AN engineer has battled back from redundancy to set up his own surveying company.

With more than five years’ experience in the construction industry, Adrian Green, who moved to the North East at the age of 15, has launched GreenGeo after being made redundant from Darlington-based Cleveland Bridge earlier this year.

The 26-year-old, who was originally born in Canada before moving to Bedfordshire and then the North East, offers construction-phase engineering services, include surveying and 3D-modelling services.

Working with Cleveland Bridge for three years, Green worked on a wide variety of projects, including the Stockton Infinity Footbridge, the Haymarket Hub in Newcastle and the Glasgow M74 project.

But after being made redundant, he was inspired to launch GreenGeo in Darlington by his girlfriend Cathi Harrison, who had started up her own financial paraplanning business before going on to be shortlisted for the Shell LiveWire Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2009 and 2010.

GreenGeo mainly assists with steel fabrication and construction, including work for the oil and gas industry and bridge construction, but is also targeting the renewable energy market, such as the wind farm and hydroelectric sectors.

Green said: “This has been a really challenging but exciting venture for me. I have come from a long line of engineers on both my parents’ sides and have always shared their interest in, and enthusiasm for engineering.

“I have built my business around the idea of productivity and efficiency. In these difficult economic times, GreenGeo provides a high-quality and cost-effective service for all our clients and I believe that keeping up to date with technical advances in the surveying industry is paramount to achieving this.”

He hopes to grow the business and take on staff as it becomes established.

He said: “I would definitely like to be chartered in five years’ time.”