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$3.3-Million Bridge

Demolition Contract

Awarded XPLO Corp.

XPLO Corp., a New Orleans,

La., firm specializing in under- water explosives technology and salvage operations, has been awarded a $3.3-million contract by the U.S. Coast Guard, which calls for the demolition and re- moval of the center span and piers of the Central New Jersey (CNJ) railroad bridge. The bridge cross- es Newark Bay at Bayonne, N.J.

John Charpentier, XPLO pres- ident, said that work on the bridge is scheduled to begin this month, and will take approxi- mately 90 days to complete.

The center span of the CNJ bridge consists of three steel sec- tions, each approximately 150 feet long. Plans for removal call for the sections to be lowered by barge-mounted cranes. The barges will be towed away and the sec- tions dismantled. An alternate plan is to demolish the three sec- tions by explosives and then to salvage the remains from the riv- erbed. The piers supporting the bridge will be demolished by ex- plosives. The CNJ bridge demo- lition represents the largest proj- ect of its kind ever undertaken by the firm.

XPLO Corp. is a subsidiary of

Tidewater Contractor Services,

Inc. Both companies are a part of the Contractor Services group of Tidewater Inc.

Thomas B. McCain Joins

Savannah Machine And

Shipyard As Treasurer

David H. Green, president, Sa- vannah Machine and Shipyard

Company of Savannah, Ga., re- cently announced that Thomas B.

McCain has joined the shipyard as treasurer. As treasurer, he will be responsible for all financial, accounting and data processing functions.

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Thomas B. McCain

Prior to joining Savannah Ma- chine and Shipyard, Mr. McCain was a senior auditor with the firm of Touehe Ross and Company for four years. During that time, he became a certified public ac- countant. He later joined Maurice

P. Foly and Company as a con- troller.

He has 10 years' experience in the consulting, construction and real estate industries. His most recent assignment as controller was with Atlanta Center Limited.

Mr. McCain is a graduate of the

University of Maryland, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

New Offshore Services

Company Formed—

Datadyne Associates

Bill Dalton and Dave Porta, formerly employed by Ocean Re- search Equipment, Inc., have formed Datadyne Associates.

The new company is available to provide special products and service to the offshore industry in the following areas: High Res- olution Site Surveys; Environ- mental Engineering Studies; Un- derwater Acoustic Engineering for Subsea Completion and Other

Sea Floor Engineering Tasks; Spe- cial Acoustic Product Design, De- velopment, and Field Operation.

Both Datadyne founders have accumulated extensive experience through participation in a variety of offshore projects in the areas outlined above.

For more information, write to

Datadyne Associates, Box A61,

North Falmouth, Mass. 02556, or call (617) 563-2045.

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