September 2008 Tow Bitts_NB2.indd - Foss

A 270-foot-tall fisheries enhancement structure is under construction above Round Butte Dam in Central Oregon. Harbor Marine Group is providing naval
architecture services for the project.
Harbor Marine Group Delivers Specs for Alaska Ferry Job;
Construction of Fisheries Project Begins in Central Oregon
Tom Specht, Dix Corporation
Foss division Harbor Marine Group
(HMG) completed technical specifications
and drawings for the refurbishment
of Alaska state ferry M/V
Tustumena in August.
The project includes installation
of accommodation-ladder handling
cranes, upgrades of electronics,
refurbishment of piping systems,
replacement and renewal of weather
doors, refurbishment of public spaces,
installation of a deluge type sprinkler
system for the vehicle deck and installation
of guardrails and barriers for the
vehicle elevator.
The project was recently advertised
for shipyard bids and work is expected
to start in November.
The Tustumena project was performed
in collaboration with The
Glosten Associates of Seattle. HMG
Director David Dumont described it as
“the start of a working relationship for
consulting projects, and an extension
of the long-standing relationship with
The Glosten Associates in supporting
Foss Maritime with naval architecture
and engineering services.”
HMG is also teaming with The
Glosten Associates and Beacon
Professional Services to submit proposals
for future projects for the
Alaska Marine Highway System.
In other HMG activity, construction
of a fisheries enhancement project
is underway in Lake Billy Chinook,
above Round Butte Dam on the Lower
Deschutes River in Central Oregon.
HMG is performing naval architecture
services to Dix Corporation of
Spokane, which is building the “selective
withdrawal structure.”
Construction of the components of
the 270-foot-tall structure is expected
to be complete this fall, with HMG
scheduled to be on site during the lowering
of the structure to its operating
position.
In addition to these projects,
HMG has added Naval Architect Ali
Motevaselani to its staff and is looking
to add additional engineers to the
team this fall.
18 • Foss Tow Bitts • ALWAYS READY • September, 2008