Manufacturing and Engineering Magazine Volume 425 - January 2016 | Page 51

MANUFACTURING & ENGINEERING BLACKHILL ENGINEERING SERVICES
existing offering, but quickly sought to explore
new avenues and add further capabilities to what
is already a plethora of expertise. As Dan Baker
makes clear: “Following SC Group's takeover, one
of the first things we did was seek ISO 9001 certification, recognising it to be a necessity in quality
assurance sector-wide.”
The company has since sought further accreditation and was recently audited for ISO 1090 in
structural steelwork. With its successful accreditation, Blackhill Engineering Services will be able
to build up to Execution Class 3, enabling it to work
on projects such as multi-storey car parks, apartment blocks, or smaller roads and footbridges.
Not just providing an entry into public sector
and larger contracts, ISO 1090 certification is also
hoped to facilitate Blackhill Engineering Service's
future diversification aspirations. As Baker continues, “The ISO 1090 encompasses many of the
welding and fabrication standards required for
working in the oil and gas, petrochemical and
defence sectors and allows us to access those
divergent markets. Ordinarily, you'd have to seek
lots of different standards but with ISO 1090,
we're able to traverse sectors easily and, in the
same vein, for us to get an aerospace certification

Blackhill Engineering has
made significant changes
to its machining and
fabrication capabilities,
investing heavily in its
tooling equipment
certificate, it's a much smaller step up.”
And, indeed, not neglecting the nearby
development of Hinkley Point C and its soonto-be online presence, Blackhill Engineering
Services is preparing for a new foray into the
nuclear sector. This year, the company has
readied itself for nuclear audit and is working
toward certification with a view to welcoming
the new business the development is sure to
bring to the region.
With nuclear on the horizon, and the preservation of its client base across marine, defence,
oil and gas, and renewables industries, Blackhill
Engineering has made significant changes to its
machining and fabrication capabilities, investing heavily in its tooling equipment with a view
to maintaining the quality of workmanship evident across products, projects and sectors. The
company is currently in the process of clearing
one of the workshops in order to install a new

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