Upscaling Infrastructures for US Maritime Academies

The United States’ five State Maritime Academies shoulder the noble task of preparing the future cadre of officers for the merchant marine. The academies at California, Maine, Massachusetts, State University of New York (SUNY), and Texas A&M University at Galveston are each augmenting and modernizing their instructional capabilities by decommissioning and replacing their existing training vessels through a process initiated by the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD). 

In the Spaces4Learning article titled, "One if by Land & Two if by Sea: Next Gen Training Ships Doubling America’s Maritime Academies’ Infrastructure Needs," RMF’s Kevin Kikola, PE, Project Manager, Michael Wilkins, PE, Project Manager and Andrew Hay, PE, CxA, Division Manager for Infrastructure Engineering expound on RMF Engineering’s role in leveraging the firm’s expertise in complex, higher education infrastructure projects and understanding of utility distribution to drive their very specific maritime needs. Particularly, the article focuses on three out of four projects RMF is involved in – SUNY Maritime, Massachusetts Maritime, and Maine Maritime – and the unique, highly customized endeavors aimed at accommodating the state-of-the-art vessels while upscaling their existing infrastructures. 

Learn more about how the comprehensive strategies for these Maritime Academies are fortifying the local grids to accommodate increased electrical demands, extending adequate utility support for the new vessels, and sustaining the academic programs and surrounding communities of each campus by viewing the full article here:

One if by Land & Two if by Sea: Next-Gen Training Ships Doubling America’s Maritime Academies’ Infrastructure Needs

From: Military Education Feature, One if by Land & Two if by Sea, Spaces4Learning (8/21/2024)