For over thirty years, Mark Klein has worked as Project Manager at S.T. Hudson Engineers Inc. in New Jersey, developing scope, writing proposals and conducting inspections.
As a consultant, he and his team work with a wide range of clientele, from Industrial and Municipal owners of docks and water supply systems to supporting contractors in underwater and marine related construction and dredging projects.
However, sonar technology and other tools are not the traditional choice during an inspection.
As a certified Hydrographer, Civil Engineer and Commercial Hard Hat Diver, Klein has a well-rounded understanding of the traditional methods used in an inspection, and he and his team are always searching for ways to make the process safer and more cost effective.
In Klein's most recent assignment, he and his team completed a detailed structural inspection at a nuclear power plant using the ARIS Explorer (covering areas not previously inspected with pumps in service) and came across some impressive results.
Klein and his team were involved with the previous inspection five years ago, and with the new inspection were instructed to look at concrete and steel.
Some parts of the inspection are challenging because diver safety is always a main concern, and pumps are required to be shut down (which is very expensive), so Klein and his team decided to take a different approach.
They located several areas with anomalies, such as exposed rebar and cold joints, in parts were divers were unable to reach due to either currents or logistics.