McLaren’s depth of experience and expertise encompasses all aspects of marina and shipyard engineering including berths and moorings, facilities, piers, floating docks, pilings, launch ramps, slip lifts and the surrounding coastal waters.
Our team is also skilled in the identification of damage and deterioration, the evaluation of cause and significant findings, and the development of constructible, durable repairs of waterfront structures.
In the early days, Mal was a driving force behind the concept of the “engineer-as-diver” profession, combining his passion for recreational diving with his skills as a professional engineer to offer underwater investigative services. Today as Executive Chairman of the Board he provides his out-of-the-box thinking, passion for innovation, and technical guidance to our full-service team that has been performing marina engineering services from inspection to design across the world.
For over 40 years, McLaren has been known as an industry leader in waterfront development, rehabilitation, investigation and inspection of marinas worldwide. Our marine engineers, P.E. divers, coastal experts and in-house team of surveyors, structural engineers, civil engineers and construction engineering specialists have provided unparalleled service to over 400 marina projects including: