July 2010 - KorteQ receives Achilles accreditation as a reliable supplier

KorteQ has recently become a fully accredited supplier on the Achilles Utilities Vendor Database (UVDB).

The supplier management services that Achilles provides are used by companies throughout the utility industry, including the power generation, transmission and distribution, nuclear, water, telecom and gas industries. Initially developed to deal with sourcing and qualifying suppliers, today’s services are increasingly addressing issues, not only of health and safety, but also of corporate social responsibility.

Click Here to view the accreditation certificate. July 2010 - Release of case study

The highly renowned International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technologies.

KorteQ Limited has helped the Agency to streamline this daily collaboration through an innovative Graphite Knowledge Base.
This secure and scalable solution, based on a Microsoft Windows SharePoint platform, enables IAEA members to share vital data and knowledge, connected to diverse sources of high-integrity information. In order to promote wider dissemination of non-confidential intelligence, the solution was engineered to include more open access for members of the general public.

Click Here for more information... June 2010 - Release of Case Study

KorteQ Limited has helped British Energy (part of EDF) and its partners to optimise collaboration between large teams of expert technologists working across the UK, Europe and worldwide, by implementing an innovative Technical Exchange Forum (TEF)

The Graphite Core Project requires multi-disciplinary collaboration between 18 partners across 13 different work packages. We are leading the programme to acquire expert know-how from key participants. Our Microsoft Sharepoint-based Technical Exchange Forum secures the digital content and enables the effective delivery of the business goals.

Click here for more information... April 2010 - KorteQ co-authors paper for Nuclear 2010, Romania

KorteQ’s Technology Service Line is co-authoring a paper to be delivered at Nuclear 2010 in Romania. The paper details the implementation of a MS SharePoint knowledge base for the IAEA project on Irradiated Nuclear Graphite Properties and it will be presented to stimulate debate and share best practice with other international research efforts (you may wish to follow the link to log-on and see a section of the knowledge base at work). Such efforts are aimed at solving the scientific and technical issues regarding the most competitive systems of nuclear reactors and the problems that affect or limit the acceptance of nuclear power. Please contact us for a copy of the paper. January 2010 - Nuclear Plant Lifetime/Capacity Optimisation

KorteQ contributed to the global working group sessions held in London under the auspices of the World Nuclear Association. Attendees representing major equipment manufacturers as well as utilities and services companies are developing a consolidated best practice briefing document for wider publication. KorteQ was selected to help with the analysis of Human Performance and Plant Lifetime extension aspects, also considering the statistical records maintained by the IAEA. September 2009 - World Nuclear Association - Conference/Exhibition

At a time of global nuclear renaissance, this prestigious conference held at Central Hall, Westminster has attracted over 700 delegates from 45 countries. Our stand showcases the main KorteQ offerings around effective knowledge transfer and the vital implications are explored further in Paul Adler's conference speech on the topic of The Nuclear Workforce: Modernising Learning, Development and Knowledge Management. June 2009 - Success Story at BNS Nuclear Services

At our client BNS Nuclear services, with its vast heritage of deep experience in Fuel Route and other capabilities, the preservation and refreshment of the company's unique skills, knowledge and experience has been acknowledged as an immensely valuable asset, as the business grows.

BNS has kindly recognised our contribution to their improvement programme by releasing a KorteQ testimonial for the forthcoming WNA conference. February 2009 - World Nuclear Association

John Ritch, Director General of the World Nuclear Association invited KorteQ to join this global private-sector organisation that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear power as a sustainable energy resource for the coming centuries.

KorteQ is energising vital efforts to evolve the training and development strategies necessary to scale-up a skilled workforce to support the worldwide Nuclear Renaissance. January 2009 - Success Story at Doosan Babcock Energy

Doosan Babcock's proposal/bid process requires specialist knowledge in order to combine the key technical, engineering, commercial and risk management aspects of the business. The impending retirement of a key member of the North Branch team, highlighted the opportunity to capture this specialist knowledge, in order to help scale-up the activity in a robust way over the coming years. The project, supported by KorteQ, has set a benchmark for other knowledge acquisition projects, promoting the benefits for Doosan's highly experienced staff. For further details of the case, please email your request to info@korteq.com. All information provided by kind permission of Doosan Babcock Energy. November 2008 - Evaluation of Cloud-Sourced Services

Paul Adler and Simon Smith presented to a group of Hopkins Architects' Directors and staff, at a key milestone of the joint research programme into advanced collaboration methods (see News - May 2007). Complex time-dependent programmes such as the Velodrome commissioned for the London 2012 Olympics demand the highest performance international teamwork and Cloud-Sourced services will be playing their part in the mix. The business-led evaluation will continue through a systems deployment phase during 2009. June/July 2008 - Industry Seminar Series

As part of our ongoing investment in research and development, KorteQ participated in a series of three prestigious industry events, contributing our perspectives and insights on the knowledge and skills agenda. The professional view point discussed by the large audiences at IET and IMechE events was complemented by a sector-focused viewpoint in the area of Nuclear Decommissioning.

Nuclear Industry Association
Karen Chinn presented on "Effective Knowledge Transfer and Retention in the Nuclear Industry" to the Decommissioning Working Group. There was keen interest among the audience, drawn from all tiers of the supply chain, in our methods for identifying, capturing and sharing critical organisational knowledge which may otherwise be at risk of loss, see the NIA website information about the NIA, click here.

Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Edward Keelan's practical keynote on "Examples of Effective Knowledge-Sharing Techniques in Long Life Cycle Operations" was well received by the audience drawn from Industry and Academia. Showing how key challenges such as business case, competence-building and process improvement can be tackled simultaneously, the presentation is available by emailing your request to info@korteq.com.

Institution of Engineering and Technology
This topical seminar focused on the skills shortage challenges facing the power industry over the coming decades. Alexandra Lee contributed to the afternoon's breakout sessions, considering both future skills requirements and proactive measures to grow industry capability, see the website for more information about the event, The IET Skills Shortage Event May 2008 - EPSRC: Research Cluster on Innovative Media for a Digital Economy (IMDE)

KorteQ's innovative offerings are developed in conjunction with multi-disciplinary research, such as that conducted by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). KorteQ has won a place within the IMDE initiative and has been contributing in depth based on real-life knowledge management solutions. The investigations focus on deployment of emerging social networking, pervasive multi-media and mobile technologies to meet industrial and commercial challenges. February 2008 - KorteQ Joins the Nuclear Industry Association

KorteQ's successful track record of developing skills and training within the civil nuclear industry has attracted the attention of many of the 130 Nuclear Industry Association (NIA) members. As the influential Trade Association prepares to update its "UK Capability" analysis, KorteQ has recently joined in order to contribute to the debate, to help promote the attractiveness of careers in the industry, and to generate new insights into the needs of the sector. November 2007 - Awareness Campaign

November saw the launch of KorteQ's awareness campaign, introducing final year engineering students to a variety of non-traditional career opportunities. The first talk at the University of Bristol was very well received; the students demonstrating keen interest in our innovative ways of working and the improved performance which we are helping our clients to achieve. October 2007 - Research Studentship

Simon Smith has joined our team in order to tackle a 3-year postgraduate research programme into practical knowledge management, sponsored by KorteQ. He is based at the Oxford University e-Research centre and will be conducting extensive fieldwork in order to help set the agenda for the next-generation services which will be demanded by our clients. July 2007 - Birmingham University Podcast

KorteQ employee Karen Moore was recently interviewed by Birmingham University about her career at KorteQ and her reasons for joining. If you would like to listen to the interview we have produced an MP3 audio file of the interview which is just under 11 minutes long and is 7.5MB in size.

To open the file please click here... May 2007 - Research Consortium

Asked when Barcelona's iconic Sagrada Familia would finally be completed, its architect Antoni Gaudi used to respond "My client is not in a hurry". These days, no such luxury is given to multi-national teams, under pressure to deliver on time and budget. KorteQ has created a pan-European research programme, seeking breakthrough methods for managing workflows on complex international projects. For more discussion of these issues please see the Publications page...