ENGINEERING
WORDS : PHILIP TALLENTIRE PICTURE : TOM BANKS
DESIGNS ON THE FUTURE
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Spread the word because Ardmore Craig is open for new business
rdmore Craig is certainly moving in the right direction .
A momentous 2021 has seen the ambitious , forward-thinking engineering design and consultancy firm move to Middlesbrough , win its 400th contract and position itself to attract interest from outside its loyal customer base that has utilised its services for over ten years .
In addition , Ardmore Craig is actively looking to add to its highly skilled team . So , all-in-all , these are exciting times for an undoubted Teesside success story .
Now based in the Cargo Fleet Offices on Middlesbrough Road , the company not only thinks big , but designs and builds huge pieces of equipment for a wide range of industry sectors .
The stats say it all . Ardmore Craig has : > Won more than 425 contracts > Issued more than 4,300 engineering drawings
> Designed more than 2,800 tonnes of equipment > Supported projects in 27 countries across the globe
It ’ s impressive stuff and , summarising the company ’ s core business , director Andy Stevenson says : “ We work predominantly in the offshore arena . Historically , offshore oil and gas was a major market for us but more recently , offshore renewable energy has been a major focus .
“ For example , we ’ ve been involved in 25 different wind farms across the globe to date , including in the UK , Europe and the USA , with more on the horizon .
“ What we typically get involved with is developing engineering designs for bespoke equipment ,” he continues . “ For example , equipment that might go onto the deck of a vessel to enable it to lay cables , or subsea equipment that allows our clients to bury pipelines under the seabed .”
Andy ’ s fellow director , Mike Styan , has a simple message : “ We want to let companies outside our circle know that we are here and available to help .
“ We ’ ve passed the milestone of our 400th project this year , our largest design and build project of the past 10 years will be completed imminently and we ’ re rapidly
expanding , taking on new engineers and support staff .”
As its website proudly boasts , Ardmore Craig are engineers who love to solve problems .
“ We ’ re currently involved in some exciting projects in the mining and water industries and we ’ re about to launch a new service focusing on engineering support ,” adds Mike .
“ We are offering the use of our in-house team of design engineers and draughtsmen to companies that don ’ t have that in-house capacity themselves . It could be fabricators or machine shops that need existing drawings verified or updated or other engineering companies who need additional support .”
The move to Middlesbrough means Ardmore Craig is ideally placed to benefit from the new freeport on the River Tees .
“ We ’ re now much closer to most of our main suppliers and the freeport ,” says Mike , extolling the values of the recent move from Darlington .
“ Most of our suppliers are Teesside-based and being located closer gives us much more access to them when potential project issues arise – especially , for
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