EDF to name Hinklev Point team next month

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EDF will select a preferred bidder for the ￡180m earthworks contract for its planned Hinkley Point nuclear power station before Christmas, write Joey Gardiner and David Matthews. The announcement came as the energy company confirmed it will seek permission to carry out early works in advance of receiving full planning permission for the ￡4bn power station, the first to be built in the UK for 25 years. The work, which was initially tendered in March, and then re-tendered in May, has been hotly contested, with three consortiums - Balfour Beatty and Vinci; Costain and Sir Robert McAlpine; and Kier, URS and Bam Nuttall -thought to be hi the running.