These annual awards celebrate outstanding achievements and contributions to the HPC project, one of Europe’s largest infrastructure programmes.
Following the Excellence Awards dinner in Weston-super-Mare on the 27th November, we are pleased to share that the ‘Main Civils Works Modularisation’ initiative has been recognised as the Winner in the ‘Best Innovation, Learning or Efficiency’ category. This project team includes representatives from the Joint Design Office, with Waldeck’s Pete Cliffin playing a pivotal role. Pete has been instrumental in managing engineering challenges related to modifying how reinforcement cages are fabricated, a critical component of the project’s success.
Adding to the team’s strength is Ibrahim Uz Zaman, who recently joined Waldeck and is also contributing to this scope of work.
Congratulations to Pete and Ibrahim for their valuable contributions to the project.
Reflecting on the team’s win, Pete shared:
“The modularisation initiative has all been about providing the contractor with the flexibility to make modifications to the rebar arrangements that allows for prefabrication of large slabs and wall panels, all whilst keeping in line with the strict design requirements. The new process allows for drastic efficiencies to be made in the installation and construction process and will contribute greatly to the contractor meeting their construction schedule.
“Setting up new ways of working is always challenging, particularly on a nuclear power plant, but it’s a challenge we’ve managed to overcome through close collaboration between client, designer and contractor. We are already seeing the positive impacts realised on site and we hope for this to continue into next year!
“The Excellence Awards event was a testament to the hard work of many individuals and a celebration of their inspiring accomplishments this year. A great opportunity to showcase people’s efforts that you might not have necessarily known about, working on such a large project as HPC.
“Incredibly pleased to have taken home the Gold Award, it was a real achievement for everyone involved and it’s great to be recognised by the project for all the hard work that’s gone into this workstream over the course of this year.”