Bath Iron Works Launches Project to Preserve Itself

摘要

For Maine's 117-year old Bath Iron Works, tradition slowly is yielding to competitive pressure as the Yankee shipyard eliminates its three inclined ways this summer for a new $241-million Land Level Transfer Facility. Driving the change for the historic builder of U.S. Navy warships are upcoming federal contracts for the design and construction of a new generation of warships worth billions of dollars that could make or break the yard. Upgrading the nearly completed complex has not been easy. To keep schedule, BIW overcame a change in contractors and differing site conditionsrnthat raised project costs by some $70 million.