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FSC is pleased to announce that we are presenting two papers next week (18-19 June) at the Warship 2024 conference in Adelaide South Australia Warship 2024: Future Surface Combatants (rina.org.uk) "Enhancing maritime asset structural management: what can naval and civilian fleets do?"  "Composite repairs: practical ideas for an increase in capability and operability with lessons from the oil and gas industry" These two papers share experience gained working with our clients to optimise their in-service marine structures. The papers highlight similarities in the challenges faced by Naval and Oil & Gas assets, and practical steps that can be taken to achieve better outcomes. For the second paper we are pleased to be partnering with #Fuze to highlight some of the barriers hindering the wider adoption of composite repairs to steel structures in the marine environment. Importantly these barriers are not generally technical and affect naval and civilian fleets in a similar manner. The recommendations to address the situation also provide a route to delivering on Australia's continuous naval shipbuilding and sustainment strategy. #warship2024 #shiprepair #hullstructure #navalauthority #navalclass #rina #compositerepair #SDIP2

Check Out pages 6-7 for this amazing breakthrough utilizing a proven technology (Grouting) to see how the technology can be used at any depth to stabilize soils across all industries.

Who doesn't like crossing historical bridges? Yesterday on the way to Port Townsend WA, we had to cross the Hood Canal Floating Bridge. Part of the bridge sank in 1979 and reopened in 1982. It is not a drawbridge but a moveable span actually slides giving a much wider open span which I assume is a requirement by the Navy due to the proximity to the submarine base. Here is a link to the Wikipedia article on the bridge. https://lnkd.in/eqir3SD2

My weekly asbestos blog is now public at https://lnkd.in/ga6bn84S. This week we discuss the 1950 Materials Survey on asbestos created by the Department of Interior. I hope that you find it interesting and enlightening. Marty #amosite #mesothelioma #asbestosresearch #asbestosblog #asbestoshistory #asbestos

This article reports on how #Planetsatellitedata has been used to show the construction of #Russianmilitaryfactories. https://lnkd.in/ewRnUSd3

Meet a member! "COWI, which also includes the architecture company Arkitema, works in an inter-disciplinary way to create both functional and value-adding buildings. In order to have a fully functional defence, all basic facilities must be updated". Follow the link below to learn more about COWI and Arkitema 👇 #dkbiz #dkforsvar #defence #nato #dkpol

Hot take: neither carrier is fit for purpose. Scrap further development of these "senior service" vanity projects, and spend the money on reinstating recently gapped civil service posts across MoD instead. 🤔 https://lnkd.in/eGz779v4

TBT: Ensuring our Marines have the power they need to succeed in Kaneohe, HI! ⚡ This project focused on modernizing airfield lighting at MCB Kaneohe, enhancing operational efficiency and safety for our brave Marines. Learn more about this critical initiative and how we're supporting our military: https://lnkd.in/eSakQMhE

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