Balfour Beatty, an international infrastructure group, has successfully installed six offshore liners at Hinkley Point C, marking a significant milestone in the completion of the project's offshore works. The liners, weighing up to 270 tonnes each, were installed two miles off the coast in the Bristol Channel. They will play a crucial role in the power station's cooling water system, circulating 120,000 litres of water per second from the Bristol Channel to the nuclear power station through underground tunnels. Each liner was designed with an innovative pre-installed isolation cap, allowing ongoing access to the cooling water tunnels for construction works. The offshore works at Hinkley Point C are expected to be completed in the first half of 2024.
Roger Frost, Balfour Beatty's Hinkley Point C Marine Works Project Director, expressed pride in the achievement and highlighted the company's capability to deliver innovative solutions for critical infrastructure. He stated, "This achievement is a significant step forward in our mission to contribute to the success of Hinkley Point C, a project that stands as a beacon for sustainable energy and engineering excellence."
Over 1,000 experts from Balfour Beatty and its supply chain have been involved in the success of the offshore works at Hinkley Point C. Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group with 25,000 employees. The company is involved in financing, developing, building, maintaining, and operating critical infrastructure projects worldwide. In the nuclear sector, Balfour Beatty has over 60 years of experience and is currently working on delivering three packages of work for Hinkley Point C. The company also supports clients in delivering energy infrastructure across the UK to support the transition towards a Net Zero future.