ROLLS-ROYCE PCO EXTENSION, DERBY

Factory extension for Rolls-Royce to their Primary Components Operations Building

Rolls-Royce submitted plans for a factory expansion at its nuclear division in Derby, which would create 80 new jobs and safeguard 760 highly skilled jobs. The Raynesway site, which has played a key part in producing and maintaining the UK’s nuclear deterrent for more than 50 years, had around 3,000 employees before the extension.

The company submitted plans to add to its Primary Component Operations (PCO) building at its Raynesway site. This building makes reactor cores for the Royal Navy’s fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.

Derby City Council gave the go-ahead to extend the building by almost 50,000 ft2, and McLaughlin & Harvey were appointed to carry out the works.

We were also responsible for constructing a four-storey office building, which would contain 400 work stations and add 200 parking spaces at the site.

McLaughlin & Harvey drew upon their previous partnering, industrial and Rolls-Royce Fleet Support Facility experience to construct a world-class, state-of-the-art PCO Extension and office building.

The works included constructing a new high-quality, four-storey, 400-desk office building to enable Raynesway staff working at site D at Rolls-Royce Sinfin to relocate back to Raynesway and remove the need for travel between the two sites.

McLaughlin & Harvey also constructed a business-critical, state-of-the-art PCO factory extension to provide much-needed floor space, metallurgy labs, and 30-ton/50-ton cranes. The provision of the mezzanine floor would support the ventilation and conditioning requirements of the PCO Extension and metallurgy labs.

One of the key objectives McLaughlin & Harvey was keen to target was ensuring the minimal amount of disruption to existing Rolls-Royce operations and staff by providing a seamless link between the existing facility and the extension