The order is the biggest placed for modular offices and site welfare facilities in the UK and will take just 16 months to manufacture.

All the management and technical personnel will be housed in the 400,000 sq ft site office complex during the construction stage of the nuclear power plant .

Part of the buildings will then be converted after the construction cycle to remain as high quality offices for the permanent site.

Aerial CGI view of Hinkley Point with construction office recycled into permanent office buildings

The steel framed modules will be constructed ‘off site’ at Premier’s manufacturing facility in East Yorkshire, before being transported to the Hinkley Point C site for final assembly and fitting out.

David Harris, Divisional Director at Premier, said: “This project is one of the most significant modular projects in history and will really put modular construction on the map.

“We foresee that this project is not only important for Premier but will also be of significant benefit to the local economies in Yorkshire and Somerset in terms of both subcontractor and supplier opportunities required to support this major construction project. “

It is also Premier’s intention to contract work, where practical, to companies local to the Hinkley Point C site, where it is anticipated that approximately 35% of the work will be completed.