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Session VII

Moderator: T.W. Allen, Depart- ment of the Navy. "Rupture Analysis of Ship Plating due to Hydrodynamic Wave Im- pact," by Prof. T. Wierzbicki,

Prof. C. Chryssostomidis, and C.

Wiernicki, Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology. "Simplified Buckling Strength Cri- teria for Plates Subjected to Biaxial

Compression and Lateral Pressure," by E. Steen and Dr. S. Valsgard,

A/S Veritec, Oslo. "Comparison of Experimental and

Predicted Collapse Pressures for

Stiffened Cylindrical Shells," by Dr.

M. Moussouros, Naval Surface

Weapons Center.

SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE

General Chairman, John S. Spencer

Technical Program, Dr. J.G. de Oliveira

Arrangements, William S. Siekieka

Publications, Trevor Lewis-Jones and

Richard W. Rumke

Treasurer, Theodore W. Chapman

Publicity, David B. Anderson

Registration, Lt. Randall Fiebrandt

Grandi Motori Merged With

State-Owned Italian Yards

In a restructuring of Italy's major marine industries, Grandi Motori

Trieste, the country's largest marine and industrial engine manufacturer, has been merged with seven Italian state-owned shipyards into a new company named Fincantieri-Can- tiere Navali Italiana S.p.A.

The merger involves Italcantieri,

Italy's largest merchant shipbuild- ing group, and Cantieri Navali Riu- niti of Genoa, a yard engaged main- ly in warship building and ship repairs. The newly formed company inherits all legal rights and obliga- tions of the previous companies, and will operate from a central office at 1 Via Genova, Trieste.

All correspondence relating to

Grandi Motori Trieste should be ad- dressed to Fincantieri SPA-G.M.T.

Division Grandi Motori, Bagnoli

Delia Rosandra 334, Trieste, Italy, where the company's head office and plant is established. Telephone (3940-8991) and telex (460274) numbers remain unchanged.

Brown & Root Announces

Corporate Reorganization

A new corporate organization structure for the land, marine and administrative operations of Brown & Root, Inc., Houston, Texas, has been announced by president T.

Louis Austin Jr.

Under the reorganization, Brown & Root, Inc. will operate as a hold- ing company, managing its interest in its various subsidiary companies.

The various operations of the com- pany will be divided into three sepa- rate corporate structures.

Marine operations, both domestic and international, will be performed by Brown & Root International, Inc.

October 1, 1984 61 (BRINT). B.E. Stallworth pres- ently executive vice president, Ma- rine Operations of Brown & Root,

Inc., will serve as president of the new company. North Sea and Mid- dle East operations will continue under existing subsidiary compa- nies.

Land-based operations in the

United States will be performed through Brown & Root Engineering and Construction, Inc. (BREC), with Jack. T. Gossett serving as president. Currently, he is executive vice president, Land Operations, for

Brown & Root Inc. Where possible, land-based international operations will be performed through a Pana- manian subsidiary of BREC to be called Brown & Root Engineering &

Construction International, Inc.

Many of the support services which previously have been pro- vided by Brown & Root, Inc., will be provided in the future by another new subsidiary to be known as

Brown & Root Services, Inc. (BRSI). D.E. Warfield, currently executive vice president, Finance and Administration, Brown & Root,

Inc., has been named president.

Implementation of this reorgani- zation will be carried out over sev- eral months and will require the routine transfer of most officers and employees of the present organiza- tion to one of the new companies with some remaining on the staff of

Brown & Root, Inc.

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