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• Company Qualifications & Certifications
• Key Personnel Qualifications
• Awards
• Safety
• Professional References
• Facility Pictures
Northwest Underwater Construction, LLC is a privately held company, specializing in deep water construction, heavy marine salvage and nuclear, hydroelectric, industrial and environmental diving. With our wide array of inland and coastal diving experience we can offer our customers innovative and cost effective solutions to their particular needs.
Our goal as a company is to provide unsurpassed customer service, employ the most qualified personnel and to operate efficiently and in a safe manner. When you contract NUC for your underwater project you can expect the project to be completed on time, successfully and accident free.
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| Company Qualifications & Certifications |
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Pre-qualified diving contractor with the Unites States Army Corps of Engineers. Northwest Underwater Construction has performed numerous operations for the Portland District. All operations have been performed on schedule, 100% accident free, and with outstanding quality control. |
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Member in good standing with the Association of Diving Contractors |
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First Aid / CPR Instructors |
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NITROX Instructors |
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| Key Personnel Qualifications |
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ADCE Dive School Trained |
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Association of Diving Contractor Mixed Gas Supervisors, Life Support Technicians |
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National Board Certified Hyperbaric Technicians |
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Non-Destructive Testing Certifications |
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Federally Certified DOT Bridge Inspectors |
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Underwater Welding Certifications for Mild and Stainless Steel |
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40 Hour Hazmat Supervisors |
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US Army Corps of Engineers Qualified Unlimited Diving Supervisors, Divers, Tenders |
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NITROX Certifications |
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02 Provider Certifications |
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Search and Rescue Certifications |
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| Awards |
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Deep Diving Coordination Award - Jardin Filtration Plant (City of Chicago) |
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Outstanding Performance (Safety, Leadership, and Quality Control) from the Omaha District USACE Office. |
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| Safety |
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All diving operations are conducted in accordance with the Northwest Underwater Construction, LLC. "Manual of Safe Diving Practices" and appropriate federal, state and local regulations regarding commercial diving operations. NUC is a general member of the Association of Diving Contractors. |
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| Professional References Available for the Following Projects
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Pipeline Installation |
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Over 1000' linear feet of ductile pipeline construction, open trench, underwater, no visibility. |
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Vancouver S.S. Outfall Tunnel Inspection and Repair
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Inspect 1600' tunnel (60" dia) and perform subsequent internal and external repairs to tunnel joints that had become offset/separated. |
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John Day Dam Pier Nose Repair
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Cut broken concrete from pier nose and chip flush. Install steel
form work and pour concrete. |
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Elochoman Dam Repair
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Repair dam section that failed and washed downstream. Structural steel, concrete, erosion control |
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Lake Oswego Pumphouse Improvements
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Rock anchoring turbidity curtain into existing geological structures, installation of bulkheads and cofferdams. Underwater video surveying. |
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Cougar Dam Interim Fish Trap Facility
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Build a fish screen facility across the spillway at Cougar Dam. Included HP water blasting existing rock footing, rock anchoring steel girders into existing footing and installing fish screens. |
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Replace Corroded Intake Pipes
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Replace corroded 36" steel pipe, dresser couplings, butterfly valves, set bulkheads, welding and burning |
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Grain Terminal Debris Salvage
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Recover debris lost in water during bridge crane collapse. |
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Newport/Salmon Bay Sampling
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Perform soil sampling. |
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Earthen Dam Standpipe Cut Down
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Excavate around 48" CMP standpipe and cut down to natural bottom, relieving head pressure. |
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Sluice gate removal and installation of new gate unit w/ accuator and moorage unit
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Cut existing gate from underwater pipline and replace with new unit, design build new actuator structure with moorage capabilities |
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PortaDam Construction
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Level river bottom around work site, set up A-frame structure, install dam liner, seal |
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Ship Drydocking
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Check bilge blocks, keel blocks and omitted zones |
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