Taking years of experience with ship classification, steel production and ship owning to a wider market place. Asset management including life cycle management and dry dock preparation for major steelwork tasks. Developing positive relationships with crew and ship managers to achieve demonstrable impact on safety has also been a critical part of our product portfolio.
What We've Achieved
Significant improvement to out of service statistics for a sophisticated fleet
Accurate drydock budget forecasting
Establishing graduate training scheme
Supervision of major steelwork jobs
Developing Government work
Part of award winning team at the University of British Columbia
Other Technical Papers
Braidwood, Dr Iain (2013) TR06 New Tanker Hull Forms (SD-9) - SNAME 2013 Bellevue, Washington
Braidwood, Dr. Iain (2013) "Cracking the Crack Conundrum, or Improving the Structural Performance and Increasing the Availability of the World's Largest Fleet of Shuttle Tankers", Mari-Tech, Halifax
Braidwood, I (2008) “Operator’s Experiences Regarding Underdeck Corrosion in Cargo Tanks on Medium Size Oil Tankers”, Overflate 2008 Oslo
Braidwood, I, (2005) “Structural Integrity Management”, Shuttle Operators Conference Aberdeen
Braidwood, I and Lofthouse, G (2000) “Latest Developments in Special Steel Profiles for Lightweight Ship Construction”, in Lightweight Construction Latest Developments, London
Braidwood, I and Lofthouse, G (2000) “Developments in Bulb Flats and Other Hot Rolled Special Steel Profiles for Advancing Commercial and Naval Shipbuilding in the United States of America”, in 2000 Ship Production Symposium, Williamsburg, Virginia
Braidwood, I and Kelly, RB (1999) “A Comparison of Theory and Practice in Plate Stiffener Behaviour Under Axial Loading”, Current and Future Trends in Bridge Design Construction and Maintenance, Singapore
Early work on FPSO Motion Sickness
Inclining Experiment Supervision
Vetting support (oil tankers and Bulk Carriers)
Technical oversight of bulk carrier fleet on behalf of Owners
Developing safer workplaces