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. From the power generation industry to the food processing industry, valves, pumps and associated equipment are inspected, installed, adjusted and replaced. Over the years, a very talented and hardworking group known as Diver Mechanics – has [...]
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer The facility is a water reservoir built in the 1920s. Recently leaks and spalling of concrete have been observed. Composite Construction, LLC of Tucson, Arizona and its partner, Connecticut's Underwater Construction Corporation provided a solution using its propriety carbon fiber reinforced polymer concrete. This propriety system [...]
