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Cascade General has forged a solid reputation for technical excellence and on-time delivery, even in the face of the most challenging jobs.

For example, late last year Capitano

Giovanni's (a 738-ft. (225-m), 74,500- dwt ship) rudder broke in mid-Pacific.

Cascade, which had a signed order in hand as the ship was being towed in, started the process of fabricating the new rudder from the original designs.

Cascade consulted with Fincantieri, the ship's builder, to establish an auto-CAD interface and to receive all CAD data for the replacement rudder via e-mail.

More than 70,000 pounds of locally supplied ABS Grade A steel were cut on computer-controlled equipment, and assembly was in progress by a team of certified welders within days of the con- tract signing.

Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), which has much expertise in both the naval and commercial repair & conver- sion markets, recently was awarded a

U.S. Navy contract modification valued at $88.5 million for maintenance work on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65).

The NNS-built ship is expected to arrive at the company in August for sev- eral months of maintenance. Work dur- ing the ESRA will include enhance- ments to crew living and dining areas; re-decking of two elevators; repairs and inspections on a variety of ship systems; and maintenance on reactor plants to ensure continued safe operation of the ship.

Victaulic Acquires Brico

Victaulic Co. of America has acquired

Brico Industries Inc., a leading maker of mechanical pipe joining systems, spe- cializing in large diameter connections.

Brico will continue to operate under the direction of Donald Bridges, president, and will also continue operations in

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MMC Starts FPSO Review

In the spring, the Minerals Manage- ment Service (MMS) awarded a con- tract for preparation of an environmen- tal impact statement on the possible use of floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) systems in the Gulf of Mexico. FPSO's are increasingly being deployed worldwide for the effi- cient production of offshore fields, how- ever none are currently in use in the

Gulf of Mexico.

While the contract for the study has been issued, U.S. yards should not hold their breath waiting for FPSO contracts to flood in anytime soon, as the nearly

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