
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

The Board of Directors
Advanced Technical Products, Inc.

      We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements
(No. 333-19759, 333-52885 and 333-66817) on Form S-8 of Advanced Technical
Products, Inc. of our report dated April 28, 2000, except as to Note 7, which is
as of May 16, 2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Advanced
Technical Products, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998, and
the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss),
and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
1999, which report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form 10-K
of Advanced Technical Products, Inc.

Atlanta, Georgia
May 22, 2000

