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Construction Technology services

Examples of Appledore international assignments:

¨ Hyundai Mipo Shipyard, Korea:  New shipyard design and engineering project including layouts, detail design, equipment specification and procurement, systems specification, project management and installation, recruitment and training.

¨ Daewoo Okpo Shipyard, Korea:  New shipyard design and engineering project similar to Hyundai Mipo.

¨ Waigaoqiao Shipyard, China:  New shipyard development project including market study, facilities design and costing, equipment specifications, operating systems specification, human resources issues and financial appraisal.

¨ Pipavav Shipyard, India:  New shipbuild and shiprepair yard for naval and commercial vessels, including facilities development and costing, market study, competitive review, business plan and financial appraisal.

¨ Major Naval Shipbuilder, India:  Redevelopment of existing naval shipyard, including recommendations on facilities improvements for faster build times and better productivity.  Detailed layouts, engineering, equipment specification and selection.

¨ Salalah, Oman:  Development of design, specification and costing of a new shiprepair facility, based on a market and competition analysis.

¨ Kuwait Shiprepair Company:  Proposals for upgrading of facilities, working methods, production and support functions’ procedures.

¨ Eregli Shipyard, Turkey:  Overall shipyard layout, workflows, cranage and transportation definition for a new greenfield site.

¨ Vickers Shipbuilding & Engineering, UK:  Conversion of a pipework facility for nuclear and conventional submarines to a facility for volume production of pipes for surface warships.  Included layouts, workflows and equipment specification.

¨ Cammell Laird Shipbuilders, UK:  Shipyard redevelopment including up-to-date steelwork facilities, a covered construction hall and adoption of advanced outfitting methods for building of naval and commercial vessels.

¨ Schelde Shipbuilding, Holland:  Review of facilities, operational plans and their costs.  Provision of alternative options for the shipyard.

¨ Vosper Thorneycroft, UK:  Review of operation of steelwork facilities for building small to medium sized warships.

¨ Kherson Shipyard, Ukraine:  Recommendations for build strategy, materials flow, materials handling and production processes for the yard’s planned move to build stainless steel tanked chemical carriers.

¨ Korean Shipyard:  Review of the company’s proposals for a new shipyard facility including alternatives for the layout and operation.

Rounded Rectangle: Key Consultancy Services

Ship Design for Production and Build Strategies

 

Shipbuild and Repair Yard Design and Redevelopment

 

Machinery Selection and Specification

 

Materials Handling Upgrading

 

Steel Production Line Design and Balancing

 

Building Hall and Building Dock Projects

 

Civil Works and Infrastructure Services

 

Cutting and Welding Technologies

 

Outfitting Methods and Facilities Optimisation

 

Costing and Payback Studies

 

Implementation Management

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