Following a mooring fitting failure, a private shipyard tasked OCME with assessing the existing
dockside fittings at a fitting out pier located in Florida. Initially, OCME completed a special site
investigation and included above water inspections of the mooring bollards to determine if the
bollards had adequate capacity to support the line loads for ‘normal’ weather that were developed
under a separate contract. Later, AME was tasked with assessing for ‘heavy weather conditions’ as
well. Following the assessments, OCME developed a mooring hardware load testing program and provided
oversight and inspection services during the testing of mooring hardware in two phases: normal
weather conditions and heavy weather conditions.
Location:
Dry Dock 1 Super Flood Basin
Designed for the US Navy, this first-of-its-kind basin provides new life to an old
dry dock that was too shallow for the current fleet of submarines.
University of Rhode Island Narragansett Bay Campus Pier
A new pier designed using contemporary codes, practices, and construction materials
with long term durability and resiliency with a minimum 50-year service life
achievement in mind.
