Maintenance

In addition to maintenance services for maritime navigation aids and search and rescue equipment AMS is able to provide a range of other cost effective and quality maintenance services covering:

• Assets located in remote areas or areas difficult to acces
• Maritime facilities generally (eg jetties, marinas)
• Aviation navigational structures
• Remote monitoring equipment
  

Structures that support maritime aids to navigation usually represent the single largest investment by an aid to navigation authority. The inspection, care and maintenance of structures are keys to the delivery of economical service.

The design of innovative, technically sound structures that are cost effective, visually appropriate and suitable for the marine environment is an important part of the improvement projects that AMS staff have managed.  During regular service visits AMS technical staff can employ many specialised and effective strategies to minimise the harmful effects of the maritime environment on our customers structures.  Staff are trained to look for symptoms of trouble and to take appropriate corrective action, where practical, without the need for a return visit. AMS personnel have a sound knowledge of materials, maintenance processes and the marine environment enabling them to assess the potential for damage and to carry out repairs.

Where appropriate corrective action is beyond the scope of a routine service visit staff are trained to gather relevant information that will enable the customer to make an informed decision about the options for repair or replacement of a damaged asset In-house skills for the design of maritime structures enable AMS to offer a complete design service. Strategic alliances with specialists enable us to also draw on other fields of expertise to verify design data and confirm suitability of manufacturing and installation processes.  AMS personnel have hundreds of years of experience in assessing the performance of various types of marine structures enabling them to avoid many of the common design shortfalls that serve to reduce the life of structures.