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Thursday, April 14th, 2022

Last week the team were at MACH 2022 alongside BAE Systems’ as their technology partner. BAE Systems & Fairfields were proud to showcase Intelligent Workstation; an operationally integrated suite of Industry 4.0 technologies developed for BAE Systems & now available externally to reduce waste, boost productivity, enhance quality, & enable secure digital transparency. Utilising mixed […]

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Monday, February 21st, 2022

We are proud to announce that Keith Hunt, Project Manager,  has received a BAE Systems Chairman’s award under the Advancing technology solutions category. Keith has worked remarkably hard to support BAE with their aim to ensure that the technology they use keeps them well ahead of the game. BAE systems chairman’s awards are to celebrate […]

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Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

Today marked the end of an era. After more than 15 years of service, Keith Walker has stepped down as QHSE Manager and finally begins his retirement.  The Senior Management team took Keith out for brunch and presented him with his retirement gifts, as well as his belated 15 years of service award. True to […]

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Tuesday, November 16th, 2021

An open letter to the Government to help tackle the UK’s engineering skills shortage Fairfield Control Systems Ltd has today joined forces with over 150 world-leading engineers, scientists and technology giants to urge the Government to urge the Government to help tackle the UK’s engineering skills shortage by embedding engineering into current primary school learning […]

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Tuesday, November 9th, 2021

We are delighted to announce that we have achieved FORS Bronze accreditation for the first time! The Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) is a voluntary accreditation scheme that promotes the quality within fleet operations and encourages exemplary levels of best practice in safety, efficiency, and environmental protection. Achieving our FORS bronze shows our commitment to […]

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Monday, October 11th, 2021

Congratulations to Scottish Canals, Mackenzie Construction Limited and the rest of our project team for Glasgow’s Smart Canal project being named as the ‘Greatest Contribution to Scotland’, the top award, at the Scottish Civil Engineering Awards ceremony. Read all about our contribution to the project here. This amazing project is Europe’s first ‘smart canal’ system. It uses historic […]

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Thursday, September 2nd, 2021

A Team of employees from Fairfield Control Systems, Mackenzie Construction, Scottish Canals & AECOM are cycling from Glasgow to Edinburgh in memory of their beloved late colleague, Nick Leeming, to raise funds for Sheffield Hospitals Charity. On 16th February 2021, we lost our friend and colleague Nick Leeming to Covid-19. Nick was a Gentle Man, […]

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Friday, August 27th, 2021

BAE Systems and Fairfields have been working in collaboration with other key suppliers on the smart gantry project as part of BAE Systems ‘Factory of the Future initiative. “The Eurofighter Typhoon’s UK production line is being transformed through the introduction of new technology, an innovative spirit and effective collaborations across BAE Systems teams and with […]

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Monday, August 23rd, 2021

Scottish Canals have established a framework to deliver engineering and construction work to maintain and develop the canal infrastructure. We are proud to announce that Fairfield Control System has been awarded the following lots: Lot 4 – Mechanical / Hydraulic and related works Lot 7 – Electrical / Controls / Telemetry works and related works. […]

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Tuesday, May 11th, 2021

An innovative training solution from Siemens Digital Industries is helping upskill their customers and suppliers to capitalise on the opportunities of Industry 4.0. The one year ‘top up’ degree programme gives engineers a BEng Hons (Bachelor of Engineering) in Control and Automation. Co-designed and co-delivered by Siemens Digital Industries and the University of Salford it […]

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