Every project needs a strong foundation
Empire is an engineering consultancy supporting the offshore wind industry with advice, insight and technical know-how.
Building a sustainable future
Empire works in renewable energy because of the technical challenges it presents to us as engineers, and the benefits it offers to humankind.
Renewable energy is the cornerstone of creating a sustainable future. It’s exciting and rewarding – but forging this new path ahead comes with challenges.
Empire can help: quickly and safely. Whether your project needs structural analysis, concept design or hands-on support.
How we can help
Project
Delivery
Sometimes, an engineering project needs a little extra horsepower. We can deploy one of our world class engineers quickly, reliably and safely, wherever help is needed.
Concept
Design
Empire is at the cutting edge of engineering design. Specifically, we deliver early stage designs of Monopile, Jacket and Gravity Base Foundations.
Specialist Engineering
Independent expert advice when you need it. Whether it’s evaluating early stage opportunities, rethinking design choices or overcoming an immediate challenge.
Emergency Response
Floating wind
Empire offers engineering services for floating wind including independent technical advisory, engineering management, structural and mooring design and advanced analyses.
Why Empire?
Engineering is complex – but our values are simple and they’re at the heart of what Empire does.
Trusted
We’ve been doing this a while, and Empire’s success is built on our clients’ trust.
Specialist
Empire’s sole focus is the offshore wind energy sector. When only the best will do, our specialist engineers will deliver.
Responsive
Fast – but never reckless: Empire is on-call and ready when you need our help.
Why Empire?
Engineering is complex – but our values are simple and they’re at the heart of what Empire does.
Trusted
We’ve been doing this a while, and Empire’s success is built on our clients’ trust.
Specialist
Empire’s sole focus is the off-shore wind energy sector. When only the best will do, our specialist engineers will deliver.
Responsive
Fast and pragmatic – but never reckless: Empire is on-call and ready when you need our help.
Articles
Articles
Is owner’s engineer a useful term in the offshore wind sector?
In a conversation with Empire Engineering MD, Karl Davis, we discussed what does an owner's engineer do. For those of you unfamiliar with the term owner’s engineer, we thought we’d start with a definition. This should in theory have been simple, given that whole...
Foundation Ex returns next month
By Karl Davis.Our technical offshore Engineering conference, Foundation Ex 2022, takes place in Bristol on 10th May The first Foundation Ex took place in October 2019, less than three years ago It feels like a lifetime ago. When the team here at Empire first had...
Opportunities and obstacles to choosing Chinese fabricators for offshore wind projects in Europe
By Aaron Du. Selecting the right fabricator is a challenging task Empire recently helped a European developer identify and evaluate potential Chinese fabricators for a large scale commercial floating wind development project. Choosing a fabricator is no simple...
What’s state of play with floating wind foundations in 2022?
One of Empire’s floating foundation design leads, Benoît Brière, gives us his thoughts on the future of floating wind foundations and why we need to act now if floating is going to contribute to a low-carbon energy future. Benoît, how would you describe the current...
Empire Engineering adds a decade of floating wind design experience to the team
Empire Engineering is delighted to have Benoît Brière join our team this month. As an engineer with training in aerospace engineering and naval architecture, he’s been involved with floating offshore wind foundation design for over a decade already. Besides his skills...
