Specialty engineering focused solely on shipyards and dry docks
Shipyard Engineering, LLC (SYE) is a specialty professional engineering firm focused solely on shipyards, providing engineering, naval architecture, consulting, inspection, and dry dock certification services to the shipbuilding, repair, maintenance, and decommissioning sectors. Since 2011, SYE has delivered reliable engineering solutions to clients who own and operate shipyards and waterfront facilities, including the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Navy, and commercial and naval drydocking operations along the East Coast, West Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Great Lakes, Caribbean, Hawaii, Canada, Australia, and the Middle East. SYE's primary focus is on dry docks and supporting waterfront infrastructure, with projects ranging from facilities dating to 1852 to new world-class shipyard construction.
John L. WattsDirector of Engineering, Principal
Engineering and consulting for graving dock facilities - open pit drydocking structures with basin sidewalls, headwall, and closure gate. Services range from inspection and certification to maintenance planning and long-term operational support.
Full-lifecycle support for floating dry docks operating in marine environments, covering preliminary planning, feasibility studies, inspection and certification, maintenance planning, dry dock capacity and stability analysis, and operational support for drydocking and undocking.
Engineering support for drydocking and undocking operations, including docking plans and supporting calculations, alternative blocking plans, mooring calculations, and review or modification of standard operational procedures.
Engineering services for shiplift systems across all scales, from small private shiplifts to large world-class facilities supporting U.S. Navy assets. Services include feasibility studies, inspection and certification, maintenance overhauls, and new construction support.
Engineering for marine railways, including dry dock inspection and certification, drydocking cradle upgrades, load capacity evaluation, maintenance, marine railway track line and grade adjustments, and track shimming.
Engineering evaluation of mobile boat hauler systems, verifying the capability of lifting machines and the supporting civil works infrastructure - groundways and finger piers - under drydocking and undocking loading conditions.
Load testing and certification of lifting and drydocking cradles for smaller vessels, including rigging spreader bars, groundways, and pier certifications to support crane-lift drydocking operations for U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy vessels.
Maintenance planning and execution for unique, complex, and aging shipyard infrastructure. SYE works within shipyard scheduling constraints and, where necessary, evaluates the feasibility of deferred maintenance.
Structural and stability evaluation of drydocking facilities using MAESTRO Finite Element Analysis to determine whether existing material conditions are safe for continued use at rated capacity, including corroded-state analysis of floating dry docks and caisson gates.
Post-storm inspection and damage evaluation of maritime infrastructure including shipyards and drydocking facilities, conducted in partnership with local, private, state, and federal organizations.
Engineering services for waterfront structures including piers and supporting maritime infrastructure at shipyard and waterfront facilities.
Strategic and operational consulting for shipyard owners and operators, including master planning, dry dock integration, risk assessment, peer review, training, and development of operations, maintenance, and facility condition report manuals.
Marine · Ports & Harbors · Defense · Government
Brooklyn, New York · Ports & Harbors · 2013
Evaluated damage caused by Superstorm Sandy to the Brooklyn Navy Yard drydocking facilities in partnership with state and federal agencies.