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Benefit from expert consultancy and technical advice across the full programme lifecycle - from local transformation to national strategy.
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Lee Hedd - North America

Business Development Manager

Ottawa, Canada

+1 613 592 2830 ship-design@bmtglobal.com

Governments face complex policy challenges. We provide expert support and guidance to help you deliver value, transparency, and accountability.

We help you navigate the full policy and delivery lifecycle - from visioning and decision-making to planning and implementation. By analysing challenges, evaluating options, and providing clear insight into cost, feasibility, and risk, we give you the confidence to make informed decisions.

You can rely on us to guide and manage complex, large-scale change programmes, working closely with your teams to shape effective policies and embed best practices. Our flexible, agile approach enables us to deliver strategic planning and advice to governments and agencies worldwide.

Tackling complex challenges in government

Local government

Helping communities build resilience via smarter flood forecasting, sustainable water management and environmental insight.

  • Resilience planning and environmental forecasting
  • Sustainable infrastructure management
  • Actionable environmental intelligence

Central government

Supporting national policy and decision-making, managing large-scale change from vision through implementation.

  • Strategic policy design and evaluation
  • Programme planning and delivery 
  • Cost, feasibility and risk analysis

Infrastructure

Delivering sustainable, resilient infrastructure projects combining marine design, construction and environmental modelling.

  • End-to-end marine & civil design 
  • Environmental impact & resilience modelling 
  • Sustainable infrastructure delivery

Defence

Ensuring readiness, innovation and resilience with strategic consultancy, naval design and asset sustainment.

  • Strategic defence planning and advice 
  • Naval / military asset design 
  • Sustainment and capability resilience

Ports

Helping ports expand safely and sustainably through smart engineering, simulation and environmental strategy. 

  • Port operations engineering 
  • Navigation and simulation services 
  • Environmental and safety strategies

Aquaculture

Empowering sustainable growth in aquaculture with advanced modelling, site selection and biosecurity tools. 

  • Site- and growth modelling
  • Biosecurity and environmental safeguard tools
  • Balanced production and ecosystem protection

Utilities

Supporting utilities facing ageing assets and growing demand via predictive monitoring, smart asset management and environmental modelling. 

  • Predictive and condition-based asset monitoring 
  • Asset life cycle management
  • Environmental and demand modelling

Shaping the solution with breadth and depth of capabilities

Business transformation

We help you adapt your processes, technology, and information flow to meet changing market and business needs.

  • Process re-design and change management
  • Portfolio, programme and project management (P3M, P30, P3C)
  • Digital service development and transformation

Cost modelling and analysis

We help you make procurement decisions with confidence through detailed cost insights.

  • Lifecycle cost modelling
  • Feasibility studies and risk assessments
  • Value for money assessments and option comparisons

Cybersecurity and systems engineering

We ensure your systems are secure, resilient, and fit for purpose through independent advice.

  • Cybersecurity risk assessment
  • Systems architecture and integration
  • Synthetic natural environment modelling

Digital services

We provide a complete lifecycle approach for our app and data services development service, from discovery to design, build and run.

  • Discovery and research
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Security and testing

Digital transformation

A successful digital transformation leaves your organisation with the ability to evolve to meet the demands of constant change.

  • Cyber security
  • Systems integration advisory
  • Visualisation and digital twins

Portfolios, programmes and project management

We apply our P3M, P3O, and P3C expertise to help you select and manage the entire process of delivering transformational change.

  • Programme and project management
  • PMO services and assurance
  • Cost modelling and analysis

Design of synthetic natural environments

Our suite of industry-leading navigational simulators include full mission bridges, dedicated 360 tug simulators, mini-bridge and desktop / laptop platforms.

  • Navigation simulation and training
  • Ship manoeuvering and hydrodynamic modelling
  • Autonomous and remote vessel simulation

Training consultancy

Integrating organisational and behavioural insights to enhance performance, our training supports the development of highly skilled personnel within a regulated environment.

  • Complex project skills development
  • Reliability and safety courses
  • Project and programme management training
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Turning complex data into confident decisions

TUFLOW

Hydraulic modelling suite

With high-resolution flood mapping, scenario-based risk assessments, and fast computation, it empowers engineers and planners to design resilient infrastructure and implement effective floodplain management strategies against extreme events.

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Deep Blue

Autonomous maritime data-as-a-service

Renewable-powered unmanned platforms and networked sensors collecting high-density metocean, environmental, and surveillance data. Delivered via secure, real-time analytics and visualization tools, it cuts costs, extends reach, enhances safety, and powers smarter marine operations.

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TUFLOW

2D Grid / Quadtree Mesh

High-resolution hydrodynamic modelling for complex water systems and terrain. Handle variable topography and flow conditions with adaptive mesh structures that improve simulation speed, accuracy, and detail in catchments, floodplains, and urban drainage.

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Success stories

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Planning service for UK National specialist policing

  • Enhanced, resilient PMO service
  • Whole-life programme oversight
  • Scalable change delivery capability
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Access Pass Holder Information Distribution System APHIDS, Home Office

  • MVP delivered and beta launched
  • Consuming UK airport data
  • National roll‑out across airports
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Requirements definition and validation for the Home Office

  • 600 requirements rationalised effectively
  • Stakeholder communications re-established
  • Improved system-ready replacement defined
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Transforming Rehabilitation Programme for the Ministry of Justice

  • Small but significant reoffending reduction
  • Extended supervision for short-term prisoners
  • Collaborative 'through-the-gate' delivery model
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PMO Service for UK National Specialist Policing

  • PMO confidence rating improved
  • Enhanced governance and reporting
  • Skills transferred to project managers
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UK Ministry of Defence Police Multi-Vessel Delivery Secured

  • Designed 18 high-speed patrol vessels for coastal protection and force security
  • Delivered hybrid propulsion and integrated C4ISR systems for operational efficiency
  • Strengthened UK maritime law enforcement across naval bases nationwide
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