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REPAIR & CONVERSION

Vigor commissioned a custom docu- RV Sally Ride ? ve years ago to help in

RV Roger Revelle Re? t ment control system that allowed key the process. “A lot of our choices were ‘By the Numbers’ partners to upload, review, comment driven by that familiarity with vendors, • Value: $60m and approve documents on a shared our crew’s familiarity with equipment,” • Shipyard contract value: $43.8m web based platform.” said Mauricio. “We felt that if the crew • Workers: 1,000 – including “We made the mistake in the past by is more interchangeable and you’re fa- subcontractors and vendors.

having different vendors supply equip- miliar with equipment, we can keep our • Duration: 14 months ment,” said Mauricio. “The integration boats in better condition.” (April 15, 2019 – July 3, 2020).

is always dif? cult, and on a retro? t like A point of focus too, for all machin- • Cable: more than 21.75 miles of cable this, it’s one of the biggest deals. It’s ery was to mitigate noise and vibration. installed.

inevitable that if you have multiple ven- “We have learned a lot about power • Pipe: More than 3 miles of pipe in- dors with multiple equipment there is management and ef? ciency,” said stalled.

always a problem, but it’s always ‘his Mauricio. “We incorporated all of that problem, not mine.’” when we did the designs for the new

To that end, according to Mauricio, propulsion systems. (Critical was keep- minimizing the number of vendors and use COTS equipment ing the vessel quiet as) Bruce’s sonars, their data, relies on was critical, as when the ship was built it included a broad the vessel being extremely quiet as far as noise transmitted diversity of equipment and manufacturers, which ultimately through the hulls.” made the ship more dif? cult (and costly) to service. “Our To that end much time and effort was expended in the en- goal here was to simplify everything in common off-the-shelf gineering phase to evaluate noise sources and devise means equipment,” and it was able to use experience building the to mitigate. “Nothing makes direct contact with the hull; to

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