Technical

Our team of four combines over 100 years of small craft experience with more than 75 years industry working knowledge and three qualified naval architects/chartered engineers. This is bolstered with a range of specialist technical consultants and manufacturing professionals on call to provide additional, expert advice and guidance.

Our principal work covers :

The Recreational Craft Directive (RCD) and associated harmonised standards (ISO)
Commercial and charter vessel and operating codes from Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)
The inland waterways Boat Safety Scheme (BSS)
Health and safety legislation from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
Manufacturing process improvement from the Manufacturing Advisory Service
Composites processing technology supported by the National Composites Network.

We provide output in a variety of formats including :

Quarterly Technical Report
RCD CDROM
H&S Guide
BMEA Code for Electrical Installations
Technical information sheets

We manage the Manufacturer’s Identity Codes (MIC) register on behalf of the Department Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR, ex-DTI), and represent the marine industry in national and international standards development.

What our Members say about this service...

Working with the BMF technical team, we grew our applications knowledge more in two years than in the previous 20.

James Grazebrook, HALYARD LIMITED

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