SPE Offshore Europe gets brand new backdrop for 2019

This year, returning attendees of SPE Offshore Europe (OE) will notice some new scenery. Delivered by Aberdeen City Council, in partnership with Henry Boot Developments, the conference and exhibition are being held in a brand new, state-of-the-art events center in Scotland, Fig. 1.

Fig. 1. The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA) is Scotland’s brand new, state-of-the-art events center in Aberdeen, which will be named “P&J Live,” when it opens this summer.

Just a five-minute drive from the Aberdeen International Airport, the Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA) is in a convenient, easily accessible location for those attending from near or far. The events center is also a seven-minute drive from the Dyce train station and an eight-minute drive from Aberdeen City to Dyce. It is just a 20-min. drive from City Centre, and just 30 min. by bus.

TECA, which will be named “P&J Live” when it opens, boasts world-class conference and exhibition facilities for organizers and delegates across the globe. Replacing the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC), TECA is a £333-million ($423-million) development. The complex is environmentally friendly, featuring its own energy center, which will use local renewable resources and advanced technologies to produce an energy eco-system. It reportedly will be the most sustainable venue of its type in the UK upon opening this summer, Fig. 2.

Fig. 2. The new complex is environmentally friendly, and reportedly will be the UK’s most sustainable venue.

The contemporary venue encompasses 48,000 m² (516,668 ft²) of world class, multi-purpose event space, including seven conference suites and three exhibition halls.

For those traveling from afar to attend the conference and exhibition, there are several options for on-site accommodations. There are two on-site hotels with 350 rooms—the four-star Hilton Hotel, with 200 available rooms, and an Aloft Hotel that will reportedly feature an additional 150 rooms shortly after opening. There is a broad selection of other accommodations nearby, as well.

TECA has been designed around audience comfort, boasting ergonomic seating, unrestricted sight lines and plenty of natural light to aid concentration. Conference presentations at TECA pack an audio-visual punch, benefiting from the latest technology, unlimited WiFi, and a team of technical experts in charge.

TECA FACTS & STATS

• TECA elevates Aberdeen into the top five of global competitor energy cities for conferences and exhibitions
• TECA has 48,000 m² (516,668 ft²) of event space
• A network of over 7 km (4.3 mi) of footpaths serve the site, connecting it to surrounding areas
• Over 29,000 trees and shrubs have been planted on the TECA site
• TECA is powered by Aberdeen’s food and garden waste, using the on-site Anaerobic Digester Plant
• 98.8% of all materials have been reused on-site
• Designed to be a living environment to attract people and wildlife to the area
• The Energy Strategy for TECA delivers innovation and a low-carbon, sustainable solution
• Fully accessible in line with “Attitude is everything” standards
• BREEAM Excellent facility: BREEAM measures sustainable value in categories, ranging from energy to ecology.
• Boasts undercover parking with direct entry to the venue
• Two on-site hotels with 350 rooms.

P&J Live is operated and managed by SMG Europe, the largest venue operator in the world. SMG operates over 240 arenas, stadiums and convention centres including McCormick Place in Chicago, Moscone Centre in San Francisco and NRG Centre in Houston. The latter, of course, is the site each May of the Offshore Technology Conference.