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Naval shipbuilding and MRO

Naval refits and repairs fail on interference: many trades in small compartments, and test phases run one after another. We plan by zone, run integration in parallel at sub-unit level, and bring the navy and the equipment makers into the work as partners.

Fixed dates, crowded compartments, and an owner who must sign every test.

When to call us

You may recognize these.

  • Every project in a refit programme is delivered late.
  • Outfit installation stalls in crowded compartments.
  • Harbour and sea acceptance trials are planned in series, with months still to go.
  • The navy, the equipment makers and the yard work to different schedules.

What we do

The work, step by step

  1. 01

    Zone-based TACT planning for refits

    One team in one compartment at a time, planned in conversation with the foremen and supervisors who will do the work.

  2. 02

    Parallel system integration

    Mechanical completion, setting-to-work, harbour and sea trials closed sub-unit by sub-unit, with clean handovers between trades.

  3. 03

    Countdown management with the navy

    Test criteria broken down to small units and signed off jointly, with outstanding items tracked to zero day by day.

  4. 04

    MRO business process

    Onboard surveys and production preparation completed before the contract, so the work starts ready.

The method behind it
Zone-based TACT planningBaton-touchIdeal RealityThe approach →

Evidence

Where it has been done

7 of 7naval projects on time, after seven late onesBoustead Naval Shipyard, 2013–201714→7months of system integration on the SLEP-2 corvetteBoustead Naval Shipyard, 201478outstanding items closed with the navy in fifteen daysShin Yang Shipyard, 2019

How we usually engage

Usually a project recovery on the programme that is late, then the MRO process for the ones that follow.

Ways to work with us →
Other service areasShipyard turnaroundRecovering a yard that is late, losing money, or both, with the docks, cranes and people it already has.Production systemsOne visible beat for the whole yard, from steel cutting to sea trial, with engineering and procurement working to it.People and organizationForemen who run their own teams, managers present on the floor, and a school that keeps the basics alive.

Tell us about your yard.

Where it is today, where it needs to be, and by when. We will say plainly whether we can help.

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