Challenges

Owing to the live power station environment there are very high standards in relation to health and safety and these were understandably not relaxed in any way to allow for the construction works to take place. NMC embraced these standards and adopted them as part of their ways of working.

Solutions

The project itself was split into two lots by EDF. The first lot was awarded to German contractor NIDEC for the supply and installation of the battery storage units themselves. The second lot which was successfully secured by nmcn was awarded in  Q1 of 2017 before works started on site in the April.

nmcn worked collaboratively with EDF Energy & Renewables as well as NIDEC to ensure the project was delivered on time, to budget and to the required quality standards. In fact following a collaborative value engineering phase following tender award nmcn were able to deliver the Lot 2 works 10% more effectively than the tendered sum.

Results

nmcn delivered a quality, on time, on budget project with zero health and safety incidents. The success of the project is being used to influence future designs and efficiencies.