About Us

Certified Company ISO 9001

Overview of Spec Skills & Competencies

Our expertise covers the entire life cycle of a range of projects from deepwater subsea systems to onshore pipelines and gas plants. Our consultants and inspectors can be mobilised to any offshore assets or work sites on short notice. Where there is a need for intervention, we offer practical solutions and immediate actions to quickly and efficiently address the issue.
We have contributed to many recent and challenging projects, and work to deliver the best outcome safely and consistently for all stakeholders, operators and contractors. We are experienced and we commit to completing our work on time and on budget.

Outstanding Technical Capabilities

Our team of consultants offers outstanding technical capabilities, integrated into the project team from the concept stage to final installation and inspection. We collaborate with our clients on every issue and work together with all stakeholders to ensure that every venture we contribute to is a genuine team effort.

Our ability to work cost effectively offshore and onshore across a wide array of environments, projects and materials comes from many years of international experience that translates to local knowledge, anywhere in the world.

Our longstanding commitment to Quality is reflected in the results we achieve.
Matt Lancien

Matt has over 15 years' experience in the oil and gas industry including FEED, detailed fabrication, testing, installation and commissioning of offshore and onshore pipelines, subsea hardware and structures.

He has experience in tender preparation and evaluation, feasibility studies, assurance reviews, procurement packages, and subcontractor's management.

Matt has been involved in the conceptual stage through to detailed fabrication and installation of a number of subsea and pipeline projects in shallow and deepwater areas in Europe, Australia, South East Asia, West Africa and the Middle East.

Niccolo Boran

Niccolo has over 15 years of experience in the field of non-destructive examination, he is ISO9712 Level 3 certified in Ultrasonic Testing, with specialisation in advanced inspection techniques PAUT and TOFD, radiographic testing, magnetic particle testing, liquid penetrant testing and visual testing.

He has been involved in the qualification of various types of Phased Array ultrasonic equipment on carbon steel, Corrosion Resistant Alloy (CRA) and Duplex materials. He provides expert advice on non-destructive testing and independent crosschecking during production.

Niccolo has been involved in the testing & installation of offshore & onshore pipelines, and subsea structures in Europe, Australia, The Gulf of Mexico, and West Africa.

Lawrie Freeman

Lawrie graduated from the University of Tasmania in 2001 with majors in Human Resource Management and Social Ecology.

Since this time she has worked in Ireland, Scotland, France and Australia including for Tasmania's premier Human Resources company and as Account Manager for a major multi-lingual call centre operation based in Scotland. Lawrie worked for construction company Laing O'Rourke in both Brisbane and Perth as a Recruiter and Training Team Leader, prior to moving to SPEC.

As our Operations Manager, Lawrie manages all aspects of the daily business activities including commercial, client relationships, HR, mobilisation of personnel, administration and the management of SPEC ISO-9001 Quality Management Systems.

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