COMMITTEE F-25 SHIPS AND MARINE TECHNOLOGY
Introducing Committee F-25 | National Shipbuilding Initiatives | Coordinating Activities | Meetings | Committee Leadership | To Join the Committee | F-25 Committee Struture | Where Do You Fit In?
National Shipbuilding Initiatives
The Department of Defense is aggressively pursuing the use of voluntary consensus standards in lieu of MILSPECs and is making a dramatic shift to the use of commercial equipment. The U.S. Coast Guard’s Maritime Regulatory Reform initiative is moving toward adoption of voluntary consensus standards rather than regulations and is also shifting some of its regulatory requirements to oversight by classification societies. One of the focus areas in the Maritime Administration’s National Maritime Resource and Education Center is to facilitate the use of national and international commercial marine standards. These initiatives, coupled with increased government interest in the adoption of voluntary consensus standards as stated in the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-119 and as required by PL104-113m, offers ASTM F-25 the greatest opportunity and challenge to facilitate assisting the U.S. Marine Industry’s competitiveness in the global marketplace. Committee F-25 maintains a liaison with other ASTM committees having related areas of expertise, cooperating closely with the Shipbuilders Council of America, the American Shipbuilders Association, and the American Waterways Shipbuilding Conference as well as professional societies, owners/operators, government agencies, regulatory bodies, classification societies and maritime unions. When international standards are involved, the Committee works closely with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the representative organization for the United States through the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (US TAG) to the International Standards Organization (ISO) Technical Committee TC-8 for Ships and Marine Technology. Committee F-25 holds two meetings each year, in May and December. All technical meetings of F-25 are open to guests at all times. Visitors are encouraged to attend these meetings and contribute to the discussion. Minutes of all meetings are mailed to members, together with the schedule, dates, and location of the next meeting. Times and locations of all ASTM committee meetings are published in the monthly ASTM magazine “Standardization News”. Committee F-25 has a leadership core of 6 officers: Chairman; Administrative, Technical and Publications Vice Chairmen; Secretary; and Membership Secretary. In accordance with Committee Bylaws, these officers are elected to serve two year terms. Becoming a member of Committee F-25 requires ASTM Society membership and completion of a Committee F-25 application. When an individual’s request to join F-25 reaches the Committee, classification and voting status are assigned by the Membership Secretary and approval is by the Executive Subcommittee. The requirement for approval is that the applicant has basic knowledge in some areas of the Committee’s activities. The applicant is asked to designate the subcommittee of which he/she wishes to become a member.Technical Subcommittees
Administrative Subcommittees
A Sampling of F-25 Standards
If you want to:
Play an active part in revitalizing the shipbuilding
industry?
Help develop a full consensus body of marine standards
Meet and work with fellow marine industry professionals
(shipyards, suppliers, and operators)
Help develop standards that consider your point of view
Be a member of a professional society recognized as a
leader in standards writing...
THEN, YOU BELONG ON THE F-25 COMMITTEE!
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