{"id":6434,"date":"2025-07-08T06:46:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T06:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=6434"},"modified":"2025-07-08T06:46:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T06:46:37","slug":"major-sizewell-concrete-win-for-local-supplier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/major-sizewell-concrete-win-for-local-supplier\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Sizewell concrete win for local supplier"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sizewell C has awarded a major concrete contract to a Suffolk-based firm with a facility in neighbouring Leiston.<\/p>\n

Eastern Concrete Ltd will provide over 120,000m3 of quality approved concrete as part of early-stage construction work over the next two years.<\/p>\n

The deal is part of Sizewell C\u2019s growing regional investment which has already seen \u00a3330m awarded to 77 suppliers across the East of England.<\/p>\n

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Tom Baker, Managing Director, Eastern Concrete, said: \u201cThis is the biggest contract I\u2019ve ever secured and the highlight of my career. I always wanted to be involved with the construction of Sizewell C, and I\u2019m thrilled we\u2019re able to expand our local workforce. By paying local salaries, we\u2019re helping drive a circular economy that benefits other businesses in the area. This is fantastic news for East Suffolk.<\/p>\n

\u201cSizewell have come good on their commitment. They said they would support local businesses and that\u2019s exactly what they\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deliveries will be made from Eastern Concrete\u2019s dedicated batching plant in Leiston, established in 2023 on Eastlands Industrial Estate, and eventually from an additional plant located on the construction site.<\/p>\n

The materials will support non-nuclear construction activities such as site roads, park and ride facilities, and all the temporary buildings required for the project.<\/p>\n

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Based in Stowmarket, Eastern Concrete previously supplied materials for the dry fuel store at Sizewell B in 2014.<\/p>\n

Damian Leydon, Site Delivery Director, Sizewell C, added: \u201cIt\u2019s fantastic to see this contract creating jobs locally while drawing on the expertise of a regional supplier. We\u2019ve pledged to invest \u00a34.4 billion in the East of England, and this partnership clearly demonstrates that commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sizewell C is a 3.2GW low-carbon nuclear power station being constructed on the Suffolk coast. Once operational, it will provide electricity for up to six million homes over at least 60 years.<\/p>\n

Preliminary construction work began in January 2024 and last\u00a0month, the Government confirmed the project would go ahead and announced further investment of \u00a314.2bn.<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/fJobOAp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sizewell C has awarded a major concrete contract to a Suffolk-based firm with a facility in neighbouring Leiston. Eastern Concrete Ltd will provide over 120,000m3 of quality approved concrete as part of early-stage construction work over the next two years. The deal is part of Sizewell C\u2019s growing regional investment which has already seen \u00a3330m […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-6434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6435,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6434\/revisions\/6435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}