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Mission

To support and deliver increased productivity for the world’s shipbuilding and offshore industries by bridging the gap between tradition and technology.

Values

Our Mission is supported by the following values. We are committed to upholding the following values throughout our organization in all our interactions with our customers, co-workers, suppliers and partners.

We aspire to ...Excellence: We strive for flawless execution, learning from our mistakes and working toward continuous improvement.

We deliver ...Reliability: To provide deliverables to our clients, employees, and partners as and when promised. To remain agile and adaptable so that all stakeholders know they can rely on ShipConstructor to deliver a solution when and as needed.

We act with ...Integrity: We are each personally accountable for the highest standards in behavior, openness, fairness, and honesty in all aspects of our work. We strive to maintain an environment where "doing the right thing" is a way of life.

We remain ...Innovative: We have the desire and ability to venture in to new and emerging areas of opportunity, to adopt open and flexible approaches towards the needs of our customers by listening and respecting their views and staying ahead of emerging trends and potential technological breakthroughs. We are committed to nurturing an environment of questioning, suggesting, constructive involvement and continuous improvement.

We take ...Responsibility: We are committed to serving our workplace community and our own communities. We respect the need to balance dedication to the workplace with personal and family responsibilities. We embrace a spirit of caring and respect for our clients, employees, communities and environment.

Company History

ShipConstructor Software Inc., Victoria, BC, Canada (SSI CA)

  • 75% of our personnel are dedicated shipbuilding software developers
  • Production and automation experts
  • 80+ man-years shipbuilding experience
  • Product driven - with the users...for the users

Truly Innovative

  • 1988: Product development started
  • 1989: First DOS-based lofting software
  • 1990: Company incorporation
  • 1991: First PC-based plate expansion program ShipCAM
  • 1996: First AutoCAD-based structural shipbuilding program CAD-Link
  • 1997: ShipConstructor starts the integration of ShipCAM, CAD-Link, and NC-Pyros
  • 2001: New modules Pipe and Equipment
  • 2002: New modules AutomaticNest, ProfileNest, BuildStrategy, and FlyThrough
  • 2003: New modules HVAC and Penetrations
  • 2004: New module Hull, bringing hull fairing and plate expansion into AutoCAD
  • 2006: New DDROM™ technology introduces intuitive parametric-like features and SmartParts™
  • 2008: New Module Project Split & Merge
  • The Future: Electrical and Weld Management modules

Affiliated Companies

Rolf Oetter and Silke Sommerfeld talk with
His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
during WMTC 2006

ShipConstructor USA, Inc., Mobile, Alabama, USA (SCI USA)

  • Incorporated May 2006
  • US software sales and training

ARL Asia Pte. Ltd., Singapore (ARL Asia)

  • Incorporated July 2003
  • Consulting, training, and sales

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We pride ourselves on our product. We have put our resources and retained earnings into product development and not into driving sales. It is a testament to this philosophy that most of our sales success is generated by word-of-mouth.

Mr. Rolf Oetter, President

I am proud of being part of ShipConstructor's exponential success. Our Development Team is top notch, applying the latest tools and knowledge to create a software package that looks beyond how things were done in the past. People in the shipbuilding industry are not working on the drawing board any more and there is so much more a software can do than just replace a drawing board - and we make sure that ShipConstructor does exactly that.

Mr. Darren Larkins, CEO

In the shipbuilding industry, you need to be close to the yard or designer to be able to understand what they really need. We have always worked closely together with our clients to create a state-of-the-art software package. I bring more than 37 years of experience in shipbuilding with me and you can be sure that I watch out that our software development is going in the right direction. I am excited to be part of the ShipConstructor Team.

Mr. Steve Ivison, Project Manager, Software Development