Thomas & Adamson Helps Build Largest Movable Steel Structure for Chernobyl

An Edinburgh-based construction firm detailed the vital monitoring work it is undertaking on the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine. Thomas & Adamson leads a global team to monitor the construction of a new safe confinement, declared the largest movable steel structure created to create a barrier against the release of radioactive substances and create conditions for further work. Colin Ross, regional director of Thomas & Adamson, who is based in the company's Kiev office and is leading the project, said the firm has been at the Chernobyl site for more than five years, providing support and independent oversight of program completion. financial management, risk management and quality assurance processes "

He added that this is evidence that his team, their project experience and in-house nuclear expertise have been selected to work on a project that aims to prevent the spread of lethal radiation.

He added: “As a company operating in various sectors, including science and technology, we are used to working in difficult conditions, but I don’t think that any of us could imagine that our role as inspectors could lead us to work at the site of the worst nuclear disaster in Europe ”.