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Eadon Consulting is pleased to welcome Alex Cawthorne to the team. Alex joins us as a graduate Engineer having recently graduated from Sheffield University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. As part of his degree, Alex spent a year working in industry where he gained a lot of experience using CAD and SolidWorks whilst providing […]
April is Stress Awareness Month. The campaign has been running for the past 29 years. It aims to increase public awareness about the causes and cures for stress. Stress is the body’s reaction to feeling under pressure from a situation or life event. Everyone will experience stress at some point – and in small doses […]
Eadon is pleased to welcome David Kinnear to the team who joins us as a Senior Engineer. David is a Chartered Engineer. After completing his degree he spent five years working for an engineering analysis consultancy. Later he moved to work for a valve company, designing Subsea directional control valves. His most recent role involved […]
It’s British Science Week (BSW) this week and here at Eadon we’ve been celebrating by inspiring some of own little engineers of the future. BSW aims to get more people involved in STEM subjects by taking part in activities to develop their skills whatever their age. One enthusiastic problem solver, Tom, was challenged by a […]
Eadon Consulting is pleased to be assisting Network Rail with its railway upgrade plan as it looks to renew some of the operating components on three historical Norfolk swing bridges. Eadon will be carrying out inspections of the Reedham, Somerleyton and Oulton Broad swing bridges. All three bridges were built over 100 years ago and […]
Eadon Consulting is pleased that factory acceptance tests carried out this week for the diamond wire cutter tool developed in response to Sellafield Ltd’s LINC 19 challenge have been successful. Sellafield needed a method of remotely cutting and removing an obstruction that was discovered in front of a bay entrance in one of the storage […]
Following our recent success delivering replacement lock gates for Scottish Canals, we are back in Scotland this week carrying out further lock gate inspections on the Crinan Canal. The work is part of an ongoing project by Scottish Canals to replace ageing lock gates on two historic waterways. Eadon, together with AmcoGiffen, has already supplied mitre […]
February 11th is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Established by the UN in 2016, the day aims to encourage more girls and women to take up jobs in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and to promote full and equal access to them. According to recent data, women make […]
As fellow mechanical engineers and bridge enthusiasts, we’ve enjoyed watching Rob Bell’s new Channel 5 programme on Wednesday nights – ‘London’s Greatest Bridges.’ The series explores the stories of four of some of London’s most iconic bridges. The first episode looked at London Bridge which itself has been replaced many times, but for 17 centuries […]
We’re thrilled that the Lille Langebro Swing Bridge has been listed as a ‘Winner’ on the Civic Trust Awards website. The160m long, pedestrian and cycle double swing bridge is located at Vester Voldgard in Copenhagen. We worked together with Buro Happold, Wilkinson Eyre and Niras to produce the design of this architecturally striking and technically […]
A pioneering design incorporating tools currently only used for keyhole surgery is being developed by Eadon Consulting in response to a recent Game Changers challenge. The National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) needs a sampling tool to collect carbonaceous deposits from the cladding of Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor (AGR) fuel pins which are situated in cooling ponds during […]
Eadon Consulting is pleased to welcome Daniel Camps to the team. Daniel joins Eadon in the role of Design Engineer. He has recently completed a three year apprenticeship programme where, as well as studying for his degree at the University of Sheffield, he also gained valuable work experience alongside. Daniel says he’s looking forward to […]
It’s been a year like no other, with unprecedented challenges along the way, but in spite of it all, 2020 has proven to be a great one for Eadon. We have enjoyed working on a wide variety of projects and have received excellent feedback from clients and built new relationships. Not so much a highlight, […]