North East Centre For Technology Appplication And Reach

We are located within the Department of Science & Technology building. Our full name is the North East Centre for Technology Application and Reach, which is quite a lot to say, so we mostly just use the acronym. The office is exactly what you might expect from a place linked to the government. There are stacks of files, some older computers, and various posters on the walls showing different projects we have been involved with over the years. It is not a space that was designed to look pretty. It is meant for working on technical problems and coordinating with teams who are out in the field. We spend a lot of our time in meetings or on long phone calls trying to get things organized. Our office is a bit tucked away, and people sometimes have a hard time finding the right door when they visit for the first time. The staff here is small, just a handful of us who have been doing this kind of work for a while now. We do not have much of a budget for decorating the place, so we just have our own coffee mugs and piles of reports everywhere. It gets a bit hectic when a new project starts, but usually, it is just a steady flow of paperwork and planning. We are not here to sell a product. Our job is about helping people get the right technology and making sure it works.