In a 21st Century application
of the multi-yard and
modular construction concepts
conceived by Henry Kaiser
to produce the famed fleet of
Liberty Ships in World War II,
America World City will
be built in a shipyard as
innovative as the ship itself —
a virtual shipyard — that will
draw on the skills, experience,
technical resources, and
facilities of multiple fabricators
and shipyards, as well as
the highly competitive hotel
construction and offshore
industries. World City’s “virtual
shipyard” methodology 

capitalizes on the availability
of multiple sites and on the
schedule advantages of
parallel construction of hull
and hotel modules.

The hull modules and machin-
ery sections of America
World City are well within the
technical capability of several
U.S. commercial shipyards,
but the United States has not
built a major passenger ship
in over sixty years. Therefore,
the complex hotel construction
and highly detailed interior
outfitting of the city-ship will
be undertaken — to marine
standards and specifications —

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Chief Architect Tage Wandborg
demonstrates how the modules
of the ship’s hull and superstructure
will be joined together.

by a leading hotel builder who
has worked extensively with
the United States Coast
Guard and the American
Bureau of Shipping to qualify
for this marine-specific
contract. Similarly, the
complex assembly of hull
modules will be undertaken by
a leading offshore contractor,
Kiewit Offshore Services,
based in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Utilizing this agile organiza-
tional structure and new
competitive alliance among

marine, hotel and offshore
constructors results in an
internationally competitive
price and schedule for the
construction of America World
City in the United States.

World City retained a leading
international insurance broker,
Marsh Inc., to conduct an
extensive review of this
production plan. As a result
of its review, Marsh offered
World City a Financial
Protection Program that
guarantees that the ship will
be built on time and on budget.