Simon Mckay

at Brooks Bell

Speaker

Simon is a Chartered Naval Architect with a Master's degree in Naval Architecture and Small Craft Engineering. Simon joined Brookes Bell in 2011, having previously worked for Babcock Integrated Technology at Rosyth Dockyard providing engineering support to the refit projects within the yard.

Since joining Brookes Bell, Simon has worked on a number of technical investigations into the causes of marine failures and new build disputes, including flooding analyses and structural failures. He has attended salvage and wreck removal operations, providing support and assessing the strength and stability of the casualty throughout the refloat process. Simon also has experience of conducting structural damage surveys, draught surveys and incline experiments.

Simon has extensive structural analysis experience, applying Classification Society and other regulatory rules for verification of new build designs and vessel modifications. Simon is an experienced user of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software to analyse a wide variety of marine structures, against design rules and also to determine residual strength post damage.