Robert Allan Ltd.

Robert Allan Ltd.

Robert Allan Ltd. is Canada's oldest privately owned Consulting
Naval Architectural firm, established in Vancouver, B.C. in 1930.
The company has earned an international reputation for
innovative, successful designs for a wide range of specialized
workboats and small ships. The firm has been a leader in
creating cost-efficient vessels for service in the Canadian tug
and barge, fishing and ferry industries on both coasts and for
the Mackenzie River and Beaufort Sea.
Robert Allan Ltd.'s experience includes designs for hundreds of
vessels of almost all types, from small craft to ocean-going
ferries and barges, however the firm is best known for its work
in the following fields:
- Tug and barge transportation
- Ship assist and escort tugs
- Patrol boats and catamarans
- Passenger Ferries (traditional and catamarans)
- Fireboats
- Supply vessels
- Shallow draft towboats
- Icebreakers
- Government Service vessels:
- fisheries patrol
- search and rescue
- navigation aids
- oceanographic research
Robert Allan Ltd. provides professional marine consulting and
design services to a worldwide client base, supported by the very
latest in computer-aided design and drafting technology.

Company Details

Year Established: 1930

Number of Employees: 25

Company Information

Kenneth D. Harford
Title: Manager
Area of Responsibility: Research/Development/Engineering
Telephone: (604) 736-9466
Fax: (604) 736-9483
Email: Click Here

Robert G. Allan
Title: President
Area of Responsibility: Management Executive
Telephone: (604) 736-9466
Fax: (604) 736-9483
Email: Click Here

Hans F. Muhlert
Title: Vice President
Area of Responsibility: Management Executive
Telephone: (604) 736-9466
Fax: (604) 736-9483
Email: Click Here

Services

Propeller Calculations, Drawings And Performance Curves

Transportation-arctic And Otherwise Robert Allan Ltd. has completed a number of successful designs especially suited for the arctic/Northern environment such as ice-breakers, navigational aids vessels and shallow-draft vessels.

Systems Engineering Robert Allan Ltd. also provides the design of shipboard piping and machinery systems.

Propulsion And Power Systems Robert Allan Ltd.'s naval architectural staff provides: - propeller design, - propeller optimization and analysis, - remedial investigation of propulsion systems - speed and resistance prediction - speed and resistance analysis .

Vibration Analysis And Control Robert Allan Ltd. provides noise and vibration analysis and control ensuring the correct identification of both problems and solutions.

Marine Consultants And Engineers Robert Allan Ltd. is frequently required to perform analytical work related to a variety of maritime activities. This work includes: - Marine transportation systems - Economic analyses - Vessel operations - Construction cost estimates and evaluations - Provision of 'expert witness' services relating to ship design performance and stability. - Testing & Trials supervision - Noise and vibration analysis and control - Emergency repair analysis - Shaft system analysis - Propeller performance evaluation - Electrical systems design - Structural strain monitoring - Seakeeping trials - Speed and manoeuvring trials - Bollard pull trials - Stability analysis - Sound level measurements - Machinery and structural vibration measurement

Project/Program Management Robert Allan Ltd. manages and supervises large and small marine projects such as vessel construction and/or modifications and upgrades.

Model Testing Robert Allan Ltd. provides the services of model test management, supervision, analysis and reporting.

Naval Architects Robert Allan Ltd. has earned an international reputation for innovative, successful designs for a wide range of specialized workboats and small ships. Robert Allan Ltd.'s experience includes designs for hundreds of vessels of almost all types from small craft to ocean-going ferries and barges.

Underwater Technology

Marine Legal Consultancy Robert Allan Ltd. is frequently required to perform analytical work related to a variety of maritime activities. This work includes marine transportation systems, economic analyses, vessel operations, construction cost estimates and evaluations and the provision of 'expert witness' services relating to ship design, performance and stability.

Computer-aided Design And Drafting (cadd) Systems And Training Robert Allan Ltd. was a leader in introducing CADD technology into ship design offices in Canada. All design and drafting operations are now highly automated, based on more than 15 years in the medium. A wide range of software is available, both proprietary and in-house to expedite all aspects of the design process, including: - hull form development and lines-fairing, - shell and parts development for NC cutting - hydrostatics and stability - resistance and powering calculations - scantling calculations to Class rules - structural design - finite element analysis - piping system design - project management and scheduling

Engineering Calculations And Analysis Robert Allan Ltd.'s engineering staff offer consulting services in all aspects of marine engineering. Typical services include: - Stability analysis - Noise and vibration analysis and control - Emergency repair analysis - Propeller performance evaluation - Electrical systems design - Machinery and structural vibration measurement - Structural strain monitoring - Seakeeping Trials - Speed and manoeuvring trials - Bollard pull trials

Finite Element Analysis Robert Allan Ltd. provides Structural analysis using the Finite Element Method of overall vessel structure or components to determine stress and deflection characteristics.