What types of tasks can be performed by Substructure’s commercial divers?
Diver welding an anode to the hull of a vessel.
The type of tasks normally performed by commercial divers is extremely varied.
Some commercial diving companies provide a limited number of services, while others, due in large part to more experienced personnel and a greater supply of equipment, are able to provide a broader range of services to their clients.
A Diverse Array of Services
Since Substructure can draw upon both extremely experienced personnel and a diverse array of specialized equipment, we are able to provide a correspondingly diverse array of services.
Some of these services include:
- Inspections of piers, bridges, dams, pipelines, and vessels
- Cleaning and repair of trash racks and traveling water screens at power plants
- Installing and repairing pumping equipment
- Underwater construction
- Dredge support
- Structural rehabilitation
- Installing cathodic protection systems
- Vessel maintenance
- Salvage
- Biological growth removal
- Installation of revetment mats
- Setting underwater explosives
- Installing pile encapsulations
- Concrete forming and pumping
- Underwater burning and welding
- Oil spill recovery
- Potable water system inspection and maintenance
- Archaeological site surveys and recovery
- Oceanographic and hydrographic research support
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