Ensuring clean, reliable drinking water for a community is a monumental task. For municipalities across the Great Lakes region and beyond, drawing water from vast surface sources like Lake Michigan presents unique challenges. Recently, Underwater Construction Corporation (UCC) partnered with the City of St. Joseph, Michigan, to tackle a [...]
Aging infrastructure creates costly risks for industrial facilities. When a critical discharge pipe at a chemical plant began to fail, traditional repair methods weren’t an option. Instead of a costly, time-intensive replacement, Underwater Construction Corporation (UCC) used a highly specialized and rarely offered technique: internal underwater CFRP pipe repair. [...]
When a century-old potable water reservoir began losing thousands of gallons per day due to cracks and structural damage from seismic activity, the city faced a critical challenge: restore the tank quickly without compromising water quality. UCC was contracted as the hands-on installation team, performing an NSF 61 carbon [...]
Beneath the surface, long-distance tunnels play a vital role in our infrastructure, transporting essential utilities and connecting communities across vast distances. However, inspecting and maintaining these submerged passageways can present unique challenges. Divers, while highly skilled, may face challenges in range and efficiency for these underwater structures. At UCC, [...]
Erosion caused by water poses unique challenges for a variety of assets located on rivers, canals, lakes and coastlines. The powerful forces of waves, currents and tides can quickly wash away soil and displace particles through their movement, undermining the stability of underwater structures such as foundations, pipelines and [...]
Underwater Construction Corporation (UCC) UK Ltd recently achieved a significant nuclear power decommissioning milestone for Sellafield Ltd by safely completing a nuclear diving project in its oldest legacy pond, the Pile Fuel Storage Pond (PFSP), located in Cumbria, England. Through the development of specialized processes, equipment, and trials, UCC [...]
UCC Completes TVA Browns Ferry Project for Carbon - Free Energy Generation Underwater Construction Corporation recently performed critical cooling discharge structure cleaning at the 3.8-gigawatt TVA Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Athens, AL, to keep this facility operating at maximum efficiency. In a July 25, 2022, article in [...]
Fossil-fuel and nuclear power plants all critically rely upon an adequate supply of processing and cooling water to safely and effectively operate within their facilities. Periodic water intake sediment removal requires careful coordination with diving service contractors, such as Underwater Construction Corporation (UCC) and specialty slurry processing contractors, such [...]
Many of us living near the Great Lakes currently look outside and observe the ice pack with no end in sight. However, it is encouraging to know we’ll be back on the water eventually, enjoying everything our Great Lakes has to offer. In the meantime, our team at UCC is [...]
Preventative maintenance and component replacement is routinely completed for many industries requiring water resources. Across industries, from power generation to food processing, valves, pumps and associated equipment are inspected, installed, adjusted and replaced. At UCC, our highly skilled and dedicated team specializing in diver mechanic services diligently carries out these [...]
