Core Technical Expertise

Waterfront Engineering and Underwater Engineering Inspections

Sewall now offers waterfront engineering and underwater engineering inspection services to facility owners, designers, and constructors. With PE commercial diver expertise on staff and advanced surface-supplied diving and underwater inspection equipment, Sewall conducts a full range of inspections of underwater and water-related facilities, including bridges, water storage tanks and reservoirs, marinas, port and harbor facilities, and municipal water intakes.

Our professional engineering staff is prepared to assess and document conditions and conduct failure analyses, tailoring inspection packages to meet individual client requirements and regulatory compliance. Further, they design, procure, and install new facilities and systems as necessary. Our underwater engineering is supported by a full range of engineering and spatial information systems consulting.

Underwater engineering services include:

Customized underwater inspection
NBIS underwater bridge inspection
FERC-required underwater inspection
Underwater dam inspection
AWWA potable water tank inspection
Intake inspection
Forensics and failure analyses
Nondestructive testing
Sampling/coring (wood, steel, concrete)
Hydrographic surveying
Hydrologic analyses
Structural engineering
Water supply, treatment, and distribution
Water storage
Wastewater collection, treatment, disposal
Aerial photography and orthophotography
GIS development and utilities mapping

For more information on Sewall's underwater engineering services, please contact: Edward Lukacsek, PE; ADC Certified Commercial Diver; (207) 827-4456; Email: luked@jws.com

 

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