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Diving down South

Our local assistant called in today to give the divers a helping hand! He likes to help with the projects and often tries to take their tools while they are working....

April 2023

Our team are undertaking a jetty inspection in the beautiful town of Wanaka!  They have to complete a photographic inspection of the condition of the various piles on the structure.  The client has provided us with the necessary recording paperwork so that we can complete the inspection and gather the information they are after.  We have completed jetty and boat ramp inspection for this same client in Queenstown, Kingston and various other South Island locations.  More hidden...

November 2022

Supporting our local Coastguard organisation once again this year.  We have been sponsoring this great cause for 10 plus years now.  They perform a great service to the marine industry and it is good to be able to do our bit to support them....

September 2022

Our team is working on replacing the current fender system with a new engineer designed system for the Chatham Island wharf.  We have been working closely with the engineers requests and the Port authorities on this project to ensure another successful outcome for our diving team.  ...

July 2022

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May 2022

Pile Inspections are another aspect of our companies work.  This time our South Island team were lucky enough to be completing these in some particularly beautiful spots in the South Island.  Taking photographs and measurements for each pile and then completing reports means that the client will have comprehensive information to make any refurbishment decisions.  The pile inspections were on jettys and wharves and they also managed to do a couple of local boat ramp inspe...

March 2022

Getting a diver safely into the water can sometimes cause issues.  With the use of our certified man cage we are able to safely lower a diver (or two) into the water.  Lowering a man cage means that the diver can simply 'step' into the water with out taking a big drop from a higher starting point.  Having a certified hiab truck and certified cranes gives us various options for lowering the man cage.  The man cage can be used in various environments where entry points are not ...

January 2022

This month we are kicking back into gear and starting off 2022 with a bang!  Some of our teams worked through the festive season break (shipping never sleeps) and now we are all fully back on deck.  Our South Island team are working in Bluff putting in some new anodes to protect the wharf structure.  This involves the anodes being lifted in by our certified hiab truck and then the diver welding the anodes into place...

December 2021

This month our team have been busy undertaking lots of offshore cleans on vessels.  MPI have set criteria for allowing vessels to enter into New Zealand waters.  Vessels have to meet bio fouling standards and show that they are undertaking measures to ensure their vessels are not bringing any unwanted species into NZ waters to ruin our aquaculture industry or the beautiful beaches around New Zealand.  If vessels do not meet this criteria, then that's when we become invol...

October 2021

Diving at the various hydro dams throughout the Waikato area allows our divers to experience various types of 'civil' diving and various diving depths.  A lot of the hydro dam diving jobs involve sealing stop logs and working with the dam staff and contractors to ensure that the job runs smoothly.  This can involve road closures, and working around cranes.  It means that all parties involves need to work together to ensure that everyone and everything is considered in the Health &...

September 2021

Contamination diving is a specialised diving skill that requires the diver to wear a full contamination suit so that they do not get any of the contaminated product on them.  This can also be 'dark diving' as the diving can not usually see where they are going.  It is a battle with the mind (as you would imagine) and not all divers are up for the challenge!  In this particular case our diver needs to follow a site plan and locate a valve at the bottom of the WWTP and report back o...

June 2021

One of the jobs we are working on this month involves our team taking core samples of some piling so that the core samples can be sent away for testing.  This job is being completed in the South Island and our team have had some very cold and wet days while they are getting this project completed.  Single page reports with notes on each pile and several photographs are completed and given to the client so that they can put our reports with the core sample test results and get a full pi...

April 2021

ISO 9001:2015 – Quality Management Systems ISO 1400:2015 – Environment Management Systems ISO 45001:2018 – Health & Safety Management Systems PAS99:2012 – Integrated Management System Yay!  We have just successfully passed our ISO audits again this year!  Having these external qualifications helps us prove to clients that we have all of the necessary Health & Safety paperwork in place to ensure that when we come to their site, we are doing all we can to conduct safe diving oper...

March 2021

Cleaning vessels for clearance by MPI has been a large part of our work once again this year.  So far this year alone we have completed 20+ vessel cleans.  Cleaning these vessels BEFORE they enter New Zealand waters means that they will not be bringing in any foreign bio fouling that will destroy eco systems and marine industries within New Zealand....

February 2021

Bridge inspections through-out New Zealand are a big part of our civil diving contracts – from one end of the country to the other.  Sometimes the contract is to supply a dive team to take underwater measurements, photographs and recordings and sometimes it is just to supply a vessel to transport engineers out to the various bridges.  ...

January 2021

The year has started out with a ‘bang’ with our dive teams heading off in all directions: Hydro dam inspectionsVessel inspectionsVessel offshore cleaning operationsMaking a Decompression Chamber for the NZ Police Dive TeamPond Inspections Thankfully everyone got a bit of a break over Christmas because its all go now!...

May 2021

One of the many jobs that we completed this month was a ship inspection and propeller polish (for the purpose of inspection) alongside at the Port of Tauranga.  This inspection means that the vessel can apply for clearance from MPI.  Divers are lowered into the water using a man cage.  This enables them to simply step out of the cage and into the water safely.  When it is time to come back out of the water it is another simple move to step back into the man cage.  The ph...

December 2020

This month we have been working hard and completing several audits for our Clients.  Although we have all of the information, completing an audit comes down to information gathering as no two audits are the same.  We have just updated the following PRE QUALIFICATION AUDITS:She Assure - used at various councilsPreQual - used for general clientsABS Class - Shipping...

November 2020

The wharf extensions are nearly finished, and our team have been working hard right through the year to ensure that this project gets finished on time and on budget.  The wharf extensions will be a great asset to the Niuean people and the wharf will get a lot of use from various groups within the Niuean community.  This project has involved both marine work and topside work.  Chiselling out a channel in the hard-coral reef for the large concrete panels to sit in, tying in rebar fo...

October 2020

Another offshore clean completed, but this time we worked off the client’s vessel!  This was at the request of the client and as per usual Bay Underwater Services NZ Ltd tried to look outside of the box to work with our clients and come up with solutions that will work.  Our team completed comprehensive Health & Safety assessments and paperwork before any diving operations were undertaken.  ...

September 2020

Another offshore vessel cleaning operation undertaken 12 nautical miles offshore.  MPI requests that we complete these vessel cleaning operations so far out at sea so that we can ensure that the bio fouling does not make it into New Zealand waters.  The cleaning operations are undertaken using a variety of methods including using a hull scrubbing machine, hand scrappers and a water blaster.  A report of the cleaned areas is then sent to MPI and the vessel remains offshore until MP...

August 2020

Queenstown - Pipeline Inspection...

July 2020

It has been a mammoth job for our dedicated team but the 15 containers are all packed and on their way to the beautiful paradise of Niue.  The amount of gear that gets packed for a job like this is mind boggling and we cannot afford to forget anything!  Lots of the containers are full of cement that will be used on the wharf repairs.  Before this project can start there is a lot of paperwork being done behind the scene with the travel side of things and then its two weeks in isola...

June 2020

Another pre-approval certificate done and dusted!  We hold lots of preapprovals with companies like this, and it is a great way to ensure that we are continually checking our systems and audits are in place to ensure we are always keeping on top of things.  Our Health & Safety systems are living documents that can grow and change as the business and our environment needs it too.  All the while still ensuring that we meet industry standards, legal requirements and client expectatio...

May 2020

Our team are getting ready to head back to Oamaru to continue work on the historic wharf.  This project (like many) was delayed due to COVID19, but our team cant wait to get back to this beautiful town and continue on with this work.  The wharf was originally built in 1907 – so it has stood the test of time well considering the battering it would have received from the sea during this time.  However it is now time to preserve this great local feature, and ensure that the local r...