Balfour Beatty and Cavandish Nuclear (JV) will deliver the facility as part of Sellafield's long-term waste retrieval hazard reduction programme.
The final phase of works follows the first two phases which consisted of a £5.5m preliminary design phase and £12.5m detailed design and enabling works.
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The new mechanical handling plant will support two existing waste silos with retrieving historic waste and reducing hazard. At the heart of the heavily reinforced concrete structure, which has a footprint of 0.5 hectares and will be 25 metres high, robotic installations will enable the Sellafield team to operate in a safe and controlled environment.
A team of more than 100 engineers including nuclear specialists, civil and structural engineers and architectural technicians is currently using Building Information Modelling to create a full 4D design specification that dramatically reduces the construction programme.
Work is scheduled to be complete in autumn 2017.
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