Balfour Beatty Bailey is already in a joint venture delivering the power station’s £460m electrical works package.

It will now link-up with Altrad, Cavendish Nuclear and Doosan Babcock to the MEH Joint Venture.

The JV will work across the Hinkley Point C site to integrate and coordinate the delivery of all main MEH (Mechanical, Electrical and HVAC), cabling and associated support services on the project.

This approach will help different contractors work as a single entity to deliver the complex installation of cabling and pipework in the power station’s 2,500 rooms.

The approach is based on the experience gained at other nuclear construction projects and a central Project Management Office will oversee the work.

The MEH Joint Venture will also look at ways to create new cutting-edge pipework manufacturing in the UK.

Richard Bowman, Interim Managing Director, MEH Joint Venture, said, “Today marks an exciting milestone in our industry – forming the MEH Joint Venture and bringing together all tier one MEH and support services contractors to work in partnership with the Hinkley Point C project.

“It represents the start of a new way of working.

“Combined, the MEH Joint Venture operates over 13 nuclear licensed sites in the UK with 20,000 directly employed nuclear experts and over 65 years of experience.

“Uniting our expertise brings together a host of knowledge and experience in delivering safe nuclear design, construction, modification, maintenance and decommissioning.”

Stuart Crooks, Managing Director of Hinkley Point C said, “This new approach is a major example of innovation at Hinkley Point C which puts the interests of the whole project above those of any individual contractor.

“That co-ordination is good for contractors, pooling skills and expertise for everyone’s benefit.

“It also boosts UK industrial capacity and presents an opportunity to create jobs and skills by creating specialist pipework manufacturing in Britain.”