Over 100 attendees and 12 exhibitors were present. This year's Symposium, to be held August 27th-28th in Pittsburgh, is expected to garner an even greater base of support. Sessions and panels will be held on a variety of technical and administrative topics. There are many full service firms vying for contracts that run the gamut from simple inspections to the design and fabrication of complex sub-aqueous structures. The one thing each of these contractors can count on is that each Request For Bid that crosses their desk will be a world apart from the last.
Diving is the same, some of the gear is the same, but that's where it ends.
Water with 10 feet of visibility is just a dream. In situations like this, there is no substitute for experience. This is important when conducting potentially hazardous operations, such as burning and welding, as Darlow relates. I have had experiences when you couldn't even see a glow of the burning rod. High current was second, and temperatures and contaminated waters tied for third.