Six phases, each signed off before the next
Discovery, naval architecture, sourcing and construction, systems and interior, launch and trials, then commissioning and handover.
Most build failures are process failures
Timber and laminate rarely fail. What fails is a decision taken twice, or a milestone paid before it was met.
The methodology exists to make each phase produce a document that the next phase depends on, so nothing advances on verbal agreement.
It also means a change request has an obvious cost: you can see exactly which phase it sends you back to.
- From brief to handover
- 6 phases
- What each phase must produce
- A document
- How anything advances
- Never verbal
The six phases
Each ends with something you sign, not something you are told.
Discovery
Itinerary, guest count and budget turned into a concept board.
Engineering
Naval architecture, stability calculations and scantlings resolved.
Sourcing
Timber or laminate specified and verified, then the keel is laid.
Systems
Machinery, electrical and interior integrated at Benoa.
Trials
Launch, sea trials and the defect list that comes with them.
Handover
Commissioning, documentation, warranty and crew familiarisation.
A change request in phase four costs roughly ten times what the same change costs in phase one. That is the entire argument for a long design phase.
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