13th Sep 2005 07:00
Carillion PLC13 September 2005 12 September 2005 Carillion wins £118 million contract for nuclear store to supportdecommissioning Support services and construction company Carillion has secured a £118 millioncontract with British Nuclear Group to construct a store at Sellafield, Cumbria,for materials arising from decommissioning. Carillion has been working with British Nuclear Group on the Sellafield Productand Residue Store (SPRS) since 2003 to develop the design and constructionmethodology to ensure the facility can be delivered on time and to budget. Thiscontract is the first major construction contract to be let since the formationof the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, for whom British Nuclear Group nowmanages and operates the Sellafield site. One of the key purposes of the store is to accommodate materials already atSellafield which need to be retrieved from older facilities, repackaged andplaced in a modern facility. It will receive materials recovered from historicfuel manufacturing buildings that are now being decommissioned. Work on thethree-year contract will start this month. Carillion chief executive John McDonough said: "We are delighted to have securedthis contract with British Nuclear Group with whom we share a common approach tothe delivery of high quality, value for money solutions to the most stringentsafety and environmental standards." Tom Gilroy, SPRS project manager said: "This is a very important project for theSellafield site. The store will be built to exacting standards and will affordan enhanced level of protection and security for nuclear materials." For further information John Denning Director Group Corporate Affairs 01902 316426 Notes to editorsCarillion is a leading provider of integrated solutions for buildings,infrastructure and services. As a FTSE 250 company with a turnover of around £2billion and over 19,000 employees, the Group delivers high-quality, costeffective and sustainable solutions using its wide range of skills andresources. Our key target markets are health, transport (road and railinfrastructure), building, facilities management and support services forprivate and public sector customers. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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