The heat sink pump house at Hinkley Point C required more than 4,000 concrete pours on each unit and the world’s largest seawater‑pumping system. Its complex geometry, limited access and the need for strict quality and traceability made traditional material‑tracking methods impractical. Downtime, material loss and poor stock visibility challenged productivity, safety and sustainability.

BYLOR built an in‑house ‘workpacks’ system using Python scripts to combine geometric data, embedded‑item lists, consumable inventories and orientation images into a single, standardised package for each element.

The workpacks were hosted in Trimble Connect and accessed on tablets. A dedicated onsite facility produced lineside stillages that bundled the exact materials and consumables required for each workpack, delivering them just-in-time to the crew.

The semi‑automated workflow replaced manual paperwork, reduced human error and integrated seamlessly with the existing digital model viewer used onsite.

The approach cut lifting operations from six lifts per wall to one. Recycling of materials and management of consumables resulted in £30,000 cost savings within six months on rebar consumables alone.

The system also improved logistics by reducing incoming trailers, ultimately improving trailer management and carbon footprint, and reducing movement from six trailers to one on average.

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