The upper reservoir storage basin at a U.S. Pumped Storage Hydropower (PSH) facility Underwater Construction Corporation (UCC) has been delivering cost effective, high strength, and corrosion resistant carbon wrap solutions since 2015. That experience and more than 53 years of commercial diving background in the power industry have added [...]
50 YEARS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Fifty years of harsh marine environmental impact required the rehabilitation of the bridge pier steel casings. Previous marine infrastructure repairs such as fiberglass jackets filled with no shrink grout or a combination of steel jackets with grout and reinforcing steel did not stand the test [...]
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer The facility is a water reservoir built in the 1920s. Recently leaks and spalling of concrete have been observed. Composite Construction, LLC of Tucson, Arizona and its partner, Connecticut's Underwater Construction Corporation provided a solution using its propriety carbon fiber reinforced polymer concrete. This propriety system [...]
