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Scottish firms in line for Hinkley Point C nuclear contracts

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Hinkley Point C will provide 25,000 job opportunities during its construction
Hinkley Point C will provide 25,000 job opportunities during its construction

Three Scottish companies have today been announced as preferred bidders for the contract to build the first UK nuclear power station in more than 20 years.

Doosan Babcock, Clyde Union Pumps and the Weir Group are among the companies poised to win deals worth more than £1.3 billion to build Hinkley Point C in Somerset.

EDF Energy, the firm leading the consortium to build the proposed power station, estimates that more than 60 per cent of the construction cost will be placed with UK firms, against an initial estimate of 57 per cent.

If approved, the power station will provide reliable, low carbon electricity to meet 7 per cent of UK demand. It will provide 25,000 employment opportunities on-site during its construction, including 1,000 apprenticeships.

A final decision is expected in the coming months, after which the contracts will be signed.

EDF said the companies had won preferred bidder status after an “open and fair competition”.

EDF Energy chief executive officer 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.”

Preferred bidders announced today include:

  • Balfour Beatty Bailey (Joint Venture) comprising ofBalfour Beatty, London and NG Bailey, Ilkley, Yorkshire – electrical cabling and equipment installation *

  • 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 ConceptandTunzini 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

    • Two further companies are already working on the project:

    • G4S, Surrey – security

    • Aggregate Industries, Leicestershire – construction of the Cannington bypass, Park & Rides and highway improvements

      • Project management contracts have 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

        • An innovative business approach, working together with the Somerset Chamber of Commerce, has led to the involvement of local companies close to the Hinkley Point C site in Somerset. It has encouraged them to join forces to supply site services, transport and accommodation.

        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

          • Click here to view an interactive map of supply chain partners for Hinkley Point C.

          Click here to read more about the businesses benefiting from Hinkley Point C.

          * Companies have been encouraged to form Joint Ventures (JVs) in order to bring together experience and knowledge – a number of key contracts have therefore been awarded to JVs which involve UK and French companies.

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