THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SHIP MODULAR CONSTRUCTION AT BOUSTEAD NAVAL SHIPYARD: CASE STUDY OF HULL MODULE (TIMELINE)

Abstract

Shipbuilding is important in maritime industry especially ship construction and ship repair. This research addresses the possible consequences of modular shipbuilding construction in maritime industry. Maritime industry is an important in shipbuilding construction including efficiency of technology to create a strong of economic growth. This study is to identify the effectiveness of modular shipbuilding construction process and to identify the awareness of workers at the Shipyard Company in shipbuilding modular construction. According Aziz Abdullah (2011), state that “with the construction traditional method shipbuilders become exposed to construction delays and not able to maintain the production momentum that serve to enhance their reputation in the shipbuilding market to avoid the risk of rework when the process modular shipbuilding construction even the process be minimized as possible”, R.Rubesa (2011). This research using offline questionnaire consist of four structured which is section A, B, C and D. All workers are selected for these studies are in Shipyard Company from construction department including manager, engineer, shipbuilder, technician and others. The number of respondents is 113 as sample including male and female and was analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The statistical analysis has been done which is Descriptive Statistics and Inferential Statistics. The analysis under this statistical analysis is ChiSquare Test and reliability of pilot test.