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be shared and personnel strengths and resources can be rapidly identified for matching to project enquiries and upcoming needs.

John Gallagher, who has resumed his previous position as president of the

Arlington-based BMT subsidiary

Designers & Planners after three years as BMT Group chief executive in the

U.K., is long experienced in collabora- tive methods of working and is a leading advocate of using combined capabilities to optimum effect. In an overview of group activities, Gallagher said "a par- ticularly encouraging trend is the pool- ing of resources by our companies to provide a tailored response to given business opportunities."

For instance, the specialist skills of five group firms have been drawn together in assisting the U.K.' s Mar- itime & Coastguard Agency determine a long-term management strategy for the 1944 wreck of the munitions ship

Richard Montgomery in the Thames

Estuary. As a further demonstration of joint endeavors, several BMT compa- nies in the U.K.. U.S. and Sweden are involved in a multiple cableship design project, pooling areas of specialist

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