Offshore engineering consultancy Apollo has been granted Fit for Offshore Renewables (F4OR) status under the F4OR programme, run by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.
Over the last 18 months, Aberdeen headquartered Apollo has worked closely with the F4OR advisors to assess its core competencies.
These include strategy and leadership, design and project management, health and safety culture as well as offshore wind sector specific knowledge and experience required to deliver quality projects.
The F4OR team determined that Apollo is already strong in the areas assessed and were able to also support Apollo in making improvements in certain areas.
Apollo renewable and offshore director Nigel Robinson said: “I am delighted with this award, which reflects well on our established track record of wind, tidal and wave projects.
“Working with ORE Catapult has been an invigorating process – the team has certainly valued the ideas and best practice shared through the accreditation processes.”
ORE Catapult’s F4OR programme manager Andrew Stormonth-Darling added: “We are thrilled to see Apollo grow from strength to strength as a result of taking part in the F4OR programme.
“Apollo now has the capabilities to spread its wings in the offshore renewable energy sector – winning contracts, expanding its operations and becoming a prominent player in the supply chain.”
Apollo’s second ever engineering project was cable engineering on Sheringham Shoal and it delivered its hundredth offshore renewable project in the summer of 2020.