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Inspector Responsibilities

A Primary Mission of the Council is to promote effective means of surface preparation in the maintenance industry using water and water/abrasive…

Maintenance Costs and Reform

A Primary Mission of the Council is to promote effective means of surface preparation in the maintenance industry using water and water/abrasive…

UHP Equipment

A Primary Mission of the Council is to promote effective means of surface preparation in the maintenance industry using water and water/abrasive…

Benchmark Cost Study

A 1975 benchmark study by Battelle-NBS calculated the cost of corrosion to be $70 billion per year, which was 4.2 percent of…

UHP Standards and Parameters

The purpose of NSRP Project 3-96-4 was to evaluate the productivity of and areas of hydroblast (water-jetting) removal of coatings on representative…

Blistering on Panels

Neither the United States, nor the Maritime Administration, nor any person acting on behalf of the Maritime Administration, (A) makes any warranty…

Baseline Measurements and Risk Factors

·Atlantic Marine Holding Company – (Prime Contractor) Will contribute shipyard resources and shipyard facility.

· Worker fatigue induced by activities involving prolonged and…

Ergonomics of UHP

The project team will strive to achieve a 50% reduction in total costs associated with the UHP Water Blasting Process through industrial…

Costs of Incidents

Few safety departments have systems in place to verify these statements, however.

Furthermore, companies which use verification systems that simply capture cash costs…

Partnering for the Environment

Because of the inherent types of operations, processes and some of the materials utilized in the shipbuilding and ship repair business, these…