Oldbury Nuclear Power Station

Client: Sir Robert McAlpine and Sons Ltd, Engineering Contractors.

Concerning the proposal for a second nuclear power station (Oldbury 'B') at Oldbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire for the Central Electricity Generating Board (Southern Project Group). The initial site investigation was carried out by Soil Mechanics Ltd on the instruction of the consulting engineers, Rendel Palmer and Tritton. Rowe, working with Edgar Morton and Partner, advised The Nuclear Power Group regarding their tender for the construction of the reactor building and provided help on the estimates of likely 'heave' at the bottom of the deep excavations.

See also Oldbury Nuclear Power Station among the Litigation Papers, PWR/4/5/90, relating to the problems with the settlement of the existing nuclear power station at Oldbury, constructed in the early 1960s and claims against Soil Mechanics Ltd by Sir Robert McAlpine and Sons for the cost of rectification of the works due to inadequate site investigations. Rowe, working with Edgar Morton and Partner, provided expert advice to the solicitors for the plaintiffs. This contains some of the site investigations for Oldbury 'B' conducted by Soil Mechanics which were used in the litigation process.