- Highways
- 26 Aug 2021
Milestone Infrastructure (‘Milestone’), a part of M Group Services, has agreed a three-year contract extension to continue providing maintenance services for highway infrastructure around Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in Somerset.
The extension is the first win for the company since it was acquired by M Group Services, a leading provider of services to essential infrastructure markets in the UK, on 01 May this year.
The contract was originally due to end in August 2021 and will now be extended for a further three years by agreement between EDF and Milestone Infrastructure.
Hinkley Point C is the first new nuclear power station to be built in the UK for more than 20 years and will provide low carbon electricity for around six million homes. The construction site is one of the largest in Europe, creating thousands of jobs. Milestone will provide essential infrastructure facilities including building, and maintaining main roads, access roads, and footpaths associated with the project.
The contract is delivered by the Somerset Infrastructure Alliance (SIA) and combined with alliance partners, consists of a team of 85 people. The services provided include:
Minor infrastructure works including surfacing, drainage, fencing and kerbing, Installing and maintaining around 4km of specialist walkway systems and 200 scaffold structures for managed walkways and access routes Creating and managing land and green spaces at the site Police accredited abnormal and incidental loads escorting service from Combwich Wharf to the main Hinkley Point C site Litter picking, cleansing, road sweeping and safety defects repairs to the main Hinkley Point C site and associated developments In addition to the core service provision, the Hinkley Point C contract facilitates the direct award of scheme work at both the main Hinkley Point C site and in the surrounding area. This provides the opportunity for the scheme’s delivery team to secure additional revenue though project work awarded through this contract.
