HPC News Update – June 2021
Huge slabs lowered into place by Big Carl The world’s largest crane Big Carl lifted huge slabs each weighing 547-tonnes into position on Nuclear Island
HPC News Update – May 2021
Work well underway on dome assembly The dome is now being assembled in Bunker 5 by team members from Bylor and Tissot using large steel
Hinkley Point C smashes regional investment target and predicts 1,700 new jobs in next year
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
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
HPC News Update – April 2021
Emmeline pushes ahead under the Bristol Channel The site’s second tunnel boring machine (TBM), Emmeline, has reached full bore mode as she excavates an outfall
HPC News Update – March 2021
First turbine rotor successfully tested At the end of February, Unit 1’s first low pressure (LP) rotor was successfully tested in GE’s factory in Belfort,
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
Hinkley Point C – Update from Stuart Crooks – MD Hinkley Point C
Hear from Stuart Crooks, Managing Director of Hinkley Point C as he gives an update on project progress and the impact of COVID-19.
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
Hinkley Point C – End of year video 2020
In a year that has been very different at the Hinkley Point C construction site, the usual end of year film has been changed to
HPC News Update – November 2020
Mary nears the end of her boring journey Tunnel boring machine Mary is on course to pass the 3km point of her total 3.5km journey
COVID-19 business support
The Prime Minister announced plans for a new four-week lockdown across England – MPs will vote on the proposals on Wednesday (November 4). If approved,
Domestic reverse VAT charge for building and construction services – a guide to the changes from HMRC
In June 2020, HMRC announced a delay to the introduction of the new rules for the VAT domestic reverse charge for building and construction services.
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,