The shipyard operations will continue throughout the project therefore, design and construction practices have been implemented that improve shipyard infrastructure and minimize impacts to shipyard operations. Vigor Industrial 1801 16th Ave SW, Seattle, WA (206) 623-1635 Formerly Todd Pacific Shipyards. Project construction includes dredging, embankment construction for the habitat, stormwater improvements, demolition, pier reconfiguration, and earthwork and planting. Website Industries Shipbuilding Company size 1,001-5,000 employees Headquarters Portland, OR Type Privately Held Specialties Shipbuilding, Ship.
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This position has full authority and responsibility for project profits and losses and manages all aspects of assigned ship repair projects. The new subtidal, intertidal, and riparian habitat will improve existing degraded habitat in this industrially zoned but ecologically important area, and Vigor will maintain the habitat area in perpetuity, as part of the working shipyard. Portland, OR 97217 (Overlook area) 5500 Block N Channel Ave. Vigor assumed liability after the purchase of the shipyard and entered into a consent decree with federal agencies and tribes to demolish shipyard infrastructure and convert approximately 1/10 of the active facility to new aquatic habitat for juvenile salmonids. Seattle Times business staff Vigor Industrial will take over the former home of Christensen Yachts in Vancouver, Washington, as its site for carrying out a 1 billion, 10-year contract to build. Our visit to Vigor Shipyard concluded with a spirited Q&A time with Gene Kegley and then it was time to turn in our gear.Vigor Shipyards, Inc., in Seattle is implementing a habitat project to settle natural resource damage liabilities associated with historical releases of contamination discharged over prior decades to the industrial Duwamish Waterway. Next we got a pier side view of where maintenance and modernization work is being done on a WSF ferry (Walla Walla), two barges, a Coast Guard ice breaker (Healy) and a US Navy frigate (USS Rodney M. Western Washington Labor Union - LIUNA - Laborers Local 252 Thousands of contractors partner with LiUNA because projects get built at a higher success rate when using a highly skilled labor force. It almost looks like a giant model kit, but will soon follow the first ferry in the assembly process. The tolerance for fit is the thickness of a piece of steel. The second ferry is largely parts at the present time, with some sections assembled. It will soon be moved out onto a floating drydock where the superstructure section (being build by a sub contractor on Whidbey Island) will be mated on the hull. In Building 72 we got a close up look at the nearly completed hull section of the first of these ferries. Locally there is also a presence at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, as well as in Everett, Tacoma and Port Angeles.Ī major fabrication project presently underway is construction of three 144 car ferries for Washington State Ferries. There are 2000 total Vigor employees with 1000 working at Vigor Shipyard, Seattle. At Vigor there is a special focus on the employees…the people. They primarily build, maintain and modernize ships. Vigor has facilities in 7 cities located in 3 states and is comprised of 8 interrelated companies.
Following issue of necessary safety gear (hard hat, glasses and ear plugs) we were given an overview of parent corporation Vigor Industrial by Vice President Gene Kegley. On Februsixteen fortunate Navy Leaguers were treated not only to a rare blue sky sunny day but also to a tour of Vigor Shipyard on Harbor Island, Seattle.
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