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COMPANY PROFILE

Guide Perla Expands Ship Design Capal ith Computer Interface

Founded in 197^»f?uido Perf\&

Associates, Inp^GPA) of Seattle

Wash., in^milly designed and supervisee the building of large catchp^processor fish boats and tuna clippers. The firm has since performed naval architecture and marine engineering projects involving ferries, offshore ser boats, yachts, catamarap^^md ^ther fast passenger be jloyingmjyig^ian 30 people, including experts in ship design and engineering, GPA designs and builds gaming vessels and new classes of harbor tugs. GPA's expe- rience encompasses tell phases of ship design, from feasibility stud- ies through contract and detail design to production ei shipyard inspection and contract administration.

GPA naval architects and engi- neers apply extensive knowledge of flagStiip

Ship design software for the professional."11

Hullform Design

Structural Design

Stability/Hydrostatics

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Maneuvering

Seakeeping

Manufacturing

Production Management

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OWENS MFG.& SPECIALTY COMPANY, INC. commercial and passenger vessel design to projects, supported by th^^ajriitutiii>Msof computer-aided [esign and engineering. Guido

Perla will also coordinate interior decorating and outfitting firms for total solutions.

The company/ reportedly pio- neered the usey of computers in numerical control lofting of steel and aluminum. Structural parts are develop/d in the computer using information describing size and location. They are pro- grammed Ivith data indicating assembly uiformation such as flanging, frame, water or buttock lines and end i^eatments as applic- able.

Parts are nesteS^n plate stock and appropriate numerical codes are generated. All par® are shown on three-dimensional assembly drawings providing a fheck of all parts generated. This/results in a turnkey package of iformation for cutting, fabricating and assem- bling the structure components of a vessel. To dalM, GPA has lofted over 25,000 Ion/tons of steel.

Detailed pr^luction information is also provided for mechanical and electrical /istribution systems.

Piping ana wireways are initially routed on lomposite drawings.

As eachlarea is completed, indi- vidual pipte spool pieces are extracted and fully detailed for shop fabrication. This level of pro- duction suppoow greatly reduces fabrication and assembly time and lends itself to mod\ar shipbuild- ing methods.

Guido Perla recenlly completed design and detail enmneering for a 260-ft. anchor handtfng supply ves- sel for a European Company for use in the U.S., as wdfi as preliminary designs and engineering for the 120-ft. Protects^ class tugs built by

Nichols Brothers Boat Builders for

Crowley Marine Services, Inc.

GPA a/o provided production engineering for two casino boats now unjfier construction. Majestic

Star, / 360-ft., 3,500-passenger vessel^^lesigned for Barden

Developme!tt^OTp., will operate out of BuffingtonrS^rbor, Ind. The other boat is a 348-\., 3,500 pas- senger vessel designaa for Indiana

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The firm was Jlso involved in the arrangement of modularized passenger staterooms for installa- tion in Amm-ican Hawaiian

Cruises' SS Independence.

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