BAE Systems has signed a £67 million contract with Morgan Sindall to extend its Barrow-in-Furness site to incorporate new manufacturing and installation capabilities.
The facility hosts the construction of Astute class submarines and is where Successor will be integrated and tested.
According to a press release, this development is part of an investment programme which includes a number of new facilities and refurbishment of existing buildings. The Central Yard Facility will stand 45m tall and work is well underway, with the first pieces of its steel structure now in place. A new 28,000m2 off-site logistics facility is also due to open later this year.
Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin, said:
“This infrastructure investment at BAE Systems in Barrow will help ensure our new Successor submarines are built efficiently. The Successor programme is a truly national undertaking, and this investment is another example of the Government’s commitment to maintaining the UK’s independent nuclear deterrent.”
Allan Day, Director of the Site Redevelopment Programme at BAE Systems Submarines, said:
“We are in the third year of an eight-year redevelopment programme which is starting to see some dramatic changes across our site as we enhance our facilities and capabilities for the future. The Devonshire Dock Hall is an iconic building – home to the construction of some of the world’s most advanced and capable submarines. This contract will enhance the facility to ensure our workforce can deliver future submarine programmes to the Royal Navy.”
The press release concludes, the design and build of a brand new nuclear-powered submarine is one of the world’s most complex engineering challenges and is a significant national endeavour which will involve a supply chain stretching the length and breadth of the country.
Many projects in Barrow are to do with storage on top of that 67 million contract , theres one down on the dockyard being built for 25 million which is separate to this and is almost completed,BAE is also funding that one goods time ahead for Barrow
“Not pictured; would-be Prime Minister Jeremy Corbyn chained to site fence”….. 😀
Great news for Barrow, lovely people and great beer
On the island is it the kings ,but stay away from the gazza strip at weekends
This will be just about the only part of this project that BAE won’t deliver late and over budget.
Surely not even BAE could screw up the construction of a big shed…could they?
Nice to see that its not in Scotland