Mainstream Commercial Divers, Inc. (MCDI) is a full service underwaterinspection construction and diving company. We are also fully equipped to meet your underwater and confined space entry
needs. MCDI is experienced in all aspects of inland commercial diving including:
We have constructed, inspected, and maintained in-water structures of all types. We have personnel with extensive training and experience in underwater construction and inspection techniques. We have successfully performed underwater construction, inspection, and maintenance work on numerous large and small bridges, dams, stilling basins, mooring cells and mooring dolphins, docks, water storage tanks, marine ways, water intake systems and commercial vessels and barges. We routinely work at major industrial sites, power plants, and governmental sites.
In addition to Commercial Diving Certifications we have personnel on staff with additional training including:
- First Aid/CPR Instructor Training Certificate
- Certified Bridge Inspector Training (80 hour course-Federal Highway Administration)
- Underwater Bridge Inspector's Training Course (40 hour based on Bridge Inspectors Training Manual 90)
- Non-Destructive Testing
- Protective Coatings Inspection Training
- Hazardous Material Training (OSHA 40 hour training)
- Scour Monitoring and Instrumentation Training (Federal Highway Administration 12 hour Training)
- Nuclear Fuel Handler Training
- Nitrox Diving Certification
- DAN Oxygen Provider for Diving Emergencies Certification
- Confined Space Entry Certification
- Enriched Air Nitrox Diving
- Hyperbaric and Undersea Medical Training
In addition to the above outside training, we have an extensive in-house training program that includes:
- Underwater Construction Techniques
- Rigging
- Inspection Techniques
- Underwater Video Inspection Methods
- Underwater Cutting Procedures
- Documentation of Findings
- Safe Working Procedures
- Underwater Coatings Application
- Contaminated Diving Procedures
- First Aid/CPR and O2 Administration Training
Our inspection capabilities include:
- State of the Art Closed Circuit Underwater Television with Audio
- VHS and DVD Report Preparation Capabilities
- NDT Ultrasonics
- Hydrographic Surveys and Soundings
- Side Scan and Sector Scan Sonar
- Pit Gauge Readings
- Mil Thickness Readings
- Coating Adhesion Testing
- Internal Pipe Cleaning and Video Inspection
A few recent projects include: assisting with underwater work for the re-opening of the I-10 Escambia Bay Bridge in Florida following Hurricane Ivan (including underwater concrete demolition, underwater rigging and positioning new piers); underwater work to assist a municipality with bringing its facilities back on-line following Hurricane Katrina; diving work for remediation of a scour hole beneath a dam for Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation; assisting with underwater oil cleanup efforts after Venezuelan crude oil leaked from the tanker Athos I, into the Delaware River near Philidelphia; all of the diving work for the construction of the new Montgomery Point Lock and Dam; industrial sewer line pipe penetrations of more than 400' through 30" pipes by a dive crew at a Dupont facility; work including underwater demolition on the collapsed I-40 bridge near Webber Falls, Oklahoma; work for widening of an Interstate 65 bridge; underwater inspection and hydrographic survey of the historic Eads Bridge in Saint Louis; diving work for a renovation project at Murray Hydroelectric Dam; work at Stockton Dam and Harry S. Truman Dam on the Osage River; hundreds of bridge inspections; numerous projects for the United States Army Corps of Engineers; diving work for the Warner Brothers-Tommy Lee Jones movie "U.S. Marshals"; as well as hundreds of other diverse projects.
All of our diving personnel are ADCI qualified commercial divers. MCDI is not only committed to maintaining our own excellent quality and safety record, we are committed to doing our part to ensure the reputation of the companies that we work with. Since our founding in 1988, MCDI has been focused on the safe completion of all projects and has an extremely favorable safety record and EMR. Considering the wide range of projects that we are involved with on a daily basis, this truly is a remarkable accomplishment. Because of this record, we are often chosen to perform projects requiring particular care in order to complete.
MCDI is a general member of the Association of Diving Contractors, International (ADCI). This
organization's goals are to promote safety, education, and communication within the diving industry and, in addition to certifying commercial divers, the ADCI works with government agencies to establish regulations
and standards. I am a past chairman of the ADCI Midwest chapter, past editor of the Midwest chapter newsletter, and I am currently an ADCI National Executive Committee board member and have been active
on many ADCI standards committees. Our company meets or exceeds all OSHA regulations and ADCI consensus standards for commercial diving. In addition, all required paperwork and certifications are kept
current on all personnel and equipment including dive physicals, CPR and first aid, oxygen administration for diving accident training, air tests, hose tests, pneumofathometer tests, etc.
We are experienced with working in all types of inland conditions including shallow water, deep water, fast current, large and small rivers, and lakes and streams, contaminated water diving, and confined space entry.
In addition to our vast experience in all aspects of inland diving, our stringent safety precautions, and outstanding safety record, we also own and maintain an extensive inventory of equipment including:
MCDI carries All States Broad Form Workers Compensation Insurance as well as $1,000,000 of additional Maritime Employers Liability and USL & H coverage. We also carry a $4,000,000 aggregate ($2,000,000 per occurrence) General Liability Insurance policy, a $2,000,000 Automobile Liability policy and an additional $1,000,000 Bumbershoot policy that extends over our other policies.
If you have any questions please call the office or visit us on-line at www.mainstreamdivers.com.
Sincerely,
D. Craig Fortenbery,
President
Created by Trent Litchfield. Maintained by Lisa Cathey.
Mainstream Commercial Divers, Inc.
Murray, KY 42071
Last updated October 14, 2005
Copyright 2001
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