Co-Lab Engineering

We're excited to share that Co-Lab Engineering has been shortlisted for Microbusiness of the Year at the BECBC Awards! This recognition celebrates our commitment to innovation, community impact, and the hard work of our dedicated team. We're proud to be acknowledged among such inspiring companies and look forward to the awards ceremony. Thank you for your continued support! #BECBCAwards #MicrobusinessOfTheYear #EngineeringExcellence

Engineering and physics at their finest, they never cease to amaze! #Science #Engineering

What difference do you want to make? #FoodforThought

Do your values and purpose align with ours? We want to hear from you. We are #Hiring! As our contract base expands across our Create and Solutions businesses, we are looking for experienced talent to join our team. We exist to create solutions for today’s challenges while inspiring the minds that will solve tomorrow’s. How we get there is important, and our values are: Excellence: “Because how we do anything is how we do everything.” Collaboration: “We achieve more together by valuing our people and their contributions.” Empowerment: “We enable our people to be their best so they can be the best for our clients.” If you align with our values and are looking to join a business that puts people, values, and purpose first, we want to hear from you. We work across Nuclear, Defense, Maritime, Renewable Energy, and Agriculture; the diversity of our work matches the diversity of our team. If you’re interested, please send your CV to [email protected].

We'd like to introduce the newest member of team Co-Lab, Johnson! Johnson, currently studying BSc Economics at Lancaster University, joins us for the next year as our Junior Business Analyst. In just a few weeks, we're already witnessing great potential in him. When asked about his goals for this year, Johnson expressed his desire for personal and professional growth. He aims to enhance his interpersonal skills, presentation abilities, and IT proficiency for more effective data analysis. Welcome to the team, Johnson! We look forward to supporting your development and success during your time with us. #TeamCoLab #NewBeginnings

In January this year, Co-Lab Engineering along with other local supply chain partners, were engaged to lead a two-week ‘sprint’ aimed at identifying engineering solutions to the brown water in Whitehaven Harbour. This sprint allowed us to explore three fundamental questions: 1. What are the economic, environmental, and technological drivers for change, beyond the aesthetic concerns for our town? 2. What are the existing industry solutions for dealing with iron ochre? 3. What are the potential legal and regulatory frameworks and funding provisions for addressing this issue? We found answers to two of these questions, including sound assumptions on the primary, secondary, and tertiary impacts on the businesses and residents of Whitehaven, as well as the existing, quickly deployable, industry-recognised solutions. The challenge with this issue is not technical. Iron ochre is routinely managed worldwide with active solutions designed to aerate, filter, and balance the pH of the water returned to the source. However, the volumetric flow rate combined with limited space makes any potential solution large and expensive. The challenge also lies within the legal and regulatory frameworks required for the deployment of these solutions, as well as the availability of financial resources. There are three critical success factors for deploying a solution: 1. Data: Sufficient data to substantiate the design of a solution so it is sized correctly, including iron loading and flow rate with a proportional safety factor for extreme weather events. 2. Permitting: Regulatory support for permitting a potential solution, ensuring the approach conforms to high environmental standards and improves conditions rather than worsening them. 3. Financial Resource: Adequate capital and operational budget to deliver an active solution with consideration for life-time cost. Efforts have been made and continue to be made to understand the iron loading and flow rate, but more needs to be done to meet the other critical success factors. Since the sprint, I have been donating my time to work as part of the multi-agency task force, supporting with engineering and project delivery ideas to help remediate this issue as quickly as possible. In my limited role of authority, my impact and influence are relatively constrained, but I hope the above has provided some degree of clarity from an objective and somewhat informed perspective. Please note, I will not be responding to any comments or direct messages on this matter.

Introducing another amazing addition to the Co-Lab team. Charlotte Kelly is leading on one of our most important and secretive initiatives; Charlotte joins us on a fractional basis whilst also delivering her vitally important role in Arup. We are incredibly thankful of the progressive and truly collaborative spirit. We have a big announcement coming on the 20th June during our two-year re-launch and celebration event. Thank you Charlotte Kelly for the amazing work you’re doing to help us realise our purpose.

Introducing Rohith Devanathan, an inspirational and emerging entrepreneur set to drive the commercialisation and growth of our ScrubMarine, a submersible ROV designed to tackle bio-fouling. Leading our efforts in Edinburgh, we’re proud to welcome Rohith to the team and are excited to see the innovations he brings to ScrubMarine. Co-Lab is continuing to grow and diversify—watch this space.

Introducing Co-Lab CREATE! One of our three operational business strands focused on hardware-based product development, Co-Lab CREATE is here to turn great ideas into reality. CREATE leverages our Solutions business's accumulated skills and expertise to transform concepts into market-ready products. With customer requirements at the forefront, CREATE provides top engineering and commercialisation expertise, making us the go-to partner for your venture. Among our current projects is PneuMonitor, an innovative IoT device designed to generate actionable insights to prevent pneumonia-related mortality and growth restrictions in calves. We're thrilled to bring PneuMonitor to market and eager to hear your ideas. Let's work together to make them a reality!

Finding success amidst life's challenges is about resilience and determination. Prof. Stephen Hawking's words remind us that no matter how tough it gets, there's always a path forward. Let's embrace every opportunity and overcome obstacles together! #MotivationMonday #StephenHawking