Subsea7 was crowned champions of the 51st ECITB ACTIVE Cup as 10 teams from companies in the engineering construction industry in Scotland competed at Carnoustie Golf Hotel near Dundee.
Now in its 31st year, the event was the second ACTIVE Cup project management competition of the year, after the team from Aker Solutions Ltd came out on top in January at Cranfield University, near Milton Keynes.
After three days of competition, Subsea7 claimed the coveted title, with the teams from Three60 Energy (Gold Award) and Altrad (Silver Winner) the runners up.
The Most Improved Award went to the team from Stork, while the remaining cohorts came from Aker Solutions, McDermott LCS, Technip FMC, Wood, Kent Energies and Worley.
The winning team was made up of Scott Cassie (Senior Project Engineer), Hayden Millar (Project Engineer), Connor Mitchell (Pre-Commissioning Engineer), Kirsty Harper (Subcontract Specialist) and Lynne Calderwood (Senior SCM Subcontract Specialist).
Scott, who was the project manager during the competition in the winning team at Subsea7, said: “Our collaborative approach and team spirit was paramount to our successful project execution. It was a brilliant experience in which we learned vital lessons and will utilise these within our future careers.”
Pictured: Runners-up Three60 Energy (top) working on its project and Altrad (below) giving its presentation at the ACTIVE Cup. Main image the winning team from Subsea7.
Ensuring industry has much-needed project management skills
Organised by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB), the event is run in collaboration with, and hosted by, Cranfield School of Management.
The ACTIVE Cup, which takes place three times a year, involves teams of up to five managing a project from concept through to completion with the aim of making the most profit against their initial cost.
ECITB Director of Regional Operations Matt Knights, who was on hand to give out prizes to the winners, said: “Congratulations to Subsea7 and all the teams that took part across three days of unique and immersive learning. I’d also like to thank the respective employers for supporting their teams.
“Project management competence is a fundamental foundation in the effective delivery of projects across our industry. By putting on practical events like this, the ECITB is helping ensure the industry and our employers across the ECI have the project management skills needed to run projects.
“The competition enables teams to experience the whole project management process as they manage a simulated project through an execution phase of 28 weeks.
“While a wide range of project management skills are tested during the event, delegates also develop a deeper understanding of management processes in the continuous planning, execution and control cycle of a dynamic project.”
Pictured: All competitors posing together at the ACTIVE Cup, where ECITB’s Matt Knights gave out awards such as to Most Improved team Stork. Pictures by Karen Jackson Photography
Get involved in the Active Cup
The third of the three ACTIVE Cup events in 2025 takes place back at Cranfield University from Friday 4 to Sunday 6 July, with applications to take part in this event open now.
Project management programmes
The ACTIVE Cup is part of the ECITB’s wider project management training programmes aimed at raising skill levels within the engineering construction industry.
As well as its industry-leading range of courses and qualifications in project controls and supervisory skills, the ECITB supports employers to develop project management skills through its project management mentoring programme and supporting additional specialist courses.
Find out more about the ECITB’s project management programmes
