Global was subcontracted by Healy Tibbitts Builders (HTB) to install a new outfall and diffusers for the Guam Waterworks Authority as an upgrade of the treatment plant’s existing high density polyethylene (HDPE) outfall pipe. The outfall pipe is located in the Philippine Sea, approximately 2,000 feet offshore at an approximate depth of 140 FSW. The …
Earlier this year Global completed a multi-phase, four-location siphon access stoplog project for Central Arizona Project (CAP) that would allow CAP’s siphon sections to be safely and easily dewatered. CAP is a 336-mile long canal that brings Colorado River water to central and southern Arizona at a flow rate of 1.35 million gallons a minute, …
The Olmsted Locks and Dam project is the largest civil works project in the history of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Working through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Louisville District, the Washington Group / Alberici, Joint Venture (WGA) was awarded the contract to build the dam. Acting as a subcontractor, Global provided …
Global initially responded to the sinking of the wooden fishing vessel Amak in the Port of Garibaldi, Oregon Marina for the USCG, Sector Columbia River. The crew was tasked with completing on-water recovery of petroleum leaking from the vessel, as well as defueling the accessible tanks underwater to lessen the continued pollution liability. Crews used …
While attempting to steal copper, vagrants damaged a disused electrical transformer located within a former brewery building. This caused the release of more than 700 gallons of electrical insulating oil containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) into the adjacent Deschutes River. The oil traveled downstream into the 260-acre Capitol Lake in Olympia, contaminating the bottom sediment and …
In late 2018, a team of recreational divers discovered several barrels at the bottom of the lake, some bearing labels of herbicides 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D; the combination of which is commonly known as “Agent Orange”. As the lake supplies drinking water to the town of Joseph, OR, authorities determined the barrels needed to be inspected …
Global was recently contracted to perform a large pile wrap installation project in Belize. Contracted by PND Engineers, Global inspected and wrapped 113 steel piles on the Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) docking pier on the island of Harvest Caye in Belize. Working around the active cruise ship schedule, the divers first performed a Level 1 …
A popular restaurant featuring views of Elliot Bay and downtown Seattle, Salty’s is located in a 100-year old former mill building built over the water. The substructure consisted of piles and beams; it had undergone numerous changes and repairs through the years but much of the supports had deteriorated significantly and needed to be replaced. …
Global was subcontracted to excavate and side-cast bottom sediment around the anchor cables holding Seattle’s I-90 floating bridge in position so the cables could be replaced. The process utilized a jetting tool designed and fabricated by Global, as well as ROV observation to guide the jetting tool into position and monitor the excavation of material. …
Global was contacted by the US Coast Guard to defuel the F/V Pacific Sunrise, a 74-foot former fishing vessel that had sunk at the dock at the Port Angeles Boat Haven. Global crews defueled the vessel, then began working with the Port authorities to develop a salvage plan to refloat her so she could be …
