Deep Ocean provided technical, service, and initial operational support to Vortex Marine Construction. A standard Phantom HD2+2 was utilized to perform a variety of critical path construction support tasks in a first-of-its-kind repair of the Walter F. George Dam on the Chattahoochee River, located at the border of Alabama and Georgia.

The ROV with sensor suite provided rapid metrology and QA monitoring feedback and reporting of a tight tolerance set of underwater construction tasks under harsh and potentially hazardous conditions. DOE provided the initial deployment of equipment, operating personnel, and technical expertise in a rapid project start-up. Thereafter, DOE helped train the ongoing operational personnel, while continuing the technical support and parts, repairs, and troubleshooting back-up throughout the project.

This approach provided remarkable quality and speed of completion for the project with an excellent safety record. Unpredictable working conditions in a complex civil works project tested the ruggedness and reliability of the ROV system, the result was: zero (0) project downtime. Vortex recently received the Safety Award from the US Army Corps of Engineers, who gained the appreciation of the importance in utilizing ROV systems in lieu of divers for difficult and dangerous underwater inspection and construction tasks.