{"id":8556,"date":"2025-10-20T09:19:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T09:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=8556"},"modified":"2025-10-20T09:19:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T09:19:20","slug":"sizewell-c-launches-250m-bulk-dig-bid-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/sizewell-c-launches-250m-bulk-dig-bid-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Sizewell C launches \u00a3250m bulk dig bid race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sizewell C has kicked off procurement for a \u00a3100m-\u00a3250m bulk earthworks package to carve out the main construction arena for the twin-reactor nuclear power plant.<\/p>\n

The two-year enabling works contract covers excavation of around 3.3m cu m of made ground, crag sand and peat from the Suffolk site to prepare foundations for Units 1 and 2.<\/p>\n

The winning contractor will start in January 2027, managing fleets of 45-tonne all-terrain dump trucks to haul material along a segregated heavy-haul road between the Main Construction Area and the Temporary Construction Area.<\/p>\n

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Scope includes testing, segregation and stockpiling of suitable material, shaping and compaction of disposal areas, and coordination with the site\u2019s civil works alliance.<\/p>\n

Backfilling works will run in tandem with excavation to accelerate nuclear build schedules.<\/p>\n

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\nThe work forms part of the Main Works Earthworks programme \u2013 one of several major packages being let ahead of full construction mobilisation.<\/p>\n

Blackwell Earthmoving has been carrying out the initial earthworks, which involved creating compounds for the site. Jackson Civil Engineering delivered\u00a0key road schemes.<\/p>\n

Tenders close at 5pm on 31 October 2025, with Sizewell C\u2019s procurement lead Bryan Jenkinson handling enquiries. Click to email<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/g3IUHN9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sizewell C has kicked off procurement for a \u00a3100m-\u00a3250m bulk earthworks package to carve out the main construction arena for the twin-reactor nuclear power plant. The two-year enabling works contract covers excavation of around 3.3m cu m of made ground, crag sand and peat from the Suffolk site to prepare foundations for Units 1 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146,"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-8556","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\/8556","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=8556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8557,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8556\/revisions\/8557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}