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Syncrolift Upgrade Project CFB Halifax Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott
BG – 08.022 - September 6, 2008
History
The Canadian Navy’s mission is to generate and maintain combat capable, multi-purpose maritime forces that can meet Canada’s defence capability requirements. To carry out this mission, Canada’s Naval Fleet is based at two homeports, the Atlantic Fleet in Halifax and the Pacific Fleet in at Esquimalt, each equipped with naval dockyard and fleet maintenance facilities.
During the late 1960s, the Syncrolift and a submarine maintenance facility were built in Halifax to service the OBERON Class submarines. The current VICTORIA Class submarines are wider and higher with a shorter keel than the OBERON class boat. These characteristics result in a heavier loading density, requiring the removal of several parts of the submarine to reduce the weight before it can be transferred ashore.
The Syncrolift facility lift, transfer and control systems are aging and need to be modified to accommodate the larger VICTORIA Class boat. In addition, temporary maintenance shelters need to be assembled, then disassembled and reassembled on a regular basis. Using these structures is expensive and causes unnecessary delays. Moreover, the shelters are highly dysfunctional and cramped, restrict the use of industrial cranes, and fail to provide the working environment required for second line maintenance.
Syncrolift upgrade project
This project will provide Fleet Maintenance Facility (FMF) CAPE SCOTT in Halifax with the capability to perform second-line maintenance on two vessels at the same time. That is, a surface warship or submarine on the Syncrolift and a submarine inside a permanent shore facility. The two parts of this project can be summarized as follows:
Syncrolift Upgrade: This part of the project, expected to cost approximately $4 million, will upgrade the existing jetty’s electrical and mechanical mounts, which are required to support docking work periods on the Syncrolift. The project will also upgrade the Syncrolift’s five pairs of inshore winches, replacing associated support structures, transfer systems and the electrical control system.
Permanent Submarine Maintenance Facility: This part of the project, expected to cost approximately $27 million, will see the construction of a purpose built, robust facility on the shore adjacent to the Syncrolift. The new maintenance facility will allow FMF CAPE SCOTT to perform second-line maintenance in a controlled environment, providing a more functional and safer working environment.
Additional costs included in the overall project cost include design, project management, and taxes.
The department recently signed a contract for long-term in-service support (third-line maintenance) with the Canadian Submarine Management Group. Emergency repairs and second-line maintenance on the Atlantic fleet’s submarines will continue to be performed by FMF CAPE SCOTT.
Syncrolift Upgrade Project CFB Halifax Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Scott
BG – 08.022 - September 6, 2008
History
The Canadian Navy’s mission is to generate and maintain combat capable, multi-purpose maritime forces that can meet Canada’s defence capability requirements. To carry out this mission, Canada’s Naval Fleet is based at two homeports, the Atlantic Fleet in Halifax and the Pacific Fleet in at Esquimalt, each equipped with naval dockyard and fleet maintenance facilities.
During the late 1960s, the Syncrolift and a submarine maintenance facility were built in Halifax to service the OBERON Class submarines. The current VICTORIA Class submarines are wider and higher with a shorter keel than the OBERON class boat. These characteristics result in a heavier loading density, requiring the removal of several parts of the submarine to reduce the weight before it can be transferred ashore.
The Syncrolift facility lift, transfer and control systems are aging and need to be modified to accommodate the larger VICTORIA Class boat. In addition, temporary maintenance shelters need to be assembled, then disassembled and reassembled on a regular basis. Using these structures is expensive and causes unnecessary delays. Moreover, the shelters are highly dysfunctional and cramped, restrict the use of industrial cranes, and fail to provide the working environment required for second line maintenance.
Syncrolift upgrade project
This project will provide Fleet Maintenance Facility (FMF) CAPE SCOTT in Halifax with the capability to perform second-line maintenance on two vessels at the same time. That is, a surface warship or submarine on the Syncrolift and a submarine inside a permanent shore facility. The two parts of this project can be summarized as follows:
Syncrolift Upgrade: This part of the project, expected to cost approximately $4 million, will upgrade the existing jetty’s electrical and mechanical mounts, which are required to support docking work periods on the Syncrolift. The project will also upgrade the Syncrolift’s five pairs of inshore winches, replacing associated support structures, transfer systems and the electrical control system.
Permanent Submarine Maintenance Facility: This part of the project, expected to cost approximately $27 million, will see the construction of a purpose built, robust facility on the shore adjacent to the Syncrolift. The new maintenance facility will allow FMF CAPE SCOTT to perform second-line maintenance in a controlled environment, providing a more functional and safer working environment.
Additional costs included in the overall project cost include design, project management, and taxes.
The department recently signed a contract for long-term in-service support (third-line maintenance) with the Canadian Submarine Management Group. Emergency repairs and second-line maintenance on the Atlantic fleet’s submarines will continue to be performed by FMF CAPE SCOTT.
