Wincanton has won a new contract to provide warehouse and transport services for the Hinkley Point C project in Somerset.

The company will provide storage, handling, asset tracking and transportation for incoming materials to the £19.6 billion scheme, which is the first new nuclear power station to be built in the UK for a generation.

In addition, Wincarton will manage surety of supply across many thousands of product lines and facilitate a three-month buffer stock.

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The contract incorporates Wincanton’s core Construction Logistics Services proposition and draws on experience of projects such as Crossrail and the Aircraft Carrier Alliance.

Ranald Forbes, Director of Construction at Wincanton, said: "We are thrilled to be working on such a significant project. We will be delivering against our core set of propositions which offer our clients a dynamic and flexible approach solution which, over this 10-year project, will be instrumental to the success of the nuclear build at Hinkley."

Robert Evans, Storage Manager at Hinkley Point C, added: "We were looking for a long term partner to support our vast and complex logistics needs. We needed a supplier with expertise, experience and the ability to adapt to the changing needs of the project. We were also looking to work with a business rooted in the South West, employing people in the region. Wincanton fit the bill in all respects."

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