BMT Isis wins safety case contract from Australian Navy

25-Apr-2008

BMT Isis Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, is ensuring the safety of submarine rescue on behalf of the Royal Australian Navy.

The Bath-based company has been awarded a contract worth over £250,000 by the Australian Defence Material Organisation (DMO) to produce a Safety Case Report (SCR) for the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) Submarine Escape and Rescue Service (SERS).

SERS is called into action when a submarine needs to be evacuated in an emergency, due to malfunction, accident or attack.

The contract requires in-country presence during the early part of 2008 with a draft of the SCR to be in place by the end of April.

The SCR is to cover all elements of the SERS including the Submersible Rescue Vehicle (REMORA), the Launch and Recovery System (LARS), the Transfer Under Pressure (TUP) facility and the Deck Decompression Chambers (DDC). The SCR is required to provide assurance to the DMO that when REMORA and the LARS are re-introduced into service after refurbishment and enhancement, risks arising from the operation of SERS are acceptable and As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP).

John Hutchison, BMT Isis's Managing Director says, "BMT Isis is very pleased to have been selected to undertake the development of the safety case for the Royal Australian Navy's Submarine Escape and Rescue Service, which will draw on our experience of the current UK Submarine Rescue System and the soon to be introduced NATO Submarine Rescue System".

The project is being managed by BMT Isis's Steve Golder who has already spent time with the Collins Class Special Programme Office on Garden Island, Rockingham, Western Australia, undertaking the initial information gathering phase of the task. Steve is being supported by John Turner and Katie Wildman, both of whom will spend time in Australia throughout the programme.