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
Early Stage Design
Empire is at the cutting edge of
foundation engineering design.
Specifically we deliver FEED and concept design for fixed and floating structures.
Owner’s Engineer
Sometimes, an engineering project needs a little more horsepower.
We can deploy our team of world class engineers quickly, reliably and safely, wherever help is needed.
Specialist Engineering
Independent expert advice when you need it.
Whether it’s evaluating early stage opportunities, rethinking design choices or overcoming an immediate challenge.
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

Pitfalls of the Wind Turbine-Foundation Integrated Load Analysis process (and how to avoid them)
A discussion of the pitfalls of the Integrated Load Analysis process for offshore wind turbine foundations, and how these can be avoided.

How Deep can the Monopile go in Offshore Wind?
Yesterday I came across an excellent article written by Cameron Dunn from Arup titled “Windfarms: has the death of the monopile been greatly exaggerated?”. It got me thinking about the journey the humble monopile has taken, and more importantly how far do we think it can go…

Breaking Waves in Offshore Wind
By Dr Alan Marson. I’m not really a beach person, but beach trips have become an essential part of my kids' Summer holidays; although being Scottish, I think it’s the novelty of warm water they enjoy the most. When I’m there, I do love watching the waves break on the...

And the winners of a Lego Vestas Wind Turbine are…
Just over a week ago, the team here at Empire Engineering put out a post on LinkedIn giving away sets of Lego’s awesome new Vestas Wind turbine. We hoped we’d get one or two comments, gain a few likes. What we actually received was really quite stunning with more than...

The Importance of Full Life Cycle Design
It’s not always easy, in the excitement of planning, procuring and constructing your project, to keep an eye fixed on all of the practical considerations. Whether its an impulse buy of a sofa on sale, that when you get home doesn’t fit through the front door.