Hey bill,
I'm currently working inland up in cape Breton for Atlantic sub sea, it's been a slow but not dead slow winter. How are things wherever your at?

bill,
ive been working offshore moslty in the south china sea, and various locations in the middle east for the last couple of years. based out of bangkok, thailand

Bill,
I started in 1980 & worked Campeche, The Great Lakes, Hibernia, Beaufort Sea & S.E. Asia, plus inland construction jobs across Canada. Didn't do alot of Sat. - maybe a hundred days or so, but pretty deep ones ( the joints remind me of this fact occassionaly! ). I hung em' up for good in 94' after the first child was born. Been a Firefighter for the last 15 years, & must content myself with teaching scuba to young, buxom maidens in order to scratch my u/w itch! Still love the deeps though - always will I reckon.

Hi bill. I am currently working Inland, however it has been pretty slow lately. Where do you do your diving?

Thanks for the comments Bill, we've got a few big jobs on the way, bunch of burning which will be nice once the weather warms up.
Anyway mate good to hear of people who made a life of it.

Cheers

Sounds interesting. Please let me know what you come up with.

Hi Bill,

No I'm not currently working. I'm in the Niagara Region of Ontario, Canada, and my entire diving career consisted of 6 weeks here. But because of the nearby Commercial Diving school (Seneca College) there are too many diver's and not enough work.

School broke my bank and I can't currently afford to move for a job. So I'm stuck at gas stations until my luck improves(or my bank)

Billy boy, yeah im working offshore at the moment, pipelay barge of the coast of myanmar.... sweet gig!

Bill,

I'll post some photos first chance I get. Thanks for asking.

Ed...

Bill Gardner !!! Where do I know the name from?

two featured members of a parapalegic marching band!!!
in breathless wind section there of.

oH high tec does my head in at times here is the photo (put it there) yes EERRRRR maybe not i will give it another go later.

or drag some passing 8/12yrs old in and say sort this photo for me

steve h

At 3:48am on March 7, 2010, steve henshaw said… yippy these 7yr olds are good at this pc stuff.
i would rather be diving

steve h

Bill we have 90days to get in get sorted and get out according to the money people.

I do think this is a little on tight side time wise.
When the blocks arrive, We are expected to lay 12 to 16 blocks a day, this I do not see happening due to the way that the two walls are to be assembled.

To start off, 7 blocks on each side will be placed then6,5,4, 3 then 2 then 1 respectably on top of the original 7, this will then bring the wall to the height of the standing original quay wall.

Beams will then be placed on top of the new walls covering the gap to allow the crane to move forward onto the new wall.
This part I do not like, big crane on fresh wall, I see an element of subsidence/compression of the newly laid cobble gravel base.

The new spec of the blocks which has changed about fives times in recent weeks are 23tons each now, but as you may note from the drawing they will be differing shapes but over all the same volume.
Spec’s could change again.
The only thing that really bears on my mind is that crane, there will be no straight lift or placement as there would be if a crane barge was used.
the crane position will be permanently on a tangent to both walls.
I hope there’s going to be plenty of grease on that swivel.haha
nice crane to lift 23tons to a reach of 17 mtrs.

So now you know as much of the theory as I do.
Any stunning idea’s yet.

Anyway its bank holiday here the rain and wind have dropped off but its still over cast. yuk!!!

Steve h

team is 3 maybe 5 in total
length 80mtrs X 17.5mtrs wide

sorry and we will be doing 8hrs ish if you know what i mean
steve h

hi bill, hope u doing well, thanks for the info big b.
its really very helpful to get info from senior mates...so is there any place that u may suggest me,so that i can try there............

well the heavy gear arrived today as in the lift frame for the blocks a nasty bit of kit.

steve h

Thanks Bill,

I follow you, your advice is clear and much appreciated. Thanks for the leads, will get onto it. Good luck to you also

Best Regards,

Ben

This will help verrry much on my resume

thanks,
Paul

hi bill i am a contry diver in india i am trying to get a job you lot of exp in this would tell me how to find a job

Hi Bill: I am working for CCC unerderwater engineering.

Free lance and you

you are exactly right am waiting for the market to pick up then will see

bil
ok tanx for the info
bsafe

bill
i sent kurt a few mails but no response dont know if he still working or if he left for somwhere else if u talk to him tell him hello

thanks Bill, we're looking into it. I'm in constant contact with Fred-Dawg, he's a good dude. Things will shake loose soon, I've been in the GOM for the past 2 years, I have my TWIC card, so I'm good to go. Thanks!

hi bill iam working in the fish farms in tofino and i am thinking to take the service suplay restrictet but i dont no if is wortit

Ou difficult timer these day as a comercial diver,even the companys strugle to keep it going.hard time to find a jo for me .they dont hire people right now.
Bastian

we are still waiting to get stuck in due to poor weather

Nice photos!

Thanks, I really appreciate the feedback.

Hello Bill,
The Underwater Tecnology School was located in North Vancouver B.C. It was set up by Bob Banford owner of Vancouver Divers Ltd. the school itself had a short lifespan it was open from from 1975 till around 1987. The course offerd was "commercial air diving and mixed gas theory" and was 6 1/2 months long. There were some good instructors in the prgram ranging from x US navy diving medical officers to North sea supervisors.
Regards, Richard

Great tip, Thanks again mate!

I was born and raised in Prince George, and when I got on this site I was living and working out of Campbell River. Im back in PG now just finished a welding course at the collage, I figured it would be nice to have something I can fall back on in the slow times but also something that would be useful to me in the water.
I was working inland stuff. Day to day was a pressure washing gig, on mostly fishfarms, butalso barges and such sometimes. And then also worked quite a bit with cariboo divers and a few stints with Hydra. Pretty mcuh whoever needed a guy, was just pretty much hiring myself out. Kept fairly steady between it all cant complain really. I mean I was a new guy and it was slow times. More then I can say for most divers I know.

nice pictures

Widolf mask yes Bill my Widolf looks exally like the one in the photo you sent me. Sorry it took so long to get back to you as i just found that email avenue on my site here. Ace

what do you think about this then


Steve,

For your information, we are still in the process of arranging divers from Dubai, using your equipment as per below quotation. I know that there is not much time left, but for now, I can only say that we accept your below offer, provided that the divers from Dubai will carry out the works. We are pushing them and will let you know immediately when we receive their confirmation.

cool thanks for the info im going to use all i can get

thanks for that

thank you Bill,Weeki Wachee Springs in 1977 cave diving,we entered at night,using very little of our lights,until we reached a good depth

I started at Packer Diving in Morgan City - 1969, Bill. I have dived the GOM, Trinidad, Bay of Campeche, North Sea, W.Africa. I have many years in Project management, consulting and as field rep in NS, GOM and Mass.Bay. Companies I worked with include Taylor , Ocean Systems, McDermott, SubSea, Diavaz, Infabco, C.G.Doris and S & J Diving.
What a life! Beats accounting all to hell, doesn't it?

Mostly SSA, in the Gulf of Mexico for PDNO out of Belle Chasse. Started at the ground and worked my way up in 89 after I left the Corps. I never freelanced, Larry gave me a shot, and I stayed until the work slowed. Then used what I learned when it was needed. I was taught by some of the best in this business, no school can ever replace that education. They were the best, I ever worked with. Went back to school to get this "ADC" Card hoping to work with other companies big or small. Things have slowed up here. So I'm looking to help out where ever Im needed work is work, as long as its in the water

Really appreciate the links That was my first time seeing that hat. I looking forward to some better pics and specs on that dinosphere hat.It looks a lot like a sl17 especially with the neckdam

Gday Bill.
I have been working offshore in the diving industry for the last 35 yrs, and the last 20yrs as a sat supervisor, i had a year down in th GOM for Global on the DSV Global Pioneer, i had a good time crew changing in and out of Del Carmen, Anyway Bill for the first time in many years i am sitting on the beach, waiting for something to come up.
I was rooting around on my lap top when i came apon this web site so i thought i would give it a go, thats it.
Rgds Chris

Bill you were wondering what I was doing at 325'. I was doing Module 3 of my CCR course for my Megalodon rebreather. But like I alwaystell students " just because you are trained for 300' , doesn't mean every f'ing dive has to be that deep. Its not a lot of fun decompressing for 4 hours for a lousy 15 mins of bottom time.
Tom

Bill, things are going very well! I currently work for Cal Dive, have been with them since right before Katrina. The work has been steady and I have no complaints.....

Hello Bill, my Companies name is Blackwater Diving Services Inc. (604)597-6406. We specialize in inshore service and construction diving. I have been in the industry for 30 years. What's your professional background? Look forward to chatting. Regards, John Frost BWDSI

let the good times roll:)

cheers

The college that I attended was Holland College in Georgetown, PEI in Canada.The training was great prepared you mostly for offshore work but at the same time, it prepared you for inshore work. The instructors were great one was a sat diver and the other was an inshore diver. The instructors had over 20 years experience each so they were knowledgeable in the training material. The job placement was ok, I got a job with an inshore company out of PEI. Now I work for an Oil company in Saint John, NB Canada doing maitenance on their subsea pipeline and SBM. I still would like to go offshore and see how its all run out there.

Sorry Bill, think your looking for someone a bit older lol, wasnt out crazzies till 90's and not worked for subsea,
hope ya find ya man, good luck