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From initial concept to fully engineered structural arrangements — we deliver comprehensive structural design solutions for vessels and offshore structures of all types.

1000+
Projects Completed
30+
Years Experience
All Major Class Societies

What We Deliver

We provide comprehensive structural design solutions for various vessels and ship structures. From initial concepts, we create fully engineered arrangements tailored to equipment and operational requirements. Our methodology includes strength evaluation, stability assessment, and rigorous structural verification to ensure safe and efficient load transfer while complying with project specifications and design standards. We optimise structural arrangements and sizing of primary and secondary members to achieve the required strength, stability and weight efficiency.

Global hull girder assessment
Class rules-based scantling design
Machinery & auxiliary structure design
Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Fatigue & ultimate strength analysis
Structural Engineering

Our Structural Engineering Services

a comprehensive suite of structural design and analysis services from concept through to class approval..

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Hull Structural Design & Engineering

Comprehensive structural design from initial concept through to fully engineered arrangements. Covers strength evaluation, stability assessment and structural verification to ensure safe load transfer complying with project specifications and class standards.

Class Rules-Based Scantling Analysis
Class Rules-Based Scantling Analysis

Familiar with all IACS class rules — we design ship structures for full compliance, covering primary and secondary member sizing to achieve required strength, stability and weight efficiency.

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Global Hull Strength

Comprehensive global hull girder assessments evaluating structural behaviour under operational, transportation and environmental loads. Considers longitudinal bending, shear distribution and combined load effects.

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Machinery Foundation Design

Various machinery foundations including main engines designed to comply with class rules as well as through direct Finite Element Analysis (FEA). Validated for operational and dynamic loads.

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Auxiliary Structure Design

Ship auxiliary structures — crane pedestals, lifeboat foundations, davit foundations — designed and analysed to comply with SOLAS and AISC codes via direct FEA analysis.

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Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Advanced simulation predicting structural performance under real conditions. Covers 3D modelling, load flow analysis, fatigue analysis and crack propagation studies to ensure safe and durable designs.

Technology We Use

MIMOSA (DNV Sesam)
OSAP
HydroD (DNV Sesam)
BlueCFD (OpenFOAM)
FEMAP-NASTRAN
Genie (Sesam DNV

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Our structural engineering team is available to review your requirements and outline a design approach.

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