Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd
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Frazer-Nash Consultancy is a professional services firm providing engineering
, project management
, and procurement advice. The company is based in Dorking
, United Kingdom
, and has six other office locations around the country. It was founded in 1971 within the now-defunct Frazer-Nash Group, and is now fully owned by Babcock International Group plc. As of September 2011 it employed 400 people.
When the Frazer-Nash Group went into receivership at the end of 1990, the Consultancy was bought by a group of its own senior managers. Over the next fourteen years the company expanded rapidly, opening a number of new offices and adding safety engineering
to the existing core skills in analysis and design.
In 2004 the company was acquired by Devonport Management Limited (DML), partly to ensure that DML could retain ongoing access to Frazer-Nash’s nuclear engineering
capability. DML was subsequently acquired by Babcock International, and Frazer-Nash was re-assigned to Babcock Marine.
Frazer-Nash Consultancy is now an autonomously operating element of Babcock Marine. The company retains its own profit and loss account, and is responsible for its own business planning and growth.
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, project management
Project management
Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals. A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end , undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value...
, and procurement advice. The company is based in Dorking
Dorking
Dorking is a historic market town at the foot of the North Downs approximately south of London, in Surrey, England.- History and development :...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, and has six other office locations around the country. It was founded in 1971 within the now-defunct Frazer-Nash Group, and is now fully owned by Babcock International Group plc. As of September 2011 it employed 400 people.
History
Frazer-Nash Consultancy was formed in 1971 as an element of the Frazer-Nash Group of companies. Computational methods for engineering analysis were becoming popular at this time, and the purpose of the Consultancy was to provide this service for the other group companies, which at this time produced a portfolio of products ranging from missile launch systems to postal sorting equipment.When the Frazer-Nash Group went into receivership at the end of 1990, the Consultancy was bought by a group of its own senior managers. Over the next fourteen years the company expanded rapidly, opening a number of new offices and adding safety engineering
Safety engineering
Safety engineering is an applied science strongly related to systems engineering / industrial engineering and the subset System Safety Engineering...
to the existing core skills in analysis and design.
In 2004 the company was acquired by Devonport Management Limited (DML), partly to ensure that DML could retain ongoing access to Frazer-Nash’s nuclear engineering
Nuclear engineering
Nuclear engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with the application of the breakdown as well as the fusion of atomic nuclei and/or the application of other sub-atomic physics, based on the principles of nuclear physics...
capability. DML was subsequently acquired by Babcock International, and Frazer-Nash was re-assigned to Babcock Marine.
Frazer-Nash Consultancy is now an autonomously operating element of Babcock Marine. The company retains its own profit and loss account, and is responsible for its own business planning and growth.
Operations
The company serves a number of engineering sectors, providing engineering analysis, procurement support, design, and safety case support:- Nuclear PowerNuclear powerNuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity...
- Defence
- Renewable EnergyRenewable energyRenewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from...
- AerospaceAerospaceAerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through air and space...
- Oil & Gas
- RailRail transportRail transport is a means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks. In contrast to road transport, where vehicles merely run on a prepared surface, rail vehicles are also directionally guided by the tracks they run on...
Recent Projects
Some projects that Frazer-Nash have worked on include:- Working with UK SportUK SportUK Sport is the UK Government's organisation for directing the development of sport within the home countries.-History:The Sports Council previously had been formed in 1972, and had the motto Sport for All. There was also the Central Council of Physical Recreation. In July 1994 it was decided to...
developing training aids for athletes - Development of equipment to aid rehabilitation of soldiers
- Ongoing work on the Royal Navy CVF Project
- Reliability assessment of the Pelamis Wave Energy ConverterPelamis wave energy converterThe Pelamis Wave Energy Converter is a technology that uses the motion of ocean surface waves to create electricity. The machine is made up of connected sections which flex and bend as waves pass; it is this motion which is used to generate electricity....
- Engineering support to the development of a Formula OneFormula OneFormula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
hospitality suite - Independent advice to the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) in its review of safety aspects of designs for the UK's new generation of nuclear reactors
- Appointed by the Hyundai Rotem Company to assess the crashworthiness of new trains in South Korea
Professional Accreditation
Frazer-Nash is accredited to provide training and professional development with the following institutions:- Institution of Mechanical EngineersInstitution of Mechanical EngineersThe Institution of Mechanical Engineers is the British engineering society based in central London, representing mechanical engineering. It is licensed by the Engineering Council UK to assess candidates for inclusion on ECUK's Register of professional Engineers...
- The Institution of Engineering and Technology
- Royal Aeronautical SocietyRoyal Aeronautical SocietyThe Royal Aeronautical Society, also known as the RAeS, is a multidisciplinary professional institution dedicated to the global aerospace community.-Function:...
- Royal Institution of Naval ArchitectsRoyal Institution of Naval ArchitectsThe Royal Institution of Naval Architects is an international organisation representing naval architects. It is an international professional institution whose members are involved world-wide at all levels in the design, construction, repair and operation of ships, boats and marine...
- Institute of PhysicsInstitute of PhysicsThe Institute of Physics is a scientific charity devoted to increasing the practice, understanding and application of physics. It has a worldwide membership of around 40,000....
External links
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