Laing O’Rourke will play a leading role in the delivery of the £1 billion Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project following the conclusion of one of its main civil engineering and construction package tenders. The company has been named as preferred bidder for the 410 metre turbine house and sluice structure block, worth at least £200 million.
This will require up to 500 workers at peak construction, many of them drawn from the immediate area in South Wales. Concrete, reinforcing and other materials will also be sourced locally and Laing O’Rourke has named Arup as its lead design and engineering partner for the contract.
Delivery of the project will be led by Andrew McNaughton who joined Tidal Lagoon Power earlier this month as Director of Engineering & Construction.
“Announcing that Laing O’Rourke is joining the team is a major step forward for the project” Mr McNaughton said. “As preferred bidder, their contribution over the next few months alongside General Electric and Andritz Hydro will be invaluable in preparing for delivery on site in 2016.”
Jonathan Adams, Project Lead at Laing, added that from London 2012 to St Pancras International Station to Heathrow Terminal 5, the company has been involved in the delivery of some of the UK’s most celebrated infrastructure projects. The Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon is currently the talk of the international construction industry and Laing O’Rourke is thrilled to be playing a part in its delivery.
Following advanced works and value engineering, a fixed price contract will be signed later this year for the main build. Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Plc has also run tenders for the project’s marine works package and for a package to provide public realm ancillary works. The results of these tenders will be announced shortly. Further tenders for the construction of a Turbine Assembly Plant in Wales, and for the lagoon’s public realm and buildings work will proceed through the summer.
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