On the 11th of May we were awarded Technology Champion at the New Civil Engineers 100 Companies of the Year ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London. We also came a fantastic 9th out of 100 UK & International engineering companies and were shortlisted for the International Impact and Talent Champion awards. The commendation for Technology Champion included recognition of our “application of technology across all aspects of our business and investment and a commitment disproportionate to the size of our business". We were also praised for the manner in which our technology, innovation and R&D is itself challenging and changing the sectors that we work in. Particular elements of our wo

The annual IDCORE field trip took place this week and saw the 2014 and the 2015 cohorts visit the beautiful Orkney Islands. It started off in a worryingly similar fashion to last year’s trip where the proposed visit to an offshore wind farm was cancelled at the last minute due to extreme wind and waves (why are we developing ForeCoast® Marine again?). Thankfully, we were able to re-schedule the ferry from Monday afternoon to the Tuesday morning and safely make it to Stromness. On the Tuesday we received a lovely welcome and two interesting discussions from the Orkney Islands Council and the European Marine Energy Centre Ltd (EMEC). A brief but instructive trip to the onshore infrastructure a