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A weekly publication of Newport News Shipbuilding
NNS Raises Awareness on Piping Systems Cleanliness Throughout July, Newport News Shipbuilding will emphasize the importance of piping systems cleanliness through a variety of activities and programs. “Although every organization across the company may not physically touch pipes, all NNS employees have responsibility for ensuring we maintain system cleanliness throughout construction,” said Trades Director Leonard Harper. Building clean systems means that the interior of every pipe and component is cleaned before it is ever introduced into the production process. It also means systems and components are kept clean during every step of construction until final shipboard installation and final delivery to the Navy.
To raise awareness during July, there will be an OFI promotion focused on improving piping systems cleanliness, a “Take Five,” a series of Currents articles, a new Yardnet web page, a hard hat sticker, a Word Search Contest (see page 8) and yard-wide messages. Visit the Build Clean website on Yardnet to learn how work you do affects others’ ability to maintain system cleanliness throughout construction. Pictured above: Pipefitter Aaron Cole checks the quality of his work on a Virginia-class submarine (VCS) birdcage pipe assembly in 2011. Cole is currently an X82 foreman at NNS. Photo by John Whalen
NNS to Sponsor “4th of July Stars in the Sky”
USS Abraham Lincoln Gets New Lower Mast On May 31, a team of about 30 shipbuilders, including shipfitters, shipwrights, welders, riggers and crane operators, worked to place the 34-foot-tall, 38-short-ton lower mast section on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Visit Yardnet to watch a video of the lift.
Newport News Shipbuilding is a sponsor of Newport News Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism’s “4th of July Stars in the Sky” event at Victory Landing Park on Friday, July 4. The event begins at 7 p.m. and fireworks at 9:30 p.m. ... CONTINUED ON PAGE 4