Abstract
Corrosion control and other organizational-level maintenance on U.S. Navy ships consume significant maintenance dollars and labor resources, while negatively affecting Sailors’ quality of life. The mission of the Preservation Team Initiative is to relieve Ship’s Force from performing selected preservation by utilizing qualified contractors, implementing best commercial engineering and technology practices, and using the most advanced coating systems approved for Navy use. To manage this sizable effort and its associated contracts, the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) championed the development of a web-based data entry, retrieval, and archival system. This central website is able to accept paperless submissions of pertinent preservation data, from production to quality assurance (QA), by all major program entities. The database’s benefits include instantaneous data recall and analysis to provide near real-time metrics on coating system application, volume of preservation, production efficiency and costs, and contractor performance.
The development of PTEAMbase for the Preservation Team Initiative directly coincides with objectives established by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, as mandated by Congress in the The Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003. The Act requires DoD to evaluate the actual cost impact of corrosion while developing corrosion mitigation strategies for current infrastructure and equipment.
