Complex Operation: Putting the roof on the underwater room
As we continue to make progress on the underwater room, we’ve come to a huge step in the process – putting the roof on! This isn’t necessarily a difficult process but it is definitely tedious and we have to go through many steps to make it happen. The fact that we are doing this for […]
Pressure Testing Underwater Windows
It wouldn’t make sense to have an underwater room without windows. We are explorers,we are travellers, we are enablers of sea life observation. That’s why we are making sure that the underwater room is equipped with windows that will give exclusive access to the underwater world.Yet, we have all seen enough disaster movies to know […]
Inserting & Fitting The Underwater Room Window Frames
After successfully testing the underwater room windows, we are ready to install the window frames that are going to host the actual windows.We previously did a great job in cutting window frame holes in the underwater room walls so that we can install the frames.It’s always safer to leave a bit of steel on the […]
Cutting Window Frame Holes in Underwater Room
Now that we have the structure of the underwater room coming together, it’s time to start cutting the holes for the windows in the underwater room. Since this room will have to withstand the water pressure below the surface, the walls are made of steel. That means that we have to cut the window holes […]
Floor Near Complete
We are turning on the fibreglass spray gun today for some action on the underwater room flooring today!You know how we like to play with our factory toys right? Well, we managed to fix the fibreglass spray gun that was not working the way we wanted when it arrived, so we toyed around to cover […]
Underwater Room Progress
We’re walking on the underwater room ceiling! How do we achieve such a performance?Well, to be honest, that’s because it’s on the factory floor and we’re yet to start welding it.The new seapod’s underwater room is progressing very well but at the moment, we understand that it can be hard to see a ceiling right […]
Welding Layers & Wiring
The floor is ready! After doing three passes on each of the three steel sections, we’re done with that part.As a reminder since we are not all welding professionals, welding in multiple passes, also known as multi-pass welding, is a technique used to improve the quality and strength of a weld. It is commonly used […]
Floor of Underwater Room Welding
Factory update on the underwater room. Today we’re doing great progress on the floor section. Thanks to the great work of everyone here who worked so hard to shape these huge and heavy sheets of steel to the right shape so that we can go on with the next part: welding. As you know, welding […]
Cutting Floor and inserting structural walls for jetski lifting mechanism
Part of the perks of living on the ocean is to have easy access to water toys such as Stand Up Paddle, kayak, or….Jet Ski! For the latter, our engineering team is working on an innovative solution to make its use easier and very much “James Bond Style!Imagine yourself suddenly deciding to have some fun […]
Raising the first wall of the underwater room
We never have enough heavy lifting at the factory and that’s an excellent thing because for the actual part of raising the wall of the underwater room, a delicate operation has to be done.The telehandler clamps are securely grabbing the heavy steel sheet to lift it into place.It’s a centimeter-by-centimeter operation as we need to […]
Why are we creating an underwater room?
Underwater habitats, also known as underwater stations, submarines, or in our case, the underwater room, provide a unique and valuable opportunity for scientists and researchers to study marine life and the ocean environment from a controlled setting. These habitats allow for extended stays underwater and enable more in-depth and prolonged research than would be possible […]
Preparing to raise the walls of the underwater room
Another heavy lifting day at Ocean Builder’s factory as Grant is witnessing the handling of the first underwater room steel wall.To prepare for raising the wall of this innovative part of the SeaPod, we are using our best tool ever, the telehandler.It’s a delicate operation for which we definitely need it because the steel wall […]
Making Underwater Windows Waterproof
Our underwater windows are coming along nicely! We’ve been seeing some great progress on the frames and now we are starting to waterproof the first completed window.Since these windows will be underwater, they must resist the water pressure at depth. That means that the window and the frame have to be incredibly strong but another […]
Underwater Window Production Frame
Now that we have the panes for the underwater room figured out, we are working on getting the window frames manufactured here at the factory. These frames will have to withstand high pressures since the room is underwater so they have to be robust and strong enough for the job.The design of the windows features […]
Building the floor of the SeaPod Deep water model
The crew has been working on getting the floor of the new Deep Water SeaPod Eco installed and it’s coming along nicely!Installing the floor requires quite a few steps. We start with building the subfloor and all bulkhead supports beneath the floor. This acts as the foundation and provides the structure and support to hold […]
Fiberglass Chopper Spray Gun
Grant is on today to explain to us the way the fiberglass gun works. It can take a lot of time to apply the material on whatever surface we want to apply it onto, so we always try to improve all our processes.Unfortunately, the machine we received isn’t working how we hope to, so we’re […]
Solar Power Test
Grant may not be much of a cook but he is a master reheater! So he put his skills to use on the SeaPod Eco to use the stove to warm up some food as a test of the batteries which were charged completely by solar power. Up until now, the SeaPod has been tied […]
Expedition Vessel Completed
We are happy to have the expedition vessel completed! This tiny boat will bring us massive views of the underwater world so that we can better plan and find locations to anchor our SeaPods, especially in deep water.With the ability to “see” about 2000 meters below the surface of the ocean, we should have no […]
Outer Wall Molds
Here we have a look at the master plug for the walls of the SeaPod Eco model. This plug is the exact shape of the final product and will be used to create the production molds which are negative molds. Having the production molds ready to go means that we can start full-speed production of […]
U Boat Worx: Submarine Experience in Curacao
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What can easily be mistaken for an extraterrestrial spacecraft, the U-Boat Worx submarines depict a promising future for adventures beneath the sea. Founded in 2005 by Dutchman Bert Houtman, UBW set its course to innovate on crafts that had previously been used mostly for research and military purposes. Submarines seemed to only be available to […]