Director
Dr Rob Francis BSc, PhD, CEng, MICE
Rob is a Chartered Civil Engineer, with over sixteen years experience in the design and construction of Civil Engineering structures. He has a further sixteen years experience in managing research-led European Union funded projects, focusing on innovation and economic development, based at Cardiff University's Geoenvironmental Research Centre.
Rob has worked extensively on the development of links between industry and academia, taking new and innovative ideas from initial concept, through to testing, evaluation and commercialisation.
He has worked for both local and international engineering consultancies, and has undertaken assignments for the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation in countries including those in West Africa and the Middle East.
Our Values
By listening to and understanding your needs, we are committed to placing you. the client, first and foremost on every project.
Providing honest and trusted expertise, and a service of the highest quality, we strive to ensure that appropriate and innovative solutions are found, tailored to your own specific requirements.
We have embedded responsible business practices throughout our organisation and we champion equality and diversity.
Environmental & Social Responsibility
As part of our contribution to sustainable development, we are committed to integrating our environmental and social responsibilities with our economic activities.
We embrace these principles not only because of the positive effect that they have on everyone's quality of life, but also because they enhance the performance of our business.
We are committed to leading the industry in minimising the impact of our activities on the environment, and we actively seek to build environmental benefits into our projects.
We support as many community and voluntary organisations as possible, including the local Air Cadets, Brass Band and sports clubs.
Our Work
Carreg Las evolved out of Cardiff University's internationally renowned Geoenvironmental Research Centre (GRC), having been created by Dr Rob Francis in 2013 (See the work of the GRC in the link to the right of the page).
Rob has extensive experience and expertise gained over almost 20 years of successfully researching, testing and developing new and innovative projects at the GRC. This has inspired Rob to continue this work in the private sector.
Carreg Las therefore works with private, public and voluntary sector organisations to help them research and develop their ideas, and to take them forward to achieve successful outcomes. We can support organisations with everything from desk top studies through to pilot scale demonstration projects, leading to commercial viable products and processes.
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