PHD Access has been named as the scaffolding partner for a Dungeness A decommissioning programme worth up to £190m.
Principal contractor Aureos confirmed the firm’s involvement in an announcement on 28 October. The £190m figure covers Aureos’ overall contract, not PHD’s scaffolding package. No separate value was disclosed.
Nuclear Restoration Services awarded the contract to remove eight boilers from the former Kent power station, along with associated plant and infrastructure. Each boiler weighs around 800 tonnes.
PHD joins a specialist team which includes Keltbray on demolition and asbestos removal, EDF Cyclife on radioactive de-planting and component preparation, and Mammoet and Nxgen on heavy lifting.
Aureos said surrounding buildings and plant would be removed before the boilers could be extracted. Sections of the concrete boiler cells will be cut and lifted out to make room.
A jack-and-slide system will then move the boilers out of their cells before they are taken to a storage area.
The programme includes work in a Radiological Controlled Area. Aureos said controls would address residual radiation and asbestos hazards alongside demolition, lifting and construction risks.
NRS said the award followed four years of enabling work. Aureos was selected through a competition covering technical capability, delivery certainty, innovation, social value and cost.
Once complete, the programme will have removed around a third of Dungeness A’s above-ground structures, reducing the site’s footprint and future maintenance needs.
