Caunton Engineering were delighted, to welcome a team of graduate structural engineers from the major consulting engineering firm WSP recently to their main works and technical centre.
The photograph shows a group of some of the engineers in the Caunton Academy – the company’s accredited training centre – together with Matthew Shimwell, Caunton’s Managing Director, and with Caunton Academy staff and some of the company’s current apprentices.
The guests were taught to master practical welding techniques, for structural steelwork, under the skilful supervision of the Academy staff, with support from the current apprentices. In addition, the engineers spent some time learning how a structural steelwork contractor operates, which included tours of Caunton’s three main manufacturing operations – preparation, production and painting. The day’s program involved a CPD (Continued Professional Development) session, with a round table discussion on design considerations for fabrication, connections, reduction of carbon and sustainability.
The overall aim of the visit was to explore the interface between the engineer and steelwork contractors and how they can understand and help each other, all in the interest of a more efficient construction industry. In that respect the day proved very successful.
WSP were the consultants who engineered Europe’s tallest building, The Shard in London.
