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GUH Strategic Programmes

​Our strategic programmes focus on the end users, technologies and sectors that matter most to underwater operations.

We’ve identified the areas where the UK supply chain has genuine world-class capability and where targeted support, leadership and visibility can make the greatest impact.

These programmes bring together the companies who work in these fields every day, ensuring industry insight shapes solutions to real demand. GUH provides the collective industry voice.

With a core focus on underwater, our programmes reflect both demand and supply perspectives, helping the supply chain innovate, respond to need and build on decades of expertise. We have identified 12 strategic programmes across the underwater space, selected for their current and future demand and the strength of UK capability. Each programme is led by an industry steering group, with sub-groups creating opportunities for wider member involvement and collaboration.

Oil & Gas Operator Subsea Forum

This well-established operator forum brings together a group of operators (with a core of six) with existing infrastructure in the UKCS with a natural focus on operations, inspection repair and maintenance and life extension.

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Wind Developer Underwater Forum

The Developer Forum brings together leading fixed and floating offshore wind developers, creating a platform where both current challenges needing solutions (fixed) and emerging opportunities to explore solutions before problems arise (floating), can be openly discussed.

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Contractor Leadership Forum

The Contractor Leadership Forum brings together leading EPC contractors and provides the main point of interaction between the supply chain and the problem holders: Operators and Developers.

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Marine Renewables Forum

The Marine Renewables Forum brings together stakeholders across multiple technologies, including wave, tidal, floating solar and subsea battery storage.

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Subsea Electrical Systems and Cables Forum

The Subsea Cable Systems Forum focuses on the core production conduit for offshore wind, addressing reliability and risk issues across the sector.

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Substructure Moorings & Anchors

The Mooring & Anchor Working Group leverages decades of experience in keeping floating structures in position across multiple industries.

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HSE Forum

The HSE Forum brings together HSEQ professionals from the largest vessel contractors operating in the North Sea. It provides a trusted, Chatham House Rules environment for sharing best practice across safety, crew recruitment, training and energy transition requirements.

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​Underwater Robotics & Autonomy

The Underwater Robotics and Autonomy Forum focuses on sector-agnostic applications and technologies that extend beyond human capability. The forum addresses innovations in unmanned, remote and autonomous solutions, delivering both human and carbon savings.

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