ENGINEERED WELFARE FOR ALL ENVIRONMENTS
The world's first purpose-built offshore welfare system
Raising the bar for global welfare
Griffin Special Projects is committed to engineering equipment that ensures workers in the world's most demanding environments can operate safely and with dignity, regardless of location. We are raising the bar for global site welfare by providing precision-built solutions that stand up to the most extreme conditions.
The Problem
Offshore work presents logistic challenges that standard portable toilets simply cannot handle.
Current offshore welfare solutions are often basic, exploiting the “So far as reasonably practicable” (SFAIRP) loophole (HSE section 2.1). Despite the industry's stated goal to attract and retain technicians with top wages, the best working conditions, and a superior HSE environment, proper welfare compliant with section 2.2 has been a neglected afterthought with time consuming risk increasing vessel transfers often being the only solution.
Working remotely, a bag has been the norm to do your business in the turbine, there is a dedicated waste container aboard at the end of your shift. Technicians and industry deserve better.
The Solution: The LiftaLoo
Since 2016 Griffin Special Projects has pioneered the first certified welfare cabins for the offshore wind industry. After 9 years of development research, we are proud to have designed an FEA engineered welfare solution designed specifically to withstand the unique challenges of the marine environment.
The Liftaloo isn’t just a toilet — it’s a fully engineered offshore welfare system.
What Contractors Gain
- Reduced HSE risk
- Reduced LOLER inspection burden
- Faster mobilisation
- Zero environmental contamination risk
- Increased technician dignity and retention
WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO
Griffin Special Projects (GSP) provides engineered welfare and sanitation solutions specifically designed for the world's most demanding offshore and remote environments. As an industry pioneer, the business focuses on elevating human dignity and safety for technicians by delivering robust, fully compliant, and innovative designs.
We specialise in end-to-end services across the full energy value chain. From stand alone solutions to a fully integrated work scope, we have the expertise, experience, capability and know-how to deliver.
Jon Aldiss, Director of Griffin Special Projects, states:
“My journey in marine construction predates the offshore wind industry, challenging work like winching off pitching vessels to fixed structures. This experience led to the founding of Pegasus Welfare in 2016, the invention and delivery of the first certified offshore welfare solution on a windfarm and the first internal turbine toilet.
As an experienced industry insider, I engaged with UK HSE to define the non-negotiables for the next generation of offshore welfare. Griffin’s mission is to elevate human dignity and safety for technicians by designing safer, fully compliant solutions that raise welfare standards and simplify logistics.
The LiftaLoo offers a safer, smarter, and more efficient solution for offshore hygiene. It reduces HSE risk, simplifies certification and logistics, built to perform in harsh environments.
For companies focused on safety, compliance, and operational excellence, it’s a no-brainer. The cabin was developed using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to optimise the shape and material choice. Designed for operations in extreme conditions. Instead of rigid, brittle materials, we use low-density polyethylene for its elasticity – it flexes rather than fractures. The single central lifting point simplifies handling. It's a modular, moulded design – robust, compliant with latest HSE expectations. Safe. Full tank drop tests from 5m onto concrete prove its integrity.
Our 9 year journey in offshore wind sanitation has seen multiple awarded patents. Our latest iteration of the in turbine variant and our stand alone onshore vacuum systems has Griffin head and shoulders above the competition.
Griffin is proud to serve under female ownership and direction on both the board and administration levels, making our development work focused on hygiene and human factors.”
OFFSHORE EXPERTISE
Specialist engineering for elite welfare systems since 2016.
INDUSTRY ENDORSEMENTS
“The LiftaLoo isn’t just a toilet, it’s the fix the offshore industry has needed for years.”
“It’s non-spillable. When it is lifted, it is sealed and it stays together.”
Andrew Hart, CEO Cargostore Worldwide
Ekaterina Burge, Global Business Development Manager at Cargostore Worldwide
Ekaterina Burge & Jon Aldiss standing beside the Liftaloo.
INDUSTRY CREDENTIALS
Griffin Special Projects is now an independent offshore service provider working as a collector and disposal of waste.
We are a certified Tier 1 waste carrier providing a comprehensive and compliant service for the collection, handling, and final disposal of controlled waste, such as raw sewage.
Registered as: An upper tier waste carrier and cleaner
Registration no.: CBDU618944
Griffin Special Projects is a leader in industry innovation with a large portfolio of international patents for welfare solutions.
Griffin was selected by ORE Catapult in 2025 for their Connect programme, supporting companies and research institutions across the East of England supply chain.
Patents
Patent rights based on:
International Patent Publication No. WO2024/069475
(including Granted UK Patent GB2622793)
International Patent Publication No. WO2025/262624
UK Patent Publication No. GB2700932”