Hinkley Point C smashes regional investment target and predicts 1,700 new jobs in next year New figures show spending in the South-West has hit £3.2 billion – twice the initial target. Hinkley Point C is set to hire 1,700 new roles in the next year. New training centres are helping local people to get the […]
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Somerset Business Survey 2021 – Economic Impacts of COVID-19 and Prospects for Recovery
Somerset’s five Local Authorities are jointly undertaking this vital survey to help us better understand and respond to local business needs, with a particular focus on the impacts that COVID-19 will have had on many businesses over the last 12 months. By completing this survey, you will be providing much needed intelligence to help shape […]
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HPC News Update – February 2021
New waste consolidation centre opened Waste is now being bulked and consolidated at HPC rather than at off-site locations, following the recent opening of HPC’s new waste consolidation centre (WCC). The WCC will significantly cut the number of vehicle journeys to remove waste from site – helping HPC to cut its overall carbon footprint. Designed […]
HPC News Update – December 2020
Second tunnel boring machine gets to work The second, and largest, of the three tunnel boring machines (TBM) needed to create the tunnels for HPC’s cooling water system has started the construction of the outfall tunnel by installing the first concrete rings. Known as Emmeline, the second TBM will excavate 1.8 km of tunnel, some […]
Update on Balfour Beatty’s marine works
The Sprayed Concrete Lining (SCL) team for the Balfour Beatty HPC Marine Works has celebrated the completion of their final tunnel breakthrough, writes Hayley Terrell, of Balfour Beatty. This is the conclusion of over 600 metres of tunnelling onshore at the HPC site, to form the initial excavations of the connection tunnels for the three […]