usace forward response technical dive team update

US Army Corps of Engineers

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USACE Forward Response /Technical Dive Team Briefing

NWP Team Leads:Rick Benoit – Portland District

Todd Manny - Portland District

NWP Office of Dive / ROV Operations and Safety

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• Command-authorized by NWP in 2010, the USACE Regional / Technical Dive Team is a component of the NWP and LRB Office of Dive / ROV Operations and Safety;

• Since 2012, this Eastern / Western combined regions dive team, a/k/a the USACE Forward Response / Technical Dive Team, SAFELY, EFFICIENTLY & SUCCESSFULLY:

1. Executed without incident more than 40 missions;

2. Mobilized to seven USACE Districts;

3. Traveled OCONUS to Three Countries;

4. Worked in more than 15 states.

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Team Leads Team Members

Todd Manny

Rick Benoit

* Rick Benoit – NWP - Portland* Todd Manny – NWP - Portland* Ed Gawarecki LRB – BuffaloShanon Chader – LRB - BuffaloSteve England – NAP - PhiladelphiaDerrick Dunlap – SPN – San FranciscoAdam Hamm – LRB - BuffaloJohn Winkleman – NAE – New EnglandAndrew Rapp – SPN – San FranciscoEric Romani – SPN – San FranciscoThom Stan – NWW – Walla WallaCharlie Bryan – LRN - NashvilleKyle Tanner – LRD - NashvilleTerry Vance – HQ RAO CadreDan Meyers – HQ RA Cadre* Team Leads

Ed Gawarecki

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Certified► Bridge Inspections;► Professional Engineers - PE’s; ► Waterfront Structure Inspections;

Installations; Maintenance; Video, Still Photography; Invasive Species Survey. General Inspections;

► Trash Racks;► Navigational;► Fish Facilities;

War Games; Readiness, EXO; Ships Husbandry; NDT Testing, Salvage.

Mission Capabilities

Diver Ed Gawarecki with tenders Adam Hamm and Steve England

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Diver / Team Qualifications• Highly skilled, with a minimum of five

and up to 30 years of federal, military, and / or commercial dive experience;

• USACE trained, certified, qualified;

• Members qualified as divers, dive supervisors & dive safety inspectors;

• Each is trained and certified in CPR, AED, First Aid and O2 Administration;

• Richly diverse and adaptable; experienced with hydroelectric dams, navigation locks, spillways, vessels, fish-ways, waterfront structures,

Bridges and biological habitat.

Surface Supplied Air

TetheredSCUBAwith AGA

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Methodologies:• Surface Supple Air (SSA);• Scientific SCUBA / Snorkeling;• Tethered SCUBA with communications;• Application is work & safety dependent.

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Requirements to Dive Twenty (20) working-day notice; Command Authorization for

emergencies, time-critical dives; Certified Dive Equipment; Credentialed Dive Team; Operational Dive Plan Package;

► Includes:► Diving Work Plan;► Activity Hazard Analysis;► Emergency Management Plan.

Eric RomaniBonneville Dam

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Missions

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2014 Year in Review

Total of 23 Portland District / USACEIn-House Dive Team Mobilizations2014 (23) v 2013 (6) + 283 % increase

1. ERDC (3);2. Portland District (6);3. Walla Walla District (14).

Total of 38 ROV Operations

110 operational days

ROV 2014 (38) v 2013 (26) + 46 % increase

1. Portland District (20);

2. Walla Walla District (9);

3. Tulsa District (6);

4. Albuquerque District (2);

5. Seattle District (1).

Types of Missions Executed (include but not limited to):

UXO Mitigation; Bridge Inspections; Search and recovery; Dam Safety

Inspections; Invasive Species

Mitigation; Waterfront Structure

Inspections; Underwater

Construction (heavy / light);

Video and photographic documentation;

Irrigation system inspections and repairs;

Fish Program Support (PFFC, RSW, etc.);

Navigation Lock Inspections and Maintenance.

ROV Operations (38 –

Approximately 110 operational days):

Portland District (20); Walla Walla District (9); Tulsa District (6); Albuquerque District

(2); Seattle District (1). 2014 Mutual Aid Dive

Safety Inspections (6) Kansas City District (14

days on site); Honolulu District (five

days on site and remote);

Albuquerque District (two on-site, two remote);

Jacksonville District (remote);

Alaska District (remote).

Rick Benoit after completing a sill sweep at Bonneville NavLock.

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2014 Year in Review

2014 Mission Execution

1. UXO Mitigation;

2. Bridge Inspections;

3. Search and Recovery;

4. Dam Safety / RSW Inspections;

5. Invasive Species Mitigation;

6. Waterfront Structure Inspections;

7. Underwater Construction (heavy / light);

8. Dive-related Trainings and Instruction

9. Video and photographic documentation;

10. Irrigation system inspections and repairs;

11. Fish Program Support (PFFC, RSW, etc.);

12. Navigation Lock

Inspections & Maintenance.NWP’sTodd Manny at Little Goose Dam

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NWP / NWW Missions(Historical sample of dive / ROV missions)

1. Coos Bay, OR USCG Station;

2. Willamette Falls Locks;

3. The Dalles Dam Spillwall / NavLock;

4. Swallow’s Park Irrigation Pump Repair;

5. Bonneville Dam NavLock;

6. Bonneville Dam Fish Ladder (2);

7. Lower Granite Bridge Inspection (2);

8. Little Goose Dam NavLock;

9. McNary Dam Fish Ladder Exit;

10. Cougar Dam PFFC (2);

11. Ice Harbor RSW Inspection

Derrick Dunlap

Rick Benoit

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National Missions

1. Military Ocean Terminal,

“MOTCO”, Concord, CA

2. Aberdeen (MD) Proving Grounds;

3. Ft. Belvoir, Virginia;

4. Ft. McNair, Washington DC

5. Harlan County Dam, Nebraska;

6. John Martin Dam, Colorado;

7. US Military Academy – West Point

8. Sayreville H20 Treatment Plant

Sayreville, PA (Hurricane Sandy);

9. Kahana Stream, Oahu, HI

Steve England

Shanon Chader

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OCONUS Missions

1. North Dock,

USAG , Yokohama, Japan

2. Kure, Hiro and Akizuki AD;

USAG Kure, Japan;

3. Naha Port Inspection,

Naha City, Okinawa, Japan;

4. Pier 8 Inspection,

Busan, South Korea

5. Camp Darby Pier Inspection, Livorno, Italy;

Ed GawareckiCharlie Bryan

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Complementary Capabilities

ROV video; Instruction; SONAR imaging; Ultra-sonic testing; Dive Safety Oversight; Dive Submittal Review; Emergency, Time-critical,

Out-of-Schedule Response.

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Where We Work

Vessels; Spillways; Piers, Wharfs; Fish Facilities; Outfalls, Seawalls Navigation Locks; Hydro-electric Dams; Habitat Maintenance Units;

Bonneville Dam Spillwayon the Columbia River

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Team Contacts:

Rick Benoit – NWP 503-808-4312

[email protected]

Todd Manny – NWP 503-808-4334

[email protected]

Ed Gawarecki – LRB 716-879-4293

[email protected]

Derrick Dunlap – SPN 415-503-6772

[email protected]

Pier 8, Busan ROK

Bonneville Lock / Dam

mailto:[email protected]




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