Draft Overview of HPC Construction - EDF Hinkley Point

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4.1.18 As described in Section 3, the site preparation works are currently the subject of aconsent application being determined by WSC and the temporary jetty by consentapplications being determined by the MMO and the Secretary of State.4.1.19 Figure 4.1 shows the indicative layout of the construction site at the time of firstsafety-related concrete, anticipated to be in 2013, where: The temporary jetty has been completed and is in use. The sea wall in front of the permanent power station site has been constructed. The permanent station car parks have been built. The southern car park is in usefor park and ride buses for the workers and part of the south-eastern car park hasbeen allocated to the National Grid 400kV substation contractor as a workingarea. All the principal contractors’ working areas have been established. The construction of the National Grid 400kV substation has commenced. Security access controls have been established for materials deliveries andworkers. Site offices have been built near to the southern access. The on-siteaccommodation campus area has been levelled and accommodation blocks andfacilities are in the final stages of construction. The Public Information Centre and some permanent offices are underconstruction. Many of the tower cranes have been erected on the main power station area. Excavations for unit 1 have been completed and the foundations prepared forpouring the first safety-related concrete. The liner fabrication building is complete and in use. Construction of the marine works has started, including boring the tunnels for thecooling water. Landscaping of the area to the south of the main construction area is in progress,as is the construction of the emergency access road together with its bridge overBum Brook.4.1.20 Figure 4.2 shows the indicative layout of the construction site at the start of themechanical and electrical works, anticipated to be in late 2014, where: The excavations for unit 2 are complete and ready for the safety-related concrete. The offshore cooling water works are virtually complete, including tunnels, accessshafts and intake structures, with the discharge structures remaining to beinstalled. The buildings for unit 1 and most of the shared (unit 1 and 2) buildings are underconstruction and the excavations are being back-filled. A number of temporary buildings are complete or under construction in thecontractors’ working areas.18 DRAFT | Overview of HPC Construction | February 2011
The installation of mechanical and electrical equipment is under way. The Public Information Centre, permanent site offices and the outage accesscontrol building are complete. Temporary access to the Public Information Centreis established via the south-eastern permanent station car park. The on-site accommodation campus is complete. The National Grid 400kV substation is under construction.4.1.21 Figure 4.3 shows the indicative layout of the construction site at the time when unit 1commences operation, anticipated to be mid-2018, where: Unit 1 is complete and is fenced off from the rest of the construction site. The ancillary buildings for both units are complete. The National Grid 400kV substation is complete and National Grid’s lines havebeen diverted to connect the substation. Unit 2 buildings are substantially complete and mechanical and electricalequipment installation is nearing completion. The interim storage buildings for intermediate level waste and spent fuel areunder construction.4.1.22 Figure 4.4 shows the indicative layout of the construction site at the time when unit 2commences operation where: Both units of the power station are complete and fenced off from the rest of theconstruction site. Construction of the interim storage buildings is complete. Many of the contractors’ temporary facilities are being dismantled and removed.4.1.23 After the start-up of unit 2, the following activities will be undertaken: The temporary jetty will be dismantled and removed. The on-site accommodation campus will be closed, the buildings dismantled andremoved and the area cleared. The contractors’ areas will be cleared and temporary services removed. Temporary re-routing of the emergency access road will be established to allowthe final landscaping to be undertaken in the southern construction area. The remaining buildings will be completed. Final landscaping and planting will be undertaken, incorporating the finalalignment of the emergency access road and the access road to the PublicInformation Centre.DRAFT | Overview of HPC Construction | February 2011 19
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