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England Section March 23, 2005 On March 23rd, 2005, Mr. Thomas Brewton addressed the Society’s New England Section. The paper he presented was entitled “Integrating the Shipbuilding Business Model”. Mr. Brewton is a partner at Marine Management Consulting, LLC, a Webb Graduate, and has over 20 years of professional experience in the management consulting and shipbuilding industries. Mr. Brewton started his presentation by laying out some of the ways in which current US shipyards balance the technical aspects of ship development (engineering, construction management) and the business side (interaction with the clients, procurement, financial management). These processes have tended to be quite distinct operations runningparallel throughout most phases of the ship building process, with information flowing back and forth between the engineering and business arms of the business in an ad hoc fashion. The result is an organization in which nobody has a complete picture of the activities of the yard, and nobody understands how their decisions have the potential to affect the entire business. Mr. Brewton made the case that by adopting some best practices found in other industries it may be possible to improve the ways in which US shipbuilding does business. At the core of these practices is the idea that shipyards should focus on developing processes that are business-centric, as opposed to being product-centric. Some of the solutions presented in his presentation were: -
Creating a business centric strategy Wrapping up his presentation Mr. Brewton suggested that the ideas outlined in the presentation represent an evolution from current practices (as opposed to a revolution), and that tighter integration of business and technology in our industry could contribute to its future health.
At the conclusion of his presentation Mr. Brewton answered some questions from the audience; Finally Cory Wood, our section’s Chairman, accompanied by Mr. John Ringelberg, SNAME’s Atlantic North East Regional Vice-President, presented Mr. Brewton with a certificate of appreciation from the section.
April 21, 2005 by Dexter Hoag First Class Cadets from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy presented their capstone design projects at a combined meeting of the New Section of SNAME and the Southern New England Section of ASNE. The meeting was hosted by at the USCGA in McAllister Hall with refreshments and a light buffet dinner followed by three interesting presentations and discussions on the deigns that the students have spent the 2004-2005 academic year completing. The design groups started with the Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter Performance Specifications last August. The specifications include requirements such as approximately 350 ft in length, 3200 LT, maximum crew of 84, hanger support for two helicopters and a stern launch ramp for small boats. Each design group was assigned slightly different maximum speed requirements, which will serve as a cadet trade-off study for this new Deepwater platform. Since then each team created a ship which satisfies the mission requirements. 22, 26 and 28 knot variants were designed. The presentations covered the cadets’ trip through the design process including: generation of hull form, general arrangements, intact and damaged stability analysis, seakeeping analysis, midship section design, propulsion plant design, model testing, electrical distribution, HVAC design, piping system design, cost analysis, and crewing considerations.
San
Diego Section March 17, 2005 The San Diego Section met on March 17th, 2005 at Fiddlers Green Restaurant. Our first order of business included an update to our South West Section. Our presenter for the evening was Dr. Ivan Juraga Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture University of Zagrev, Croatia. The topic of Dr. Juraga's presentation was " Croatian Shipbuilding today". Doctor Juraga started by describing the current situation in Croatia and describing the Geography of the Major shipbuilding areas in the Adriatic Coast of Croatia. He presented information about Istria, Kvaerner & Primorje and Dalmatia where all major Shipyards are located. Shipbuilding in Croatia had been in decline since the war with Serbia and the split of all former Republic of Yugoslavia. However that is in the past, Croatia is currently looking into the future to increase throughput in the Shipbuilding Industry. Currently it holds 5th place Worldwide producing a total of 45 ships per year and a throughput of 2.2 million DWT. Major Shipyards in Croatia include Uljanik, Maj Rijeka, Kraljevica, Trojir and Brodosplit. The University of Zagrev's Engineering department has had a major partnership with all the shipyards including Research and Development, focusing in new welding technologies and Corrosion prevention. At the completion of Dr Juraga's presentation he was presented with a certificate of Appreciation from George Sidney (Section Chair).
Southwest
Section April 21, 2005 The South West Section met on April 21st, 2005 at Fiddlers Green Restaurant. Our first order of business was to present our co-host Steve Rock and his staff from Fiddler's Green a certificate of appreciation for the great service they have provided for years. The Nominating committee is working on Officer nominations and upcoming elections and this date was the official inaguration of the South West Section. Our presenter was Dave Wenner from NAVSEA in Port Hueneme, California. The presentation " Replenishment at Sea an Evolution" is a representation in detail on the evolution of U.S. Navy Unnrep operations from the start of the century up to today and how the Navy got the T-AKE program. The presentation gave us an insight as to when the U.S. Navy began utilizing tensioned systems to transfer cargo from Ship to Ship and also the need to transfer weapons including missiles that drive the current requirements even today. Dave went ahead and explained the intent to standardize the equipment and station design by having the government keep and maintain a set of guidance and detail drawings pertaining Replenishment operations and Equipment design and manufacture. At the end of the presentation Dave was presented with a certificate of appreciation from George Sidney, Section Chair.
Northern
California Section May 12-14, 2005 The Northern California Section hosted a two-day meeting of the Pacific Region Sections at the California Maritime Academy in Vallejo, CA on May 13th and 14th. Passenger Vessels of the New Millennium was the theme of the technical program, which included a wide range of presentations addressing innovative ferry and cruise ship designs, advanced propulsion technologies and the environmental impacts of these vessels.
This conference was a continuation of the California Joint Sections Meetings, which date back to 1960. The technical papers presented by authors from the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii and Northern California Sections generated numerous stimulating discussions. The program also included a panel discussion concerning The Future of Municipal Water Transit. Panelists enthusiastically represented the sometimes competitive interests of local government agencies, naval architects, marine engineers, and water transit managers in the development of an economically viable and environmentally sensitive ferry service. The forty-three conference attendees included students from the University of California at Berkeley and the Maritime Academy. The Northern California Section was pleased to welcome Bruce Rosenblatt to the conference, and he graciously shared his perspective on recent SNAME initiatives with all of the attendees. Cal Maritime provided an enjoyable waterfront venue for social activities at the conference, including an evening reception and barbecue dinner. Following the dinner conference attendees and their guests were treated to a documentary film, Queen Mary 2 – The New Queen of the Sea, by Rob Rombout.
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