Northrop
Grumman Ship Systems (Ingalls Shipbuilding)
contracted Burk-Kleinpeter, Inc. to provide a master
plan, construction plans and specifications,
construction administration and resident inspection
for expansion of their West Bank Production Facility
for the cruise ship fabrication platform
The project
included the 150,000 sq. ft. CSA II Building with
200-ton & 150-ton cranes, the 116,000 sq. ft.
Blast/Paint Hall, the Panel Shop with a 100-ton
crane, and the 250,000 sq. ft. CCA Outfitting
Building with a 30-ton crane.
The project
also included new sheetpile bulkheads, relocation
of the existing carpentry building, new gantry
crane rails for production crews, a new ramp for
launching the offshore platforms after landside
assembly is complete, and dredge and fill to create
approximately 14 acres of new land surface and to
improve approximately 13 acres of existing land.
The project also included dredging a new dry dock
pit.
BKI assisted
with preparing the mitigation and environmental
permits necessary to secure construction permits
from state regulatory agencies and the US Army
Corps of Engineers for the shipyard expansion,
including conducting an environmental assessment
and a wetlands delineation.
