Power Mech Projects (PMPL) has bagged an order worth Rs 563 crore to construct a nuclear power plant. PMPL has secured its first construction project in the critical nuclear power sector. This order represents the company’s expansion of industrial civil works capabilities into the nuclear power projects sector.

The award is from BHEL- Power Sector Southern Region for executing civil, structural, and architectural works of turbine island package of 2x700 MWe, pressurised heavy-water reactor (PHWR), Kaiga Atomic Power Project (Units- 5 & 6) in Uttar Kannada district, Karnataka.

The scope of work covering civil, electrical, and structural works, including turbine generator building, foundation for all equipment, chemical lab, storage tanks, peripheral drains, and sewage network. The duration of the contract is 32 months, plus 12 months of guarantee period.