Responsive Engineering

Over a hundred girl guides from units across the North East went head-to-head in a special round of the Tomorrow’s Engineers EEP Robotics Challenge. The partnership between EngineeringUK, Girlguiding North East and the Reece Foundation aims to get more girls actively involved in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects. Fewer than one in 10 engineers in the UK is female – the lowest percentage in Europe, according to the Women’s Engineering Society. But the UK’s economy could benefit from …

Reece Group has been shortlisted in the Heart of the Community category at the Tyneside and Northumberland regional final of the North East Business Awards. The nomination follows the Group’s support for charities and organisations in the West End of Newcastle, as well as its wide-range of engagement activities to inspire young people about careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). The Reece Group businesses; Reece Foundation and the LGA Foundation, the personal charity of chairman John Reece MBE …

Primary school pupils showed off their innovation skills when they visited the Armstrong Works to tackle a real-world engineering challenge. Reece Foundation is pleased to be supporting the STEM Challenge programme – a 6-week project for children in years five and six. It is the brainchild of Success4All (S4A), a Tyneside organisation that provides learning opportunities to young people in areas of low academic achievement, from STEM activities to homework, coding, cooking, music and gardening clubs. Over the first five …

Hosted by BBC Newcastle’s Anna Foster, nominees recognised for contribution to their community As one of the Reece Group businesses, Responsive Engineering is honoured to have been awarded The Chronicle’s Champion Business Award in recognition of its donations to the community. At an emotional ceremony, which celebrated so many moving and inspirational stories, Reece Group staff collected the award on behalf of the Group, its engineering businesses and employees, the Reece Foundation and the Reece family. They were joined by …

Pearson Engineering and Responsive Engineering are combining their expertise to fulfil a US Government contract to provide counter-IED rollers to Afghanistan. Part of the award-winning SPARK roller family, credited with saving lives in conflicts around the world, the SPARK OIF(R) works by applying pressure to the ground to detonate Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).   By collaborating on the $8m contract, the firms aim to ensure a seamless manufacturing process from design through to finished product. Responsive Engineering is responsible for …

Responsive Engineering has been awarded Fit For Nuclear (F4N) status, enhancing its credibility as a supplier to the nuclear sector. The recognition follows the firm’s appointment by a leading UK construction and civil engineering company to support the building of the steelwork for a temporary jetty in the Bristol Channel as part of EDF Energy’s Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Station development. The temporary jetty will enable 80 per cent of the aggregates needed to build the power station to …

More than 50 students were honoured at an awards ceremony celebrating talented young people who have overcome barriers to achieve success. Reece Foundation is working with national social mobility charity Villiers Park Educational Trust to help students from six Tyneside schools reach their full potential and tackle the region’s skills gap. Since launching the Tyneside STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) Scholars Programme early last year, over 100 students in eight schools and colleges have taken part in a wide …

We are attending Oktoberfest 2017 in Durham, on the 19th October 2017. Our team will be on stand H17, where attendees can learn more about our capabilities and our wide range of expertise and experience in this sector. If you would like to meet up during the course of the event, then please get in touch.

A fearsome fighting robot created by a Tyneside teen became the star of the show when it appeared on TV’s Robot Wars. Alex Brown was amongst the elite competitors selected to take part in the relaunch of the cult TV programme with his fighting robot TR2, strong enough to flip a one-tonne car. He also appeared in the Christmas special “Battle of the Stars” when presenter Dara O’Briain took TR2 – (short for Toon Raider 2 and wearing the number …

Responsive Engineering has teamed up with Newcastle College to help employees gain a head start in their careers. The Foundation Degree in Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering (FdEng), specially tailored for Responsive, will equip participants with a wide-range of industry skills. The two-year course has been designed to meet the needs of modern industry and training and will take place both in Newcastle College’s multi-million-pound engineering facilities and at the firm’s base in the Armstrong Works on Scotswood Road. As part of …