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Utility Week 27th Sept 2019

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22 | 27TH SEPTEMBER - 3RD OCTOBER 2019 | UTILITY WEEK High viz The world's largest crane, dubbed 'Big Carl', has started work on Hinkley Point C, where it is being used by BYLOR – a joint venture between Laing O'Rourke and Bouygues TP – on the main civil engineering works. The 250m-tall Sarens SGC-250 crane can li„ 5,000 tonnes at a radius of 40m. Its size and capacity allows large components to be built in covered factory conditions on site before being li„ed into place, using a method of prefabrication previously used by energy firm EDF and China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) to build reactors at Taishan in China. Big Carl, named a„er Sarens director of technical solutions Carl Sarens, is powered by 12 engines and runs on 96 individual wheels as it Raising the bar at Hinkley Point C Operations & Assets High viz

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