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
Our clients have entrusted us to deliver over 100 projects spanning more than a decade. We value being trusted partners and take our responsibility seriously.
Specialist
We are not generalists. Empire’s sole focus is the offshore renewable energy sector. When the project requires specialist knowledge, our engineers deliver.
Approachable
We field a team of brilliant engineers, who are also excellent people to work with. Our expert team is here to help, to share knowledge and provide clear explanations.
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
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...
Empire Engineering: A New Hope
By Karl Davis. Almost twelve months ago to the day, I wrote about why I was set on growing Empire Engineering. (Read that article here). A year on, how has it been going? It’s fair to say while Empire Engineering has made great progress, it has not been without...
