Balfour Beatty has replaced Costain as preferred bidder for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station tunnelling and marine works package.
The four-year package understood to be worth £200m will include the construction of three marine tunnels to form part of the vital cooling system for the nuclear power station.
The project involves driving a total of 9.5km of both onshore and offshore tunnels of around 7m diameter.
Balfour Beatty was originally bidding for the scheme in joint venture with Morgan Sindall. But EDF Energy opted for Costain in the original rounds of bidding.
The decision is blow to Costain has started work on design of the water cooling systems.
The sudden change of preferred contractor, now makes it the second major package Balfour Beatty will deliver at Hinkley Point C, following its appointment to the power station’s £460m electrical works package in joint venture with NG Bailey in 2015 which is currently on site.
Stephen Tarr, Managing Director Balfour Beatty’s Major Projects business, said: “Hinkley Point C is a project which inspires collaboration by its very nature due to its significant scale and complexity.
“Our expert engineers will deploy heavy civil engineering skills and extensive knowledge of tunnelling.”
EDF was not available for comment about the decision to switch preferred contractor on the key project.
from Construction Enquirer http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2017/08/21/balfour-replaces-costain-on-hinkley-tunnelling-works/
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