Guide to ship repair estimates (in man-hours)

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 come by information on typical ship repair labor expectations for accurate man-hour forecasting and cost estimation Produced for...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Butler, Don
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2012.
Edition2nd ed.
SeriesMarine engineering
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780080982625
008098262X
9780080982809
0080982808
Physical Description1 online resource (xi, 122 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; A Guide to Ship Repair Estimatesin Man-hours; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Chapter 1- Introduction; Chapter 2
  • Drydocking works; 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; Chapter3
  • Steel works; Calculation of steel weights; Chapter 4 -Pipe works; Chapter5
  • Mechanical works; Overhauling diesel engines (single-acting, slow-running, in-line, four-stroke, trunk type); Valves.
  • CondensersHeat exchangers; Turbines; Compressors; Receivers; Pumps; Boilers (main and auxiliary); Chapter 6- Electrical works; Chapter 7- General works; Chapter 8
  • Planning charts; Sample graph loadings for major trades in ship repairing; Index.