New Naval Training Building Transforms Recruits Into Sailors
...combination of Alucobond composite panels and a lighter-weight foam panel. Scenic elements, such as hatches, watertight doors, lifeboats, bits and chocks are either replicated or salvaged from decommissioned ships.
Few projects have integrated this degree of high-tech pyrotechnics and special effects. “We have multiple roles,” says Hilde A. Varah, GlobalSim program manager. “We do the computerized training management system, which scores and tracks recruits. Then we handle the closed-circuit safety TV system to monitor potential problem areas. Then we manage the recruit phone communication network. Later, we took on the system integration effort to provide a communication platform, data base and documentation for the Navy.”