Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific has awarded a $2.8-billion task order below a previously-awarded contract to Dragados/Hawaiian Dredging/Orion JV, primarily based in Honolulu, Hawaii, to switch Dry Dock 3 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF).
The companions within the JV are:
The deliberate five-year Pearl Harbor dry dock substitute venture will assemble a brand new graving dock, to be designated Dry Dock 5, to help the shipyard’s capacity to proceed serving the Navy many years into the longer term by sustaining and modernizing the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s nuclear-powered submarines.
The shipyard’s Dry Dock 3 will change into functionally out of date as soon as the Navy’s Los Angeles-class submarines are now not in service. The dry dock, in-built 1942, can not service Virginia-class submarines or bigger floor ships.
“As part of the Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP), replacing Dry Dock 3 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is a critical enabler of increased naval capability,” stated Pete Lynch, program government officer for Industrial Infrastructure, who oversees SIOP. “This project is a key investment in increasing capacity and modernizing our nation’s public shipyards through upgraded dry docks and facilities, new equipment, and improved workflow.”
The Navy is investing closely in shipyard infrastructure for nuclear-powered warships. The Navy established SIOP to extend throughput on the 4 public shipyards by updating their bodily structure, upgrading and modernizing their dry docks, and changing antiquated capital gear with trendy instruments and applied sciences. It says that SIOP is a holistic funding plan that when totally executed will ship required dry dock repairs and upgrades to help present and deliberate future lessons of nuclear-powered plane carriers and submarines, optimize workflow throughout the shipyards by vital modifications to their bodily structure, and recapitalize industrial plant gear with trendy know-how that can considerably improve productiveness and security.
“We look forward to working with Dragados/Hawaiian Dredging/Orion JV, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, and all our stakeholders on this project over the next several years in order to deliver this critical capability to the Fleet,” stated Capt. Steve Padhi, commanding officer of Officer in Charge of Construction (OICC) Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. “The project team and cooperating agencies have gone above and beyond to set the conditions for success. We have incorporated lessons learned and best practices from other dry dock projects and field offices across the Navy, and we have consulted with our construction contractors early in order to confidently meet the requirements we’ve been given. My OICC team and I are ready to get started on this historic effort.”
