{"id":6674,"date":"2025-07-17T16:46:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=6674"},"modified":"2025-07-17T16:46:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T16:46:39","slug":"worlds-largest-crane-lifts-hinkley-dome-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/worlds-largest-crane-lifts-hinkley-dome-video\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s largest crane lifts Hinkley dome: Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s largest crane has successfully placed the 245-tonne dome onto Hinkley Point C\u2019s second reactor building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBig Carl\u201d lifted the 14-metre-tall dome to close the 44-metre-high reactor building, allowing its fit-out to accelerate.<\/p>\n<p>The second unit is taking up to 30% less time to build thanks to the lessons learned from construction of the first phase.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"491998\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fciob.me%2FCIOBvalue%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Value_MPU.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cMLWFIwXnyU?si=ugHSyPrW800K01Mv\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Unit 2\u2019s civil construction, 30% fewer people achieved 40% more work than on Unit 1 with prefabrication of structures now approaching 60%<\/p>\n<p>Stuart Crooks, CEO of Hinkley Point C, said: &#8220;The second of our two identical units shows the big benefits of repeating an identical design.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Build and Repeat is the best way to build new nuclear with time savings already at 20-30%. 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