BRUCE L. KEEFAUVER
Keefauver Marine Design
Vashon Island, Washington 98070
Email: BruceKeefauver@comcast.net

KEEFAUVER MARINE DESIGN, Vashon Island, Washington
November 1987 – present

Contract work includes: arrangement drawings for a 210' Fisheries Research Vessel, lofting drawings for various vessels including a jack-up drill rig, 2 large motor yachts, tugs, barges, fishing vessels and small boats; arrangement drawings for a 153' FRP motor yacht; arrangement drawings for a 120' Voith Schneider tractor tug; drawings and ABS structure calculations for a 76' research vessel; construction drawings of a split-hopper barge; preliminary design work for a 320' polar ice-breaking research vessel (arrangement drawings and weight estimate); arrangement drawings for an ocean-going ferry; arrangement drawings and modifications for R/V Thomas Thompson (AGOR 23); arrangement drawings for a 232' dinner cruise vessel; arrangement and structural drawings of an 86' tug; construction drawings for the world's only floating golf green; arrangement and structural drawings for a 340' Ro-Ro barge conversion; 3D assembly drawings for factory piping systems installed on F/T Golden Alaska; construction drawings for the conversion of F/T Michelle Irene to a surimi factory trawler; arrangement drawings for a 42' survey boat for the Army Corps of Engineers; arrangement drawings for a 340' factory trawler; project engineering management for complete galley refurbishment of the Alaskan passenger ferry LeConte at a local shipyard. Most of the drawings for the projects described were made with AutoCAD.

GUIDO PERLA & ASSOCIATES, Seattle, Washington
October 1986 – November 1987

Projects included: preliminary designs for a 380' surimi factory trawler, a 340' surimi factory trawler, a 240' factory trawler, a 264' cruise ship, a 100' motor yacht, and a 65' planing catamaran excursion boat.

KEEFAUVER MARINE DESIGN, Vashon Island, Washington
January 1985 – October 1986

Contract work included the preparation of drawings for the following projects: the interior renovation of the Steel Electric class of ferries for Lockheed Shipbuilding Co. and the Washington State Ferries; the alteration of the processing space on the F/V Northern Glacier; the upgrading of the processing barge Bering Star; volunteer for the lines lifting project on the schooner Wawona (1897) for the Historic American Engineering Record of the National Park Services, and various other projects.

WFI INDUSTRIES (MARINE POWER & EQUIPMENT), Seattle, Washington
August 1983 – July 1984

Prepared drawings for the conversion of two 330' barges, two 100' barges, and a triple-decked floating unloading ramp for a ro-ro barge. Also helped obtain ABS classification for two classes of tugs.

MARCO SEATTLE, Seattle, Washigton
May 1978 – June 1982

Participated as a designer/draftsman in the design of (16) fishing boats ranging in size from 58' to 123', and a 200' floating dry dock.

MATTON SHIPYARD CO. INC., Cohoes, New York
May – December 1975

Prepared drawings for a 105' tug under construction.

JOHN J. McMULLEN ASSOCIATES, INC., New York, New York
May – December 1974

During a 6-month field assignment in Pascagoula, Mississippi, worked on compiling and writing a report for the US Navy on the efficiency of Litton's Ingalls Shipyard for a claims case. Also worked for the hull-scientific department in NYC.