?160m Contract for Sellafield Nuclear Facility

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Balfour Beatty PLC

25 June 2014

 



News Release

25 June 2014

BALFOUR BEATTY JOINT VENTURE RECEIVES INSTRUCTION FOR THIRD PHASE OF SELLAFIELD NUCLEAR FACILITY CONTRACT VALUED AT £160 MILLION

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announces today its joint venture with Cavendish Nuclear has received instruction for the third phase of a contract to construct a new silo maintenance facility for Sellafield Ltd, valued at £160 million.

Working in a 45:55 joint venture, Balfour Beatty and Cavendish Nuclear (the UK's largest supplier of specialist services to the nuclear industry) will deliver the facility which will be an integral part of Sellafield's long-term waste retrieval hazard reduction programme.

This final phase of works follows the first two phases consisting of a £5.5 million preliminary design phase and £12.5 million detailed design and enabling works.

The new mechanical handling plant will support two existing waste silos with retrieving historic waste and reducing hazard.  At the heart of the heavily reinforced concrete structure, which has a footprint of 0.5 hectares and will be 25 metres high, robotic installations will enable the Sellafield team to operate in a safe and controlled environment.

Balfour Beatty is bringing together its broad range of expertise to deliver the project including design, procurement, civil engineering, construction and mechanical and electrical capabilities.  In addition, the company will provide fully integrated commissioning and pre-operations delivery strategy and will train Sellafield's employees in operating the facility.  

A team of more than 100 engineers including nuclear specialists, civil and structural engineers and architectural technicians is currently using Building Information Modelling to create a full 4D design specification that dramatically reduces the construction programme.    Work is scheduled to complete in autumn 2017, and the project will employ over 300 people at the height of construction.

Balfour Beatty Executive Chairman, Steve Marshall said: "The UK infrastructure market includes significant opportunities for nuclear decommissioning and clean-up activities. Similarly, new nuclear build and the construction of new power generation projects will bring us an opportunity to deploy our extensive experience.

"Balfour Beatty has a strong heritage in the nuclear sector including our work across the existing fleet of UK nuclear power stations and our 35 year presence at Sellafield.  We look forward to working with Cavendish Nuclear to deliver a facility that will support Sellafield Ltd's overall waste retrieval and hazard reduction programme."

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Notes to editors:

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For over 100 years Balfour Beatty has been delivering the UK's power generation solutions. Today, this includes constructing power stations (including hydro, biomass, energy from waste, carbon capture and storage, wind, tidal, Combined Cycle Gas Turbine generation), installing systems for power plants and decommissioning nuclear assets. Balfour Beatty is currently delivering a £17m contract for the provision of electrical, control and instrumentation for the URENCO uranium enrichment management facility in the Wirral.  Balfour Beatty  is also one of two contractors delivering the £288m framework for construction, infrastructure and maintenance projects across all 10 nuclear sites operated by nuclear management and operations contractor Magnox . In addition, Balfour Beatty is delivering the £422m 200km-long Beauly to Denny replacement electricity line for SSE in Scotland, the £120m Essex Waste project and the £450m Runcorn Energy from Waste project. Balfour Beatty delivered Barking Power Station in 1995, one of the last power stations to be built in the UK.

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Balfour Beatty (www.balfourbeatty.com) is an international infrastructure group that delivers world class services essential to the development, creation and care of infrastructure assets; from finance and development, through design and project management to construction and maintenance. Balfour Beatty employs 40,000 people around the world.

 

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