Working Underwater: The Story of the Commercial Diving Industry

Above: Chris Davis and Joe Busuttil, Royal
Navy Submarine.
Top, right: Brandon Fuhrman Offshore
Jacksonville, Florida.
by the age of fifty-five. Scott is well suited to provide
an experienced, safe and productive environment
for new and current employees. Scott
has negotiated, managed, administered, and executed
large marine construction and industrial
diving projects in the USA, USVI, Puerto Rico,
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Honduras,
Panama, Bahamas, Curacao, Cuba, and Belize.
Chris Davis joined LDS in the early 2000s
after serving in Iraq with the U.S. Army. Chris
received his commercial diver training at
Divers Academy, International. Chris started
out as a diver and progressed to dive supervisor,
diving superintendent, and project manager.
Chris has worked with LDS over the
years and managed projects in the Gulf of
Mexico, USA, Puerto Rico and the Bahamas.
Chris continues to play an integral role in all
phases of field operations for the company
with an emphasis and specialty in Marine
Substructures and Subaqueous pipelines.
Sarah Anderson joined the company in
2008 as office manager and bookkeeper. Sarah
graduated from the University of Central
Florida in 1999 and now oversees all day to
day office duties and staff as well as helping
with project logistics and the Puerto Rico operation’s
admin side. Sarah handles all regulatory
compliance and also works closely with the
Association of Diving Contractors International
to ensure adherence to ADCI Consensus
Standards. Scott and Sarah purchased the business
from the original owners in 2008 and continue
to operate the corporation today.
Joe Busuttil first joined LDS in 2002 after
ten years of mixed gas diving experience in
the Gulf of Mexico. Joe started out as diver
and quickly progressed to dive supervisor. Joe
is now a fulltime estimator and project manager.
He plays an integral role in all phases of
daily operations from marine construction to
ships husbandry.
Sharon Carey came on board in 2010 as an
administrative and staff manager. Sharon handles
day to day admin and ensures ADCI/EM
385 diver requirement compliance in addition
to project planning.
Logan Diving & Salvage domestically has
been involved with many major heavy construction
bridge projects in Florida and
Georgia, including the Bridge of Lions in Saint
Augustine; I-95 Fuller Warren Bridge; Main
Street Bridge; Wonderwood Bridge, and Beach
Boulevard Bridges in Jacksonville, Florida.
Logan Diving & Salvage and the USCG
negotiated a Basic Order Agreement (BOA) in
1990 to cover casualty vessels and marine oil
spill response in the USCG 7th District from
Jacksonville, Florida to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
This BOA is in effect today with dive teams
ready to deploy and be operational within
twenty-four hours of activation.
The firm’s recent subaqueous fiber optic
cable projects include the Undersea Warfare
Training Range (USWTR) Cables for the
United States Navy offshore Jacksonville;
Alcatel Fiber Optic Cable landings in
Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale, Florida;
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