Leapfrog Technology to Standardize Equipment and System Installations

Abstract

Leapfrog Technology is defined within this project as a holistic, cost effective approach to combining and applying innovative yet simple products and processes concurrently throughout various departments including engineering, fabrication shops, and production stages of construction. The present technology for designing, manufacturing, and installing equipment foundations and systems is labor intensive and is often on the critical path of ship construction. The lowest total installed costs will be achieved through the streamlining or elimination of these labor-intensive tasks. This project will give the tools, products and approach necessary to minimize the completely installed costs for foundations and hangering systems in the form of a manual including ten deliverables, a complete set of standards for foundations and hangers, a scantling selection computer program using Microsoft Excel, and this final report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA455829

Entities

People

  • Dominic Burns
  • John Hopkinson

Organizations

  • National Steel and Shipbuilding Company

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contractors
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Geometry
  • Manufacturing
  • Marine Systems (Military)
  • Materials
  • Naval Architecture
  • Shipbuilding
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Standards
  • Three Dimensional
  • Time Studies

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Software Engineering