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Circulating Water Intake Pipeline – Returning to the Depth

Year after year, maintenance or preventative maintenance (PM) projects are performed for many of UCC’s diverse customer base. Some of these projects are as needed while others are on a formal routine PM schedule. However, at a Midwest power plant, this technical service and approach is anything but routine. [...]

2022-03-10T18:17:20+00:00April 30th, 2019|UCC News|

UCC’s Anniversary: Celebrating 50 Years of Commercial Diving, & Marine Construction

Underwater Construction Corporation is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Founded in 1969 by John Chiangi, Sr. and Stuart Leech, UCC has grown to be the largest inland commercial diving firm in the United States. Click the logo below to view our timeline. [...]

2022-07-27T19:27:55+00:00January 3rd, 2019|Press Releases, UCC News|

The Impact of Winning an NDA Supply Chain Award

UK.Gov recently asked the winners of the 2017 Supply Chain Awards how winning the award has impacted their business. As a highly commended award winner of the Technology Innovation Award, UCC UK Ltd was glad to answer. Phil McDermott, Director of Global Nuclear Services, is quoted in the article as [...]

2025-11-14T15:33:10+00:00September 5th, 2018|UCC News|

UCC UK Ltd Receives Highly Commended Award at the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s 7th Annual Supply Chain Event

NDA Awards Ceremony On Thursday 02 November In Manchester, UK, the nuclear diving team at Underwater Construction Corporation UK Ltd. was honored to receive the Highly Commended award for Best Technical Innovation to Benefit a Site License Company, presented at the annual Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Supply Chain Event. [...]

2022-07-27T19:28:39+00:00November 10th, 2017|UCC News|

Underwater Construction Corporation Forms Strategic Union with IHI Southwest Technologies, Inc.

Underwater Construction Corporation (UCC) joins IHI Southwest Technologies, Inc. (IHISWT) in support of their turnkey solutions in the nuclear industry. This alliance combines both companies’ core competencies to create the industry's best knowledge base: experienced engineering personnel and NDE technology unified with the global leader in nuclear diving services. [...]

2024-02-27T16:47:24+00:00September 27th, 2017|UCC News|

UCC Wisconsin Office Relocated to the City of Racine

UCC first opened the Wisconsin office just south of downtown Milwaukee in the summer of 2010 to increase customer service for many clients throughout Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Minnesota. In the years that followed, UCC continued its reputation as the industry leader providing commercial diving and marine construction services. [...]

2022-05-31T21:25:40+00:00September 20th, 2017|UCC News|

New Water Power Industry Alliance with Evoqua

Evoqua Water Technologies and Underwater Construction Corporation (UCC) have teamed up. These two powerhouses are now set to deliver expert underwater service to the water power industry. This unprecedented alliance combines the intake innovation of Evoqua with the elite diving capabilities of UCC to form an unparalleled service offering. [...]

2021-05-26T18:30:25+00:00April 27th, 2017|Press Releases, UCC News|

UCC Acquires Great Lakes Diving Co.

Much can be experienced, visited and seen during a career in commercial diving. Jerold Smith exemplified this during his half century service in the industry. In 1965 after 3 years in the U.S. Navy Mr. Smith began training for underwater demolitions and his career in diving started. Upon finalizing [...]

2022-07-27T19:29:44+00:00January 1st, 2016|UCC News|

Circulating Water Plant Intake Pipeline – Diving the Depth

Underwater Construction Corporation has been providing specialized commercial diving and marine construction services for over 50 years. Multiple industries turn to UCC's experience and expertise in power plant intake pipeline inspection and maintenance when difficult tasks arise. Recently, UCC completed another challenging project that showcased the company’s innovation, project [...]

2025-08-21T14:46:14+00:00December 8th, 2015|UCC News|

Inspecting Historical Infrastructure – “I’ll Have a Double Latte Please”

Diving at various sites, on different components and in fluctuating weather conditions is nothing new to the commercial inland diving industry. You never know what challenges will arise or the interesting places you’ll visit. As the largest diving company in the US UCC continues to provide diving services around the [...]

2022-07-27T19:32:38+00:00September 1st, 2015|UCC News|
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