Rolls-Royce announces construction partner

Rolls-Royce has revealed the identity of the construction partner who will help deliver the expansion of its Raynesway site.

The engineering giant is doubling the size of the site in order to meet a growth in demand from the Ministry of Defence as result of the AUKUS agreement.

In March last year, it was confirmed that Rolls-Royce Submarines would provide all the nuclear reactor plants that will power new attack submarines as part of the tri-lateral agreement between Australia, the UK and US.

As part of the package of works, which will be executed in stages over the next eight years, Balfour Beatty has been chosen to deliver infrastructure enabling works, build new manufacturing and office facilities, and redevelop existing industrial buildings on site.

This will increase Rolls-Royce’s capacity to manufacture reactor components for nuclear submarines.

The green light was given to Rolls-Royce’s expansion plans last month.