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MarAd Awards $4,250,848

In Contracts To Improve

Productivity of U.S. Yards

The Maritime Administration has awarded $4,250,848 in con- tracts for 10 projects designed to improve the productivity of U.S. shipyards and to reduce the cost of building ships in the United

States.

All projects are part of the Na- tional Shipbuilding Research Pro- gram. Results will be shared throughout the U.S. shipbuilding community.

Summaries of the activities, in- cluding funding to be provided by the government, follow: • Shipbuilding Facilities Im- provement Program, sponsored by

Avondale Shipyards Inc., New Or- leans, La. Projects include studying and reducing costs asso- ciated with moving personnel onto a ship and about a shipyard; inves- tigating the storage of pipe in ship- yards and developing and demon- strating new methods, if indicated; and developing and implementing an on-line material control system.

Contract amount: $561,848. • Shipbuilding Welding Im- provement Program, sponsored by

Newport News Shipbuilding and

Drydock Co., Newport News, Va.

Projects include developing a de- sign and planning manual for cost- effective welding; writing a specifi- cation for a shipbuilding robotic welding system; reviewing auto- mated, recordable ultrasonic in- spection projects; developing an acceptable Eddy Current inspec- tion method for ferrous surface flaws; evaluating benefits of the new high-strength, low-alloy steels; and developing standard test methods and values for hydro- gen deposited in weld metal. Con- tract amount: $545,000. • Shipbuilding Design/Produc- tion Intergration Program, also sponsored by Newport News Ship- building and Drydock Co. Projects include briefing shipyards and de- sign agencies on the efficient utili- zation of the recently developed "Design for Production Manual"; preparing a report on information needed from design/engineering departments by planning and pro- duction departments of shipyards; identifying information flow re- quirements for the design and pro- curement processes; examining the transition from system to zone production; and developing archi- tecture and flow diagrams for a system which will produce piping arrangement and detail drawings.

Contract amount: $515,000. • Shipbuilding Production Aids

Program, sponsored by Todd Pa- cific Shipyards Corp., San Pedro,

Calif. Projects include creating a publication on U.S. shipbuilding accuracy; studying and applying quality circles as production aids; and identifying a safety and health program to be used as an aid in zone-oriented production. Con- tract amount: $390,000. • Shipbuilding Education and

Training Program, contract awarded to University of Michi- gan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Projects include establishing a professional journal on ship production; con- tinuing a microfiche preparation, indexing and distribution service; supporting the preparation of a video taped lecture course on basic naval architecture; improving shipyard communication skills; evaluating European training con- cepts; developing a course on su- pervision; developing a modular training system for new employees; and developing an instructional syllabus for use with the "Design for Production Manual." Contract amount: $470,000. • Shipbuilding Industrial Engi- neering Program, sponsored by

Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me. Proj- ects include improving planning and ship loading in shipyard pro- duction shops; developing ship- yard training packages on indus- trial engineering procedures; train- ing shipyard personnel in the ana- lytical techniques of methods engi- neering; reporting on the optimal use of industrial engineering tech-

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