SINCE 1991
AquaCoustic Remote Technologies specializes in inspections of underwater structures such as trunk or mainline sewers, hydro dams, reservoirs, ports and bridge abutments using a wide range of technologies to create accurate condition assessments. AquaCoustic principals have over 30 years experience in assessing underwater conditions. Our clients include many major civil engineering firms and municipalities throughout North America.
Underwater assessment advisors, consultants and specialists since 1991
Since 1991, AquaCoustic has used sonar equipment and underwater vehicles to survey and map underwater conditions at hydro dams, reservoirs, ports, bridge abutments, sewer lines, boreholes, water tanks and other flooded structures.
Our focus is to provide highly accurate data in a useable form, regardless of the challenges of data acquisition. To this end, we use a wide range of technologies in combination, and frequently design and adapt solutions and technologies to unique underwater survey needs.
Often, surveys must be performed without disrupting the ongoing operation of a sewer, port, tank or other flooded structure. We have developed a range of remote survey techniques to overcome these situations and provide accurate data acquired during actual operating conditions.
AquaCoustic employs pre-defined quality control techniques and procedures to ensure the integrity, accuracy and availability of sonar data.
AquaCoustic's services and technologies are supported by the advisors and specialists.
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Michael D. Blackshaw, principal and general manager of AquaCoustic, has over 32 years of professional experience in assessing underwater conditions, the last 15 years specializing in underwater vehicles (ROV’s) and sonar systems. Mike’s experience includes general construction diving, video inspections, and underwater photography. He is a qualified technician for remotely operated vehicle (ROV) operations. Mike’s special interest is in underwater surveys of dams, ships berths and trunk sewers, using sonar and CCTV equipment. He is closely involved in the design of hardware and software programs to facilitate the deployment of sonar systems and the resulting data processing. Mike is a member of the Applied Science Technologists & Technicians of British Columbia (ASTTBC). |
| Will McNea, operations manager, brings his experience in assembling and managing project-related teams to our field operations. He has provided hydrographic surveys for dams, bridge abutments and ship’s berths using profiling sonar and 3D imaging software. He has also been the lead in trunk sewer surveys using sonar, laser and digital CCTV equipment. He has designed many of our survey systems and methodologies in the integration and implementation of single beam profiling sonar, laser, digital CCTV and DGPS surveying. He has experience in both field inspections and post processing of the collected data. |
| Levente Adam, 3D-GIS & Data Visualization Specialist. Levente has over twenty years experience in CADD, GIS, and 3D visualization, and is primarily involved in the data processing and modeling of the collected data. Levente brings many years of hands-on geotechnical data gathering and processing experience. This includes bathymetric surveys, ground penetrating radar surveys, refraction surveys, electrical resistivity and induced polarization surveys. His application development, database programming and interface design have streamlined AquaCoustic’s post processing. |
| Glen Takahara, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics. Glen’s special interests include communications, statistics, and applied probability. In communications: coding and information theory and channel modeling to networking issues. In statistics: Bayesian methods and applications, orientation data analysis, and functional data. In applied probability: in queuing models for communications networks and asymptotic analyses. |
| Douglas J. Wilson, Ph.D. Doug’s physical oceanography expertise includes acoustic measurement of sediments, multi-beam sonar design and signal processing, computer modeling, sediment transport measurement, coastal waves and currents, rotary sonar image processing, and design and construction of oceanographic instrument packages. Current research interests include the design and support of miniature multi-beam imaging and profiling sonar systems, the scientific application of all Imagenex sonar products, and imaging and signal processing software development and support. |
| Chris Bulmer, AST. Chris has fifteen years experience with Cansel Survey. He is responsible for marine and terrestrial geophysical investigations using precision bathymetry and global positioning systems, and training of personnel in various survey techniques including differential global positioning systems (DGPS). His affiliations include the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society and the Marine Technology Society. |
| Marek Pawlowski, A.Sc.T (Applied Science Technologist) has over 25 years experience in the municipal engineering field. For the past decade Marek has focused on underground infrastructure condition assessment and rehabilitation programs for water and sewer systems. These include sanitary sewer inflow and infiltration studies, structural condition assessment of both sewer and water networks, and an overall risk management based approach to the administration of underground utilities. Marek is currently a director for the North American Association of Pipeline Inspectors – Western Region (NAAPI), and past president of Trenchless Technology British Columbia. |
Since inception AquaCoustic has suffered no time-loss accidents. AquaCoustic employs a health and safety program developed specifically for us by NorthWest Occupational Health and Safety.