by GeorgeWebManHopperE | Mar 28, 2021 | Shipbuilding and Marine
Challenge: Provide structural support to carry new skiff to the extant fire boat structure while minimizing interference with the main deck. Resolution: Our engineering team designed a system that supported the introduction of a skiff to a support structure without...
by GeorgeWebManHopperE | Mar 28, 2021 | Shipbuilding and Marine
Challenge: Remediate the heavily damaged walers (sheet pile support beams) in order to prevent failure of the sheet pile system. Resolution: Our visual inspection of the sheet pile support system found localized severe damage at various areas along the walers. At a...
by GeorgeWebManHopperE | Mar 28, 2021 | Shipbuilding and Marine
Challenge: An evaluation of MOT structures and equipment for slope instability was performed by others. Their assessment of existing conditions along with recommended improvements was excessive. HEA was asked to perform more rigorous analyses of the soil-structure...
by GeorgeWebManHopperE | Mar 28, 2021 | Shipbuilding and Marine
Challenge: In order to reduce the likelihood of heavy metal discharges into the bay, this facility shutoff their graving docks dewatering system. As a result, both the walls and the slab had to be re-evaluated for external water pressure due to groundwater, thereby...
by GeorgeWebManHopperE | Mar 28, 2021 | Shipbuilding and Marine
Challenge: A specialized set of jack columns are required to support a ship during construction in a dry dock. The custom jack design must give allow for the non-uniform underside of the vessel, the heavy weight of the ship blocks, height adjustability, as well as...
by GeorgeWebManHopperE | Mar 28, 2021 | Shipbuilding and Marine
Challenge: Seaweed and floating debris regularly bypass the existing filtering screens and clog the intake pumps, which are the primary source of the water supply, at a large refinery. New screens must be designed to filter with higher efficiency and also to allow...
