Nauticus Construction is not quite like any other project management computer program in existence today. In fact you may not immediately see the power of the underlying concept - it's deceptively simple

The challenge

The solution

Managing the inspection process of one or more shipbuilding projects is complicated; it requires the planning and execution of many activities each day for a period that can extend over several years. One project alone will result in the recording and documentation of thousands of events connected to many different types of activity. Add to this the fact that many projects today involve fabrication at more than one yard in addition to several major sub-contractors and one starts to see a very complex picture.

Yet most planning, scheduling and execution of activities throughout a shipbuilding project are handled using simple paper orders, notes, notebooks and sketches and we often see site teams striving to maintain order in a paper chaos.

In an effort to stop the paper mountain from getting any bigger, site teams often expend great effort in developing, refining and maintaining their own computer based management and reporting tools.

Problems
However, it is difficult for 'home grown' tools to be consistent or integrate with each other. They are often dependent upon one person who does not have the authority or the time to propagate the tool throughout an organisation. The data stored in 'home grown' tools is not easily available as an historical record where knowledge can be extracted easily and used in future projects or carried over the operational phase of the ship's lifecycle.

Solution
Nauticus Construction provides a distributed platform for a multi-user tool with a consistent database, a consistent interface and consistent reporting. Nauticus Construction is flexible enough to be used for steel construction, paint, and outfitting as well as project, drawing approval management and other process management. In addition, it is unique in that it comprises a full 3D representation (optional) of all hull elements of the vessel.

Being a distributed multi-user tool implies that central databases accessed via the Internet allows management to co-ordinate distributed projects at multiple sites anywhere in the world. Reporting to a shipowner's head office is automated since managers have direct access to the system. It also implies that quantitative and qualitative information can be compared between sites and projects in order to identify and rectify problems, balance workload etc.

3D
Nauticus Construction may be used in the form of three packages:

1. Alphanumeric but with active block/compartment plans and pre-defined data structure - no 3D graphical model.
   
2. Including 3D graphical model, block/compartment definitions and active block/ compartment plans. 3D graphical model without scantlings and stiffeners - geometry only.
   
3. Including 3D graphical model, block/compartment definitions and active block/ compartment plans. 3D graphical model with scantlings and stiffeners defined.