Balfour Beatty has landed a £241m deal to deliver overhead line connections for National Grid at Hinkley Point.
The North and South 400kV overhead lines will link the new nuclear reactor to the national grid.
The work has been awarded through National Grid’s Overhead Line Design and Build Framework.
It is the third major package of works won bt Balfour Beatty at Hinkley.
Balfour bagged the electrical works package in a joint venture with NG Bailey in 2015 and the tunneling and marine works package in 2017.
For the latest deal Balfour will design, supply, install, test and commission a new overhead line spanning 48.4km and crossing through the Mendip Hills in Somerset.
On completion, the new line will connect Hinkley with a new substation in Avonmouth, Bristol.
Balfour will utilise National Grid’s new T-Pylon design for the fist time on a live transmission asset
Mark Bullock, Balfour Beatty’s Chief Executive Officer for its Rail and Utilities business, said: “Our extensive knowledge and unique capability in delivering major complex Overhead Line schemes, makes us ideally positioned to play a key role in helping to deliver the first nuclear power station to be built in the UK for more than 20 years.
“We look forward to working with National Grid to successfully and safely deliver low-carbon electricity for around six million homes across the UK.”
Works are due to start this month, with completion expected in summer 2025.
At construction peak, the project will employ a workforce of over 150.
from Construction Enquirer http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2019/01/29/balfour-bags-240m-hinkley-connection-contract/
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