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INSIGHTS

Mike Fitzpatrick

All photos: Robert Allan Ltd.

elor of Engineering in naval architecture. Prior to joining

President and CEO,

RAL, he worked as a naval architect at InCat Designs in

Sydney Australia.

Robert Allan, Ltd.

As tug designs continue to evolve, what are some of the key ways that Robert Allan Ltd. is helping to make obert Allan Ltd. is a consulting naval architectural these vessels safer, greener and more cost ef? cient? ? rm, established in Vancouver, Canada in 1930.

Mike Fitzpatrick has been a driving force in the Robert Allan Ltd. has made a considerable investment company’s growth since joining the ? rm in 2003. in the development of some very sophisticated design tools

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As a key member of the initial employee ownership group, – in particular computational ? uid dynamics (CFD) and he was named president and CEO in 2015, responsible for ? nite element analysis (FEA). CFD allows us to accurately corporate direction, business development, management predict the characteristics of a vessel in ways that are not of senior project managers, and project priorities, sched- possible with conventional empirical methods. CFD also ules and pro? tability. Fitzpatrick is a 1995 graduate of the help us design hull shapes that are more ef? cient and there-

University of New South Wales in Australia, with a Bach- fore have better fuel economy. FEA allows us to calculate

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