By Gary Weaks, President, Standard Diving & Marine Contractors
Maintenance Supervisors and Engineers, particularly those involved with Hydro and Coal Fired Generating Facilities as well as Transmission Pipelines, are often called upon to hire independent commercial dive companies for routine and emergency diving services. The task of choosing the best dive company obviously has many variables, such as price, meeting Federal, State , and Company standards, and the ability to commence and complete the task at hand in a timely manner. The problem for you, the person hiring, is that all the companies competing for the job will try to prove that they meet these requirements…the question then becomes, how do you make the best decision?
