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which we’ ve recently completed. This was a two-year project for us with a value of over £ 20 million. As well as being the largest project we’ ve done, it also had unique challenges for us to overcome. As well as the usual weather and tidal conditions, access was limited and the very long revetment slope length, required a specialist plan and a whole new way of thinking about how to deliver the project. It was successfully completed within time and budget.”
Roger then concludes with a call to arms seeking partners to help build an unrivalled network of maritime services:“ We’ d like to invite anyone reading this to contact us if any of this is appealing. We’ d like to hear both from people working in the industry
Quality-assured solutions
Looking forward, Roger then outlines the company’ s priorities for the rest of the year and beyond:“ Now we have such a strong team behind us, my priorities are to spend more time getting out there and speaking to existing and potential clients. I’ m going to be concentrating more on business development and less on project delivery than I’ ve been doing in the past. I am working on several reservoirs and other coastal projects to further these goals. This process includes speaking to the various clients to monitor the ongoing performance of previous work. For example, in the late 1990s, we completed a particular project where we upgraded a rock revetment on a dam; recent contact with the dam supervising engineers confirmed that there’ s been no damage whatsoever nearly 30 years later. It was a pioneering project at the time, and it’ s been really successful. That’ s the kind of longevity we seek.
“ Looking further ahead, in five years’ time Ancora want to add three-to-four other specialist businesses by acquisition. These businesses, along with TMS and Hesselberg Hydro will grow with our existing clients organically and be the definitive UK leader in marine infrastructure delivery. Ancora will be more than the sum of its parts meaning we will be able to solve most marine issues with safe, innovative and quality assured solutions.”
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