Public Funding for Laing O'Rourke Services Limited

The **Decarbonising Precast Concrete Manufacturing** project is to deliver a comprehensive feasibility study for implementing deep decarbonisation interventions at Laing O'Rourke's Explore Manufacturing existing precast concrete production process, based at Steetley, Worksop. **Strategic priority -- decarbonising construction** Explore Manufacturing represents the state of the art in offsite manufacturing for the construction industry. Government strategy through Construction 2025 and the Construction Sector Deal targets both higher pre-manufactured value and 50% carbon reduction in the built environment as well as a Net Zero 2030 target. There is significant need to further enable long-term decarbonisation opportunities to meet this strategic direction. Construction represents 6% of UK GDP and the built environment contributes 39% of all greenhouse emissions, specifically 11% of the total being upfront embodied carbon from construction of assets {Global Status Report 2017\], so carbon intensity will make a significant impact on overall carbon usage in the UK. Moving concrete building production from in situ to offsite (precast) immediately has a significant impact on lowering embodied carbon in buildings; moreover we are seeking to increase this further by deep decarbonisation of the precast manufacturing process offering anticipated total savings of some 56% . **Comprehensive and systematic feasibility review** Our project will investigate every facet of the production process from low carbon, concrete, steel and aggregate materials and technologies to the overall formwork and curing systems. This initial scoping will quantify, prioritise and define interventions for decarbonisation of the precast production process and will then conduct feasibility trials for these interventions, including incorporation of low carbon materials and production technologies to decarbonise the manufacturing process. Examples of identified technologies include low carbon concrete, recycled reinforcement, recycled and alternative aggregates, and formwork systems. These trials will consider implications into materials supply, handling, materials and technology introduction to production line, throughput considerations including curing time, and other storage and logistics issues. The feasibility study will conclude with an impact prioritised roadmap and business case for decarbonising precast concrete construction at Explore Manufacturing. This will provide a flagship example to others in the industry to replicate thus widening the impact. **High quality team** The study will be led by Laing O'Rourke, based on our Explore Manufacturing facility, in collaboration with the following partners: \*University of Cambridge -- leading the carbon quantification and decarbonisation impact prioritisation \*University of Sheffield, Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) -- process impact simulation to understand throughput and productivity implications of interventions

**BETTER GREENER FASTER FACADES** The Prime Minister in his speech of 30 June 2020 outlined the UK Government strategy to support a post COVID-19 recovery to "build, build, build". This project supports that strategy through 'Better, Greener, Faster Facades' aimed primarily at the Education sector and supporting the schools building programme. In particular, this will enable much more productive and thermally efficient, sustainable components for the external walls of a school - which accounts for approximately 20% of the build cost - to be delivered to the project fully completed, and reducing the onsite workforce that currently needs to work in close proximity. The project will design, deliver and test a working prototype by June 2021 with a target of incorporating into the next wave of school building projects thereafter. The product and system will also have a wider application into other building sectors, include healthcare. **Outputs** The project outputs will include: •Designed and tested Better, Greener, Faster Facade prototype •A digitally configurable tool to enable the rapid design into new schools projects •Evidence and sustainability analysis supporting the Better, Greener, Faster credentials of the system **Team** The project team (SME denoted\*) is: •Laing O'Rourke (lead) -- a leading construction, engineering and manufacturing enterprise •Ramboll -- a leading design and engineering consultancy company with a deep understanding of the education sector and façade technology •Etude\* -- a sustainability consultant with focus on the built environment

International competitiveness requires the UK to modernise its industrial capabilities, which are steering industries towards widespread development and adoption of automation, and autonomous based solutions. These technologies have the potential to create novel and disruptive manufacturing capabilities leading to significant improvements in quality, accuracy, precision, and cost to manufacture. High integrity welding is a key enabling technology for UK manufacturing and the purpose of WeldZero is to develop and showcase the benefits of adopting intelligent welding robotic system solutions within a cyber-physical production system (CPPS). The WeldZero project will develop and showcase the benefits of digital technologies applied to welding operations in an industrial manufacturing context to support a zero defect strategy. By bringing together state-of-the-art data integration approaches and data handling with real-world manufacturing to work to the achievement of zero defects in a multi-stage production line. This will prove the effectiveness of digital welding and accelerate the wider adoption of the new Industry 4.0 strategies in the existing manufacturing systems -- improving the competitiveness of the UK. The system created will be based around a data rich manufacturing environment whereby both direct machine control and feedback can be collated and processed in real-time. Coupled to this system will be a number of additional technology applications such as weld toolpath planning and simulation, advanced sensor integration and control algorithms, machining learning and data analysis. This will then feedback into specific welding cell control systems to substantially improve manufacturing performance. The project will demonstrate the impact of WeldZero using four different welded product applications from the construction, automotive and off-shore manufacturing sectors; each using different welding process solutions; with the aim of increasing productivity by at least 40%. WeldZero contributes to all key innovation areas under the Manufacturing Made Smarter competition: Smart connected factory: application and use of use of real-time data to optimise operational efficiency capture, analysis and visualisation of manufacturing processes. Connected and versatile supply chain: Full process information integration, communication and traceability are a key aspects of WeldZero. Design, make, test, including: Primarily contributing to virtual product testing, verification and validation, quality monitoring and inspection -- in the context of weld processing and manufacturing sequencing design. Adaptable, flexible manufacturing operations: Enable adoption of advanced welding technologies in a human-centric automation and autonomy, enabling flexible manufacturing systems.

"**Productivity is a critical factor for the UK economy** -- especially in the construction industry. . As stated in the Farmer Review of the Construction Industry, we need to ""modernise or die"", and this is recognised by the Construction Sector Deal. While offsite manufacturing techniques improve both quality and productivity, a step change is needed to realise the true potential of Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA). That step change is product-based design solutions and manufacturing capacity that unlocks optimised construction and extends efficiency throughout the delivery cycle. We call this **Product Based Building Solution (PBBS) DfMA 70:60:30** -- with 70% of the building being premanufactured, providing 60% greater productivity and 30% faster construction than traditional approaches. The potential improvements to productivity are enormous, with only a small team of skilled technicians needed to place and integrate the pre-manufactured and quality controlled building components. The key to realising this potential lies in having good products and approaching the early design process with product-based solutions in mind, rather than trying to apply them as an after-thought. As such, Laing O'Rourke, AMRC, Hoare Lea, Autodesk, Project Frog, BRE, ActivePlan, Dynamic Knowledge, Converge, University of Cambridge have aligned to demonstrate this product-based approach to design and construction -- an approach that could radically change the industry. By creating a product-based approach to buildings, we have the potential to transform site construction to a place of assembly of pre-engineered and certified building products. Together, we will: * Evidence **lower carbon lifecycles, targeting a 30% operational reduction** -- based on integrating heating and cooling systems within the structure -- and a **50% saving in embodied carbon** through a reusable structural system with predicable performance through smart commissioning and better science. * Demonstrate **productivity improvements in each delivery phase** -- design, manufacture and assembly -- through physically and digitally enabled process efficiency and waste elimination. * Use a product-based architecture with defined and repeatable interfaces to provide quality and certainty in delivery. This will include **facades, frame, internal walls and finishes, pods, and building services and controls**. This will enable: * **Digital demonstration** of configuration to products sets to a range of sector applications using real-world building examples * **Physical demonstration** of integrated product-based building solutions at full scale for a representative building at Explore Industrial Park * **Evidence of productivity and performance** assurance metrics and benchmarking to support further scaling up and adoption"

The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies such as renewables and Gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project focusses on incorporating the latest digital technologies, factory production processes and waste reduction systems into an integrated design development programme. This project will act as proof of concept that the resulting power station design would meet societal, environmental, technical and commercial requirements. The consortium of 10 organisations delivering the project are targeting successful delivery of this initial phase of work within 16 months. Upon successful completion of this project, the consortium intends to continue development of the novel small modular nuclear power station design; with the expressed goal of deploying a fleet of these cost effective, low-carbon power stations through the 2030s and 2040s both in the UK and around the world. Ultimately, this will enable the UK to meet its carbon reduction goals, address the global climate change challenge and access an export market worth in excess of £200Bn by the 2030s. Successful delivery of this project will yield technologies, processes and tools that are also applicable to other novel power station designs, such as advanced modular reactors (AMR), future fusion programmes and other major infrastructure programmes.

The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies such as renewables and Gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project focusses on incorporating the latest digital technologies, factory production processes and waste reduction systems into an integrated design development programme. This project will act as proof of concept that the resulting power station design would meet societal, environmental, technical and commercial requirements. The consortium of 10 organisations delivering the project are targeting successful delivery of this initial phase of work within 16 months. Upon successful completion of this project, the consortium intends to continue development of the novel small modular nuclear power station design; with the expressed goal of deploying a fleet of these cost effective, low-carbon power stations through the 2030s and 2040s both in the UK and around the world. Ultimately, this will enable the UK to meet its carbon reduction goals, address the global climate change challenge and access an export market worth in excess of £200Bn by the 2030s. Successful delivery of this project will yield technologies, processes and tools that are also applicable to other novel power station designs, such as advanced modular reactors (AMR), future fusion programmes and other major infrastructure programmes.

The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies such as renewables and Gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project focusses on incorporating the latest digital technologies, factory production processes and waste reduction systems into an integrated design development programme. This project will act as proof of concept that the resulting power station design would meet societal, environmental, technical and commercial requirements. The consortium of 10 organisations delivering the project are targeting successful delivery of this initial phase of work within 16 months. Upon successful completion of this project, the consortium intends to continue development of the novel small modular nuclear power station design; with the expressed goal of deploying a fleet of these cost effective, low-carbon power stations through the 2030s and 2040s both in the UK and around the world. Ultimately, this will enable the UK to meet its carbon reduction goals, address the global climate change challenge and access an export market worth in excess of £200Bn by the 2030s. Successful delivery of this project will yield technologies, processes and tools that are also applicable to other novel power station designs, such as advanced modular reactors (AMR), future fusion programmes and other major infrastructure programmes.

The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies such as renewables and Gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project focusses on incorporating the latest digital technologies, factory production processes and waste reduction systems into an integrated design development programme. This project will act as proof of concept that the resulting power station design would meet societal, environmental, technical and commercial requirements. The consortium of 10 organisations delivering the project are targeting successful delivery of this initial phase of work within 16 months. Upon successful completion of this project, the consortium intends to continue development of the novel small modular nuclear power station design; with the expressed goal of deploying a fleet of these cost effective, low-carbon power stations through the 2030s and 2040s both in the UK and around the world. Ultimately, this will enable the UK to meet its carbon reduction goals, address the global climate change challenge and access an export market worth in excess of £200Bn by the 2030s. Successful delivery of this project will yield technologies, processes and tools that are also applicable to other novel power station designs, such as advanced modular reactors (AMR), future fusion programmes and other major infrastructure programmes.

The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies such as renewables and Gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project focusses on incorporating the latest digital technologies, factory production processes and waste reduction systems into an integrated design development programme. This project will act as proof of concept that the resulting power station design would meet societal, environmental, technical and commercial requirements. The consortium of 10 organisations delivering the project are targeting successful delivery of this initial phase of work within 16 months. Upon successful completion of this project, the consortium intends to continue development of the novel small modular nuclear power station design; with the expressed goal of deploying a fleet of these cost effective, low-carbon power stations through the 2030s and 2040s both in the UK and around the world. Ultimately, this will enable the UK to meet its carbon reduction goals, address the global climate change challenge and access an export market worth in excess of £200Bn by the 2030s. Successful delivery of this project will yield technologies, processes and tools that are also applicable to other novel power station designs, such as advanced modular reactors (AMR), future fusion programmes and other major infrastructure programmes.

The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies such as renewables and Gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project focusses on incorporating the latest digital technologies, factory production processes and waste reduction systems into an integrated design development programme. This project will act as proof of concept that the resulting power station design would meet societal, environmental, technical and commercial requirements. The consortium of 10 organisations delivering the project are targeting successful delivery of this initial phase of work within 16 months. Upon successful completion of this project, the consortium intends to continue development of the novel small modular nuclear power station design; with the expressed goal of deploying a fleet of these cost effective, low-carbon power stations through the 2030s and 2040s both in the UK and around the world. Ultimately, this will enable the UK to meet its carbon reduction goals, address the global climate change challenge and access an export market worth in excess of £200Bn by the 2030s. Successful delivery of this project will yield technologies, processes and tools that are also applicable to other novel power station designs, such as advanced modular reactors (AMR), future fusion programmes and other major infrastructure programmes.

The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies such as renewables and Gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project focusses on incorporating the latest digital technologies, factory production processes and waste reduction systems into an integrated design development programme. This project will act as proof of concept that the resulting power station design would meet societal, environmental, technical and commercial requirements. The consortium of 10 organisations delivering the project are targeting successful delivery of this initial phase of work within 16 months. Upon successful completion of this project, the consortium intends to continue development of the novel small modular nuclear power station design; with the expressed goal of deploying a fleet of these cost effective, low-carbon power stations through the 2030s and 2040s both in the UK and around the world. Ultimately, this will enable the UK to meet its carbon reduction goals, address the global climate change challenge and access an export market worth in excess of £200Bn by the 2030s. Successful delivery of this project will yield technologies, processes and tools that are also applicable to other novel power station designs, such as advanced modular reactors (AMR), future fusion programmes and other major infrastructure programmes.

The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies such as renewables and Gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project focusses on incorporating the latest digital technologies, factory production processes and waste reduction systems into an integrated design development programme. This project will act as proof of concept that the resulting power station design would meet societal, environmental, technical and commercial requirements. The consortium of 10 organisations delivering the project are targeting successful delivery of this initial phase of work within 16 months. Upon successful completion of this project, the consortium intends to continue development of the novel small modular nuclear power station design; with the expressed goal of deploying a fleet of these cost effective, low-carbon power stations through the 2030s and 2040s both in the UK and around the world. Ultimately, this will enable the UK to meet its carbon reduction goals, address the global climate change challenge and access an export market worth in excess of £200Bn by the 2030s. Successful delivery of this project will yield technologies, processes and tools that are also applicable to other novel power station designs, such as advanced modular reactors (AMR), future fusion programmes and other major infrastructure programmes.

The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies such as renewables and Gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project focusses on incorporating the latest digital technologies, factory production processes and waste reduction systems into an integrated design development programme. This project will act as proof of concept that the resulting power station design would meet societal, environmental, technical and commercial requirements. The consortium of 10 organisations delivering the project are targeting successful delivery of this initial phase of work within 16 months. Upon successful completion of this project, the consortium intends to continue development of the novel small modular nuclear power station design; with the expressed goal of deploying a fleet of these cost effective, low-carbon power stations through the 2030s and 2040s both in the UK and around the world. Ultimately, this will enable the UK to meet its carbon reduction goals, address the global climate change challenge and access an export market worth in excess of £200Bn by the 2030s. Successful delivery of this project will yield technologies, processes and tools that are also applicable to other novel power station designs, such as advanced modular reactors (AMR), future fusion programmes and other major infrastructure programmes.

The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies such as renewables and Gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project focusses on incorporating the latest digital technologies, factory production processes and waste reduction systems into an integrated design development programme. This project will act as proof of concept that the resulting power station design would meet societal, environmental, technical and commercial requirements. The consortium of 10 organisations delivering the project are targeting successful delivery of this initial phase of work within 16 months. Upon successful completion of this project, the consortium intends to continue development of the novel small modular nuclear power station design; with the expressed goal of deploying a fleet of these cost effective, low-carbon power stations through the 2030s and 2040s both in the UK and around the world. Ultimately, this will enable the UK to meet its carbon reduction goals, address the global climate change challenge and access an export market worth in excess of £200Bn by the 2030s. Successful delivery of this project will yield technologies, processes and tools that are also applicable to other novel power station designs, such as advanced modular reactors (AMR), future fusion programmes and other major infrastructure programmes.

The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies such as renewables and Gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project focusses on incorporating the latest digital technologies, factory production processes and waste reduction systems into an integrated design development programme. This project will act as proof of concept that the resulting power station design would meet societal, environmental, technical and commercial requirements. The consortium of 10 organisations delivering the project are targeting successful delivery of this initial phase of work within 16 months. Upon successful completion of this project, the consortium intends to continue development of the novel small modular nuclear power station design; with the expressed goal of deploying a fleet of these cost effective, low-carbon power stations through the 2030s and 2040s both in the UK and around the world. Ultimately, this will enable the UK to meet its carbon reduction goals, address the global climate change challenge and access an export market worth in excess of £200Bn by the 2030s. Successful delivery of this project will yield technologies, processes and tools that are also applicable to other novel power station designs, such as advanced modular reactors (AMR), future fusion programmes and other major infrastructure programmes.

The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies such as renewables and Gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project focusses on incorporating the latest digital technologies, factory production processes and waste reduction systems into an integrated design development programme. This project will act as proof of concept that the resulting power station design would meet societal, environmental, technical and commercial requirements. The consortium of 10 organisations delivering the project are targeting successful delivery of this initial phase of work within 16 months. Upon successful completion of this project, the consortium intends to continue development of the novel small modular nuclear power station design; with the expressed goal of deploying a fleet of these cost effective, low-carbon power stations through the 2030s and 2040s both in the UK and around the world. Ultimately, this will enable the UK to meet its carbon reduction goals, address the global climate change challenge and access an export market worth in excess of £200Bn by the 2030s. Successful delivery of this project will yield technologies, processes and tools that are also applicable to other novel power station designs, such as advanced modular reactors (AMR), future fusion programmes and other major infrastructure programmes.

The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies such as renewables and Gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project focusses on incorporating the latest digital technologies, factory production processes and waste reduction systems into an integrated design development programme. This project will act as proof of concept that the resulting power station design would meet societal, environmental, technical and commercial requirements. The consortium of 10 organisations delivering the project are targeting successful delivery of this initial phase of work within 16 months. Upon successful completion of this project, the consortium intends to continue development of the novel small modular nuclear power station design; with the expressed goal of deploying a fleet of these cost effective, low-carbon power stations through the 2030s and 2040s both in the UK and around the world. Ultimately, this will enable the UK to meet its carbon reduction goals, address the global climate change challenge and access an export market worth in excess of £200Bn by the 2030s. Successful delivery of this project will yield technologies, processes and tools that are also applicable to other novel power station designs, such as advanced modular reactors (AMR), future fusion programmes and other major infrastructure programmes.

The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies such as renewables and Gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project focusses on incorporating the latest digital technologies, factory production processes and waste reduction systems into an integrated design development programme. This project will act as proof of concept that the resulting power station design would meet societal, environmental, technical and commercial requirements. The consortium of 10 organisations delivering the project are targeting successful delivery of this initial phase of work within 16 months. Upon successful completion of this project, the consortium intends to continue development of the novel small modular nuclear power station design; with the expressed goal of deploying a fleet of these cost effective, low-carbon power stations through the 2030s and 2040s both in the UK and around the world. Ultimately, this will enable the UK to meet its carbon reduction goals, address the global climate change challenge and access an export market worth in excess of £200Bn by the 2030s. Successful delivery of this project will yield technologies, processes and tools that are also applicable to other novel power station designs, such as advanced modular reactors (AMR), future fusion programmes and other major infrastructure programmes.

The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies such as renewables and Gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project focusses on incorporating the latest digital technologies, factory production processes and waste reduction systems into an integrated design development programme. This project will act as proof of concept that the resulting power station design would meet societal, environmental, technical and commercial requirements. The consortium of 10 organisations delivering the project are targeting successful delivery of this initial phase of work within 16 months. Upon successful completion of this project, the consortium intends to continue development of the novel small modular nuclear power station design; with the expressed goal of deploying a fleet of these cost effective, low-carbon power stations through the 2030s and 2040s both in the UK and around the world. Ultimately, this will enable the UK to meet its carbon reduction goals, address the global climate change challenge and access an export market worth in excess of £200Bn by the 2030s. Successful delivery of this project will yield technologies, processes and tools that are also applicable to other novel power station designs, such as advanced modular reactors (AMR), future fusion programmes and other major infrastructure programmes.

The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies such as renewables and Gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project focusses on incorporating the latest digital technologies, factory production processes and waste reduction systems into an integrated design development programme. This project will act as proof of concept that the resulting power station design would meet societal, environmental, technical and commercial requirements. The consortium of 10 organisations delivering the project are targeting successful delivery of this initial phase of work within 16 months. Upon successful completion of this project, the consortium intends to continue development of the novel small modular nuclear power station design; with the expressed goal of deploying a fleet of these cost effective, low-carbon power stations through the 2030s and 2040s both in the UK and around the world. Ultimately, this will enable the UK to meet its carbon reduction goals, address the global climate change challenge and access an export market worth in excess of £200Bn by the 2030s. Successful delivery of this project will yield technologies, processes and tools that are also applicable to other novel power station designs, such as advanced modular reactors (AMR), future fusion programmes and other major infrastructure programmes.

The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies such as renewables and Gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project focusses on incorporating the latest digital technologies, factory production processes and waste reduction systems into an integrated design development programme. This project will act as proof of concept that the resulting power station design would meet societal, environmental, technical and commercial requirements. The consortium of 10 organisations delivering the project are targeting successful delivery of this initial phase of work within 16 months. Upon successful completion of this project, the consortium intends to continue development of the novel small modular nuclear power station design; with the expressed goal of deploying a fleet of these cost effective, low-carbon power stations through the 2030s and 2040s both in the UK and around the world. Ultimately, this will enable the UK to meet its carbon reduction goals, address the global climate change challenge and access an export market worth in excess of £200Bn by the 2030s. Successful delivery of this project will yield technologies, processes and tools that are also applicable to other novel power station designs, such as advanced modular reactors (AMR), future fusion programmes and other major infrastructure programmes.

The project’s goal is to investigate and develop innovative approaches to nuclear power station design that will enable the development of a new type of nuclear power station that can provide electricity at rates competitive with other technologies such as renewables and Gas with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The project focusses on incorporating the latest digital technologies, factory production processes and waste reduction systems into an integrated design development programme. This project will act as proof of concept that the resulting power station design would meet societal, environmental, technical and commercial requirements. The consortium of 10 organisations delivering the project are targeting successful delivery of this initial phase of work within 16 months. Upon successful completion of this project, the consortium intends to continue development of the novel small modular nuclear power station design; with the expressed goal of deploying a fleet of these cost effective, low-carbon power stations through the 2030s and 2040s both in the UK and around the world. Ultimately, this will enable the UK to meet its carbon reduction goals, address the global climate change challenge and access an export market worth in excess of £200Bn by the 2030s. Successful delivery of this project will yield technologies, processes and tools that are also applicable to other novel power station designs, such as advanced modular reactors (AMR), future fusion programmes and other major infrastructure programmes.