This course is a guide for those who are concerned with the maintenance and repair of waterfront structures and related facilities.
This course describes the principal causes of deterioration and failure of waterfront structures and facilities and prescribes measures for the maintenance and repair of these installations to retain them in continuous readiness for use by the Fleet and in military marine operations. The scope of the maintenance and repair shall be governed by the present and proposed future use of the structures and facilities, their anticipated life, and the cost of repair as compared to complete rebuilding.
We will be covering Army Corps of Engineers document "Maintenance of Waterfront Structures" chapters 1-3 in this course regarding Timber and Concrete as used in waterfront structures.
