Energy & Process Business Moves Into The North East
4 March 2010
Costain, one of the UK's leading engineering and construction
groups, has established a new North East operation for its Energy
& Process business.
Costain's Teesside Operations is based in Stockton and is part
of its specialist Energy & Process division. The new base on
Teesside forms part of Costain's strategy for growth.
The company has chosen the Tees Valley because of the region's
strong energy and process industry cluster, together with a pool of
highly skilled workers. These factors when combined present an
excellent opportunity for Costain in terms of the strategic
investment planned for the UK in these sectors.
Initially, the business will employ 30 people based in its
office on Preston Farm Industrial Estate, which will provide
engineering services for new facilities and revamps including
conceptual design studies, Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and
Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC). The new operation
will build on previous projects successfully executed by Costain in
the region.
Costain Energy & Process also provides maintenance and
turnaround management and is committed to high quality services
incorporating the highest standards of safety, environmental
protection and performance.
The company specialises in three key sectors:
• Hydrocarbons and chemicals; comprising upstream oil and gas,
refineries, petrochemicals and biofuels
• Power generation; encompassing fossil fuels, renewables,
nuclear new build and carbon capture
• Nuclear process plant; including decommissioning, fuel
reprocessing and waste reprocessing
Peter Laing, General Manager Teesside Operations at Costain
Energy & Process said, "This investment demonstrates the
confidence Costain has in the North East of England and the
region's role in realising our growth plans for the Energy and
Process Division. We are one of the UK's leading companies with
significant resources to draw upon and we've chosen to invest in
the North East for good reasons, it has tremendous potential.
"Although the recent economic downturn has taken its toll on the
traditional industries in the Tees Valley, we're confident the
region will be at the forefront of the massive investment needed to
develop the new energy and process technologies that are required
to underpin the economic and environmental security of the UK. This
is an exciting time for the sector and organisations with long-term
vision can see real opportunities here in the years ahead.
"Costain selected the Tees Valley as the most attractive option
for its new operational centre, not just because of the established
process industry cluster but also because there is a large, highly
skilled workforce resident in the region.
"We will initially seek to employ 30 people at Stockton and have
ambitions to grow this number over the next couple of years."
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