Project update The Art of Dissemination We’re big on innovation here at Atlas. We love innovation projects BMW Laing O’Rourke because they give us exciting reasons to develop new technology and challenging environments to test the products we create. They have clear goals and always involve brilliant people in their fields who want to work with our bright minds to meet new challenges in interesting ways. One particular innovation project that we’ve been making a lot of noise about is WeldZero. You can read all about the project as a whole at our website, but the elevator pitch would be: can we achieve a welding process that results in zero defects? The project wrapped up recently to rapturous applause. Everyone involved, from the education institutes to the private sector partners saw fantastic results and it may well have revolutionised the way big industry approaches laser welding in fields as diverse as automotive The BMW arm of the project involved As an international construction manufacturing to offshore energy. two of their UK facilities where over company, Laing O’Rourke needs a billion welds a year are carried to provide large scale projects to While the project itself might have wrapped, one of the most out. A perfect test bed to prove the very exacting quality. The WeldZero important parts is still in progress; dissemination of knowledge. scalability of the WeldZero Project. Project helped them prove out a new Innovation for innovation’s sake is great, but without letting the world means of providing modular building know about your successes, you’re missing out on half the point. components. With that in mind, we stepped up to the plate and volunteered to let the world know just how impactful the WeldZero Project has been. We worked with the various parties involved to create videos that We hope you’ve enjoyed this look into the dissemination of knowledge and why we’re so excited to demonstrated how such a diverse and brilliant set of people could be involved in it. If you have any questions about this article, or anything else in the magazine, head come together to achieve something seemingly impossible. on over to the engagement page and leave us your thoughts! ATLAS WORLD MAGAZINE AUTUMN, 2022