A Great Yarmouth offshore company is expanding and opening a new office in Aberdeen.
IVB (Inspection Verification Bureau), which provides inspection and verification services to the energy sector, has invested in staffed offices ahead of new contracts to start in the New Year.
Director Derek Lockwood said the company’s profitability was holding up in the offshore downturn with a steady stream of work.
Lockwood said he wanted to be “on the spot” in Aberdeen.
He added: “Clients suggested that a physical presence in Aberdeen would pay off and we’re already seeing the benefit, since opening the office on December 1.
“We have had home-based inspectors and engineers in Aberdeen for years. Our clients told us they believed being on the spot in Aberdeen would win us a larger share of the work, which is already proving right just by having a couple of people in the office.”
IVB, set up in 2010, focuses on taking the risk out of offshore projects by monitoring every stage, checking suppliers, products being made and checking documentation.
“If we can grow our business in the period of a downturn, we will be in a good position when the market turns around in the next year to 18 months, with projects starting in the third quarter of 2016,” Lockwood added.
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