Bristol Harbor Group contracted to continue working with USACE Marine Design Center

Rendering of mat sinking unit. [Image courtesy Bristol ]Harbor Group, Inc.

Bristol, R.I. headquartered Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI) has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to provider naval architecture and marine engineering services for the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Philadelphia District, Marine Design Center.

The contract continues BHGI’s partnership with the Marine Design Center (MDC).

Among the projects BHGI has worked on for the USACE have been retrofits, finite element analyses, electric load analyses, vibration analyses, and computational fluid dynamics analyses as well as barge, towboat and dredge design.

In partnership with MDC since 2010, BHGI and the MDC team have worked on a wide variety of projects both for the USACE and other federal agencies, including the USCG and NASA.These projects have included designing and engineering the modifications to lengthen the NASA barge Pegasus (from 260 ft to 310 ft) in order to carry the Space Launch System from Louisiana to Cape Kennedy, Fla; investigating the viability of using various types of biodiesel on USACE vessels; performing a structural checks and providing structural modifications for crane barges; and performing an acoustical analysis of a replacement towboat, among other tasks.

Some of the more recent projects BHGI has worked on include designing the new mat boat, Armor One, for the Mat Sinking Unit; designing, sizing and specifying details for a wicket lifting system and maintenance crane for the Olmsted Locks and Dams Wicket Lifter; developing the design for the Quad Cities crane barge which was recently delivered; design work and technical assistance to modify and develop a multipurpose vessel design for the National Park Service serving the Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island; and developing a contract level design for the Driftmaster II. The Driftmaster II will include a new hybrid-diesel-electric power system.

BHGI was tasked to perform a ship check on the existing Bank Grader Unit and to develop contract level design drawings and calculations for a floating crane supporting a dragline machine. BHGI was also tasked to develop a Waterways Commerce Cutter ATON Indicative Design.

BHGI says it has built a strong professional relationship with the USACE MDC over the past decade and looks forward to being tasked with a variety of challenging projects over the next five years.