Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. is a naval architecture and marine engineering firm offering a wide range of design, engineering, and analysis services. Naval architecture is at the core of our business and focuses on the design of floating structures such as barges (i.e. non-self-propelled vessels), tugboats, passenger vessels, ships, oil platforms or yachts. The science of naval architecture centers on hull design from both hydrostatic and hydrodynamic perspectives, as well from an arrangement and structural standpoint. This includes strength and stability analyses, as well as resistance and performance prediction studies. Many other design and engineering efforts required for vessel construction are also performed by Bristol Harbor Group, Inc., and can be found under the tabs for Marine Engineering  and Consulting Services.

Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. utilizes state of the art computer modeling and design tools together with time honored design practices to develop innovative and functional designs that meet our customers' diverse requirements. We use a variety of design and engineering software including, AutoCAD, Rhino, Autodesk Nastran, FEMAP, GHS and IronCAD. BHGI also utilizes Orca Marine's Simerics CFD software to perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analyses.

We pride ourselves on our attention to detail and ability to listen to our clients’ needs, and to deliver on those requirements.