The deal was confirmed as EDF Energy revealed a raft of new contract winners worth £1.3bn at the nuclear plant as it works towards a final investment decision for the £24.5bn project.
The Balfour Beatty Bailey JV will work across both proposed Hinkley Point C units to deliver the critical infrastructure that will power the station and its operations, creating 1,000 jobs including many specialist engineers.
Works will include design and installation of 76,000 cables totalling over 3,000km in length; over 180km of cable containment support systems; fire and environmental sealing; design and installation of earthing systems, and specialist packages associated with data acquisition and plant control.
The six year deal is expected to start in 2016 with design work and the construction phase in 2017.
EDF is increasing its supply chain with more than 60% of the construction cost will be placed with UK firms.
Other preferred bidders announced today
- Cavendish Boccard Nuclear (Joint Venture) comprising of Cavendish Nuclear, Bristol and Boccard, Lyon, France – mechanical pipework and equipment installation
- ACTAN (Joint Venture) comprising of Doosan Babcock, Renfrew and Crawley, with Axima Concept and Tunzini Nucleaire, both of Paris, France – heating, ventilation and air conditioning*
- Laing O’Rourke, Dartford – construction of workers’ campus accommodation
- ABB UK, Stone, Staffordshire – power transmission
- Premier Interlink WACO UK Ltd, East Yorkshire – construction of temporary buildings
- Weir, East Kilbride – large pumps for cooling water
- Clyde Union, Glasgow – main pumps for feedwater system and cooling water system
Project management contracts have also been signed with the following companies, with the value of each contract to be determined for services that will be provided over the duration of construction:
- KBR, Greenford and Leatherhead – project management of site operations and equipment contract management
- Jacobs, Reading – project management of building and civil work
- Gleeds, London and Gloucester – contract management services
- Faithful+Gould, Bristol – contract management services
- Turner and Townsend, Leeds – project controls and project management
- Mace, London – contract management services
EDF Energy CEO Vincent de Rivaz, said: “Hinkley Point C will be at the forefront of the revitalisation of the UK’s industrial and skills base, and we have worked hard to build a robust supply chain to support new nuclear in the UK.
“The project will boost industrial stamina in the UK and kick-start the new nuclear programme. Experience gained at Hinkley Point will help firms be successful in nuclear projects around the world.”
Key South West joint ventures announced today with combined contract values of more than £225m include:
- Somerset Larder, six Somerset food producers – catering
- HOST, four Somerset companies – workers’ campus accommodation management
- Somerset Passenger Solutions, two Somerset companies – transporting workers by bus
- Somerset Infrastructure Alliance, three South West companies – site infrastructure services including site road maintenance, landscaping, signage and fencing
- COMA, five South West businesses – construction utilities including electrical networks across the site and support services
Leo Quinn, Balfour Beatty Group Chief Executive said: “This project enables Balfour Beatty to deploy its extensive experience and knowledge of the nuclear sector as the UK takes its next significant step forward in low-carbon energy.
“The new nuclear programme demands a scale of resources and expertise that only the most capable and trusted partners can deliver. Equally significant, the project requires us to draw on the local community and its people in building what will be a highly specialist workforce.
“I am particularly pleased to see Balfour Beatty combining its tradition of delivering essential infrastructure with the creation of new skills and employment in this country.”
A Laing O’Rourke/Bouygues consortium is lined-up for the main construction contract while Bam Nuttall and Kier have been working on the £100m earthworks contract which was wound down earlier this year pending financial approval for the project.
