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A Guide to Ship Repair Estimates in Man-hours
- 2nd Edition - May 17, 2012
- Author: Don Butler
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 8 2 6 2 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 8 2 8 0 - 9
Expert ship surveyor Don Butler shares a lifetime’s ship repair costing experience in this unique resource for accurate cost estimation and planning Includes hard to com… Read more
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Request a sales quoteExpert ship surveyor Don Butler shares a lifetime’s ship repair costing experience in this unique resource for accurate cost estimation and planning
- Includes hard to come by information on typical ship repair labor expectations for accurate man-hour forecasting and cost estimation
- Produced for marine engineers and marine industry professionals to aid with repair specification and negotiation, helping you to plan work and budgets more reliably
- Uses man-hours as opposed to particular rates or currencies, providing a long-term model for pricing regardless of location, rate fluctuation or inflation
Bringing together otherwise scattered details on specific repair and dry-docking activities, this invaluable guide will save you time and improve the accuracy of your ship repair estimates. Don’t plan or commission work without it!
Don Butler is a fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineers and a member of Society of Consulting Marine Engineers and Ship Surveyors, UK.
- Made up of very hard to come by information on typical ship repair labor expectations for accurate man-hour forecasting and cost estimation
- Produced for marine engineers and marine industry professionals to save time, aid in repair negotiation and help companies to plan more reliably
- Man-hour listings assist in long-term pricing, meaning the book content remains valid regardless of currency, rate fluctuation or inflation
Marine engineers and other marine industry professionals involved in planning and costing repairs to ships and marine vessels. Students of naval architecture and marine engineering; Ship crew, ship surveyors and related technical/engineering groups.
List of figures
List of tables
1. Introduction
2. Drydocking works
Berth preparation
Docking and undocking
Dock rent per day
Hull preparation
Hull painting
Rudder works
Propeller works
Tailshaft works
Anodes
Sea chests
Docking plugs
Valves
Fenders
Anchors and cables
Chain lockers
Staging
3. Steel works
Calculation of steel weights
4. Pipe works
5. Mechanical works
Overhauling diesel engines (single-acting, slow-running, two-stroke, cross-head type)
Overhauling diesel engines (single-acting, slow-running, in-line, four-stroke, trunk type)
Valves
Condensers
Heat exchangers
Turbines
Compressors
Receivers
Pumps
Boilers (main and auxiliary)
6. Electrical works
7. General works
8. Planning charts
Sample graph loadings for major trades in ship repairing
Index
- No. of pages: 136
- Language: English
- Edition: 2
- Published: May 17, 2012
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Hardback ISBN: 9780080982625
- eBook ISBN: 9780080982809
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Don Butler
Don Butler is a fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineers and a member of Society of Consulting Marine Engineers and Ship Surveyors, UK.
Affiliations and expertise
Fellow of Institute of Marine Engineers (F.I.Mar.E.) Member of Society of Consulting Marine Engineers and Ship Surveyors (M.C.M.S.), UKRead A Guide to Ship Repair Estimates in Man-hours on ScienceDirect