Join the ICE Exeter City Club and Early Careers Network for a guided tour of the Agratas project on the Gravity Smart Campus in Somerset.
The campus is part of an Enterprise Zone development near Bridgwater, designed to enable major clean growth and advanced manufacturing investment. The 616 acre site between Puriton and Woolavington has direct access to M5. It was formerly a Royal Ordnance factory.
Agratas is building the UK's biggest battery manufacturing facility on the campus. The facility will produce battery cells for electric vehicles. The eventual output of 40 GWh will be enough to supply approximately 500,000 passenger vehicles.
The investment of more than £4bn at the Gravity Smart Campus has the potential to kickstart regional economic growth and jobs. The facility will create up to 4,000 new jobs directly and thousands more across the supply chain.
The project is a case study in planning flexibility, utilities provisioning and the development of large-scale site enabling works. The site visit will provide attendees with an overview of the Agratas vision, project progress and engineering considerations, including delivering a major energy intensive development.
Attendees will need to bring their own full PPE, including gloves and protective glasses.
Due to limited space, this event is now fully booked. If you would like to be added to the waiting list, please email us at [email protected].
Agratas
head of construction
Steve has many years of experience delivering complex infrastructure projects. He has worked on highways maintenance schemes and Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. He now leads all construction and civil engineering work at the Agratas site in Bridgwater, Somerset.
Agratas
community engagement manager
Nick has extensive experience in infrastructure communications, working on projects with National Highways, Costain, Network Rail and Crossrail, to name just a few.
He started his career in the civil service before moving to housing and strategic land promotion, and then into infrastructure.
He recently spent two years on the A30 Chiverton to Carland Cross upgrade in Cornwall and now leads local communications and engagement for the Agratas gigafactory project in Bridgwater, Somerset.
Sir Robert McAlpine
chief engineer
Jeremy is an ICE Fellow and currently working as technical compliance and audit manager on the Agratas project in Somerset. With over 30 years’ experience in the UK construction sector, he is also undertaking a postgraduate Master’s degree in coaching and mentoring in practice.
Stantec
director of civil engineering
Michael is a chartered engineer with over 25 years’ experience delivering mixed use developments and highway improvement schemes in the UK and internationally.
He is the project director for Stantec's work as lead designer for the ring road serving the new Agratas car battery production facility at the Gravity smart campus in Somerset.
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