The Hinkley Point C nuclear power station project in Somerset reached a milestone with the installation of the domed roof of the first reactor building. “Big Carl”, the world’s largest crane, lifted the 24-tonne, 47m-wide, steel dome into place on Friday morning, closing the roof to allow the first reactor to be installed next year. Big Carl (officially designated SGC-250) is a platform-mounted lattice-boom crane designed, built, owned and operated by Belgian heavy-lift specialist Sarens. It can lift up … read more »
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