Tag: Westlakes

NG Bailey volunteers assist charity with storm damage

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Volunteers from our key delivery partner NG Bailey have been busy helping a West Cumbrian charity recover from the storms that hit the region earlier this year.

Storms damaged one of the polytunnels at the Goodlives project, based at Westlakes Science Park. Goodlives is a growing project that aims to offer real life skills and employment skills through gardening and horticulture.

It creates a ‘work’ environment focused on food production whilst supporting people into employment, education and training opportunities together with delivering health and wellbeing benefits.

Volunteers from NG Bailey got stuck into the task at hand, to put a new skin on the polytunnel and helped with a bit of heavy lifting and maintenance too!

NG Bailey volunteers at Goodlives

Vicki Fox, of NG Bailey, said: 

“To see the project is absolutely amazing, they have a new container on site with two fully kitted out kitchens so they can offer cooking lessons and talk about and use fresh healthy produce grown on site.

“Darrel is an amazing handy man and has made a propagator that is fully insulated, and it is temperature and moisture controlled. This allows them to germinate up to 9,000 saplings ready to plant generating a really good harvest.”

Please see the latest volunteering opportunities available through Timebank using Together For Good.

New chapter for Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick on PPP

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Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) has officially opened a new office, at Westlakes Science and Technology Park, marking a significant milestone in its 47-year partnership with Sellafield and its role within PPP.

As a Key Delivery Partner (KDP) on PPP, this move reinforces BBK’s commitment to major projects, providing a modern space for teams to collaborate and continue delivering essential work in safety and infrastructure.

New office for Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick at WestlakesThe new office, in Galemire Court, provides a dedicated hub for its Sellafield project teams.

This space will bring teams together to support key projects, including our Sellafield Product and Residue Store (SRP), SIXEP Continuity Plant (SCP), Box Encapsulation Plant Product Store 2 (BEPPS2), and the Box Encapsulation Plant (BEP), while ensuring capacity for future expansion.

For nearly five decades, BBK has played a role at Sellafield, contributing to projects such as THORP, SPRS, and Silos Maintenance.

Its position as a KDP on PPP has driven long-term investment in people, skills, and infrastructure, further strengthening its role in major projects.

Carl McNicholas, BBK programme director, said:

“This move underscores our determination to continue delivering exceptional value to our customers and ensuring that we remain at the forefront of delivering safe, and effective, solutions for the challenges of tomorrow.”